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AP – A judge in North Carolina has denied a group’s request to block the planned demolition of a monument to Confederate governor Zebulon Vance in the city of Asheville.

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Joel Burgess, Citizen Times – In a potentially history-making move, City Council will vote on whether the city school board should be picked by election or remain an appointed body as it has …
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Derek Lacey, Asheville Citizen Times – Buncombe County Commissioner and now congressional candidate Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara is off to a quick start in her bid to represent Western North Carolina, raising …
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WLOS — Republican state Senator Chuck Edwards may stand in the way on proposed changes to the way hotel tax money is spent.

https://wlos.com/news/local/senator-edwards-asheville-city-council-at-odds-on-how-best-to-use-hotel-tax-money

Joel Burgess, Citizen Times – Would-be city hotel developers will now find a smaller area where they are allowed to build and a system where they are steered toward paying into a …
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Richard Stradling, News & Observer – The N.C. Department of Transportation says it will take a less aggressive approach to removing people living under its bridges and along its highways …
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Caitlyn Penter – WLOS — The debate over new hotels in Asheville continued at Tuesday night’s city council meeting. Council held a public hearing on changes being proposed to the …
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