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Public Comment Opportunities for French Broad River Plan Scheduled
The French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP), Elevate 2050, will be kicking off the first phase of public input opportunities for the plan in August. The MTP is a federally-required transportation plan for urbanized areas with a population over 50,000 and helps to guide transportation...
Darwin Carter named ACS Director of Innovative Programming
Asheville City Schools (ACS) are proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Darwin Carter as the new Director of Innovative Programming, leading both Cougar Academy and the Education & Career Academy at William Randolph. Dr. Carter officially began his tenure on July 15th. “We are delighted to welcome Dr. Carter...
NC Health News wins 20 awards in annual state press contest
NC Health News has been lauded with an organization-record 20 awards in the annual North Carolina Press Association editorial contest, including five first place wins. The state press association honored work published from March 2023 to March 2024. NC Health News was judged among its peers in the online-only category.
Doctor fired from Duke for resisting DEI agenda says majority of colleagues agree
Duke University Hospital was named one of the best hospitals in America last week in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-2025 “Best Hospitals” rankings, but a doctor who was recently fired from Duke for openly criticizing the hospital’s internal politics is speaking out. Dr. Kendall...
Around town: New collection charts Buncombe County’s history
Buncombe County Special Collections has released a new book titled Buncombe Origins: The Making of Asheville and Buncombe County. Co-edited by public historian Emily Cadmus and Buncombe County Special Collections manager Katherine Cutshall, the book spans from the first Colonial contacts with Native Americans in this area to the present day but focuses largely on the 19th and 20th centuries and on the establishment and development of Asheville and Buncombe County at the end of the 18th century.
UNCA says its budget deficit is down to $2.7 million; decision on proposed academic cutbacks is imminent
The projected $8 million budget deficit at the University of North Carolina Asheville has been reduced to $2.7 million through job cuts, early faculty retirements, and administrative cost-cutting, along with a projected increase in revenue from higher student enrollment, UNCA’s new vice chancellor for budget and finance told The Watchdog.
‘Devastating’: NC drivers warned as child, pets die in hot cars; arrests made in Wake, Harnett Counties
We’ve seen triple digit temperatures this summer in central North Carolina. In one study from San Jose University, car temperatures can climb almost 20 degrees in 10 minutes from just 95 degrees to 114 degrees.
Mark Robinson blasts Democrats for DC anti-Israel protest ahead of Trump rally
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson slammed Democrats after anti-Israel demonstrations erupted in Washington, D.C., and as former President Donald Trump holds a rally in his state on Wednesday. Thousands of pro-Palestinians gathered in the nation’s capital on Wednesday to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s address to Congress. Videos shared on social media showed demonstrators […]
State report details allegations of errors, mismanagement at nonprofit run by wife of NC lieutenant governor
A nonprofit group that was organized and operated by the wife of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson may have made invalid claims for federal funding, according to state documents alleging a range of record-keeping, bookkeeping and monitoring violations. Yolanda Hill, the second lady of North Carolina, announced in April that she...
After 41 years of fighting for WNC, legal aid, Pisgah Legal's Jim Barrett is retiring
ASHEVILLE - Winning legal battles against landlords who refused to fix dilapidated, rodent infested homes, helping to establish the first minimum housing code in Buncombe County and advocating for the continued access to legal aid for all low-income people in 18 counties in Western North Carolina. These are just a few of Jim...
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