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  1. 2023-01-17

    The next facelift of Pack Square Plaza is focusing on Black history and currency

    Pack Square Plaza has a winding, checkered history. City planners want to center the coming redesign around the stories and concerns of Black residents.

    3 min

  2. 2022-03-17

    The Porch: Running To Stand Still

    The BPR news team marks the two-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, and talks in-depth about Western North Carolina politics

    57 min

  3. 2022-03-10

    New maps mean GOP incumbents will face each other for two WNC General Assembly seats

    Incumbent Republicans will face each other in both state senate district 47 and state house district 113 thanks to redistricting

    2 min

  4. 2022-02-17

    COVID-19 In Appalachia: A Gardener's Devotion

    Nature has been a solace for folks in Western North Carolina long before COVID-19. But during the pandemic, local trails and forests saw record-breaking numbers of visitors who wanted to find a quiet place to safely escape the masked reality of crowded public spaces.

    5 min

  5. 2022-02-11

    NC 'boot camps' prepare candidates for culture war's front lines: School board elections

    Advocates on the right and left say this year's school board campaigns will be ground zero in America's culture wars. The conservative North Carolina Values Coalition prepared people for that battle this week by holding training sessions for prospective school board candidates in Raleigh and Mooresville. Tami Fitzgerald, executive director of the Raleigh-based group, says the issues that have led to heated protests at board meetings are fueling intense interest in running for office. "Parents are upset about what their kids have been learning in school," she said. "They're upset about the mask mandates that still perpetuate around the state. And it just seems like there's been a great awakening among parents." Reporters weren't allowed into the "school board boot camps." In an interview after Thursday's session at Trinity Baptist Church in Mooresville Fitzgerald said attendance for the two sessions was about 200, with about 100 saying they plan to run. In the Charlotte area, she said

    3 min

  6. 2022-02-11

    UNC Charlotte to start center aimed at predicting future pandemics

    UNC Charlotte will start a new program with the goal of helping to predict and fight future pandemics.

    1 min

  7. 2022-02-11

    Duke Energy says it will eliminate coal for power generation by 2035

    Duke Energy says it expects to reduce energy generated by coal to just 5% of its total by 2030 and to eliminate coal entirely by 2035.

    1 min

  8. 2022-02-09

    North Carolina judges to pick expert for redistricting review

    A trial court panel will name an outside remapping expert to help them determine whether upcoming replacement redistricting maps comply with partisan limits required by the North Carolina Supreme Court.

    8 min
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    2017 - 2023
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