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Wednesday, June 24, 2026
- Asheville moves $19M toward Helene home repair and issues data center moratorium
- Blue Ridge ash trees are showing signs of resilience thanks to a decade’s long fight against a major parasite
- Property tax reappraisal freeze could force Buncombe to reopen its budget
- New Asheville sports bar will put women’s games on every screen
- Buncombe County Schools faces federal inquiry over bathroom policy for transgender students
- Saying goodbye to Jose Sandoval: BPR exit interview
- UNC Health applies to build new, 92-bed hospital in Asheville
- Randy Shull built a 22-foot statue of himself. He insists it’s for his father.
- BPR presents Brevard Music Center's Summer Festival opening concert live on BPR Classic
- Juneteenth is coming up. Here’s what’s happening in WNC
- Buncombe formally sets November bond referenda
- A hard rain reveals the slow road to recovery in Hickory Nut Gorge
- A bill making its way through the General Assembly could limit how Buncombe County spends tourism dollars
- Montgomery Sky Farm’s Taylor Montgomery brings a James Beard Award to WNC
- Blue Ridge Public Radio Wins Two PMJA awards for 2025 reporting
- A swarm of solar ‘bees’ are coming to western North Carolina community hubs
- Jackson County GOP chair's text accuses state leaders of trying to ‘strong arm’ county election officials
- In updated Helene funding request, Gov. Stein cuts back, focuses on ‘significant gaps’
- A raccoon mascot, a racially offensive T-shirt and a ‘cultural problem’ inside Asheville Parks and Recreation
- A data center moratorium is on the table in Asheville
- Fractious Asheville City Council narrowly approves budget
- FEMA releases $236M for Helene recovery, including $29M for buyouts in Buncombe County
- Buncombe County Schools superintendent to retire in September
- Marshall’s Mermaid Festival and Parade returns for first time since Hurricane Helene
- “Black Boy Joy” mural lands in the River Arts District
- For second year in a row, only one public pool will be open in Asheville during summer
- Water quality monitoring gets underway for WNC rivers
- A GOP Jackson County elections board member said he was warned against voting for a campus polling site
- Buncombe commissioners approve record county budget, tax increases
- $25M awarded for recycling infrastructure in post-Helene WNC