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$3.6M for Asheville shelter beds? Could mean permanent West Asheville homeless shelter
ASHEVILLE - Buncombe County commissioners are considering a $3.6 million funding request to bring new beds to area homeless shelters, and to preserve existing beds at risk of disappearing. The money could also mean a permanent space for Safe Shelter, a partnership between three area churches and Counterflow LLC, which for the last year has rotated its 20-bed shelter between the locations. Safe Shelter is eyeing the newly-emptied educational building at West Asheville's Trinity United...
Entirely affordable housing project proposed off Brevard Road; received city, county loans
ASHEVILLE - As local leaders work to balance housing prices in Western North Carolina, a 100% affordable housing project that received funding from both Asheville City Council and the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners will soon be reviewed by local officials as the developer seeks a conditional zoning request for the project near Brevard Road. If approved, the complex will be one of several funded by the local governments in the hopes rental prices decline. Pine Lane...
Two months until Election Day, Republicans, Democrats make play for North Carolina
Standing in the middle of Downtown Cary Park, Mona Singh is holding onto handouts in support of Democratic candidates."We have a lot of races," said Singh, who serves as Vice Precinct Chair for the Wake County Democratic Party, as well as the Director of Outreach for TheySeeBlueNC, a South Asian grassroots organization.Democrats have pointed to increased enthusiasm over the past several weeks, as they make a play to flip North Carolina for the first time since 2008."I usually get involved in some sort of a campaign, (though) never to the extent I have this cycle," Repass explained.Repass was one of...
Most North Carolina residents express confidence in integrity and accuracy of 2024 election in new poll
A new poll finds most North Carolina voters are confident their vote will be accurately counted this year and in the integrity of the state’s election, but the poll also reveals partisan divides on those issues.
Sports betting in North Carolina seeing success 6 months after launching
It has now been just shy of six months since legalized sports betting launched in North Carolina. For gamblers, the launch came at the perfect time, just days ahead of March Madness in the heart of college basketball country."I believe North Carolina's done what we thought it would do. So we're not disappointed with what, you know, what we're doing there. We think everything is going very positive," says Johnny Avello with DraftKings.What started in March with a big boost from college hoops, and major betting companies running a lot of promotions to get people to download their apps...
NC State's 'sick building' to be stripped, rebuilt; employees wait for results of health evaluation
NC State leader shares update on Poe Hall health hazard evaluation. North Carolina State University students, faculty and staff could be just a few weeks away from getting the results of a federal health investigation into Poe Hall. There are also new details about plans to remove PCB contamination from the building and renovate it. Both those updates came during a virtual question-and-answer session on Aug. 29 with NC State Executive Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Charles Maimone.
Moss, Craven earn high rankings from N.C. Free Enterprise Foundation
ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County’s two elected representatives in the General Assembly have received high marks for their stance on business-related issues. The N.C. Free Enterprise Foundation recently released its 2023-2024 Legislative Business Ratings, with Rep. Ben Moss and Sen. Dave Craven each receiving an objective score above 95 out of 100.
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