Originally Published in Citizen Times Rep. Brian Turner, GUEST COLUMNIST When Erica Smith and her four children were shot last month in their West Asheville home, waves of grief rippled through our entire community. The classmates, coworkers,…
Read MoreOriginally Published in Mountain Xpress Editor’s note: Rep. Tim Moore, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Sen. Phil Berger, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, “announced their agreement on adjustments to the current two-year state budget,” on the…
Read MoreOriginally Published in Citizen Times RALEIGH – The session of the North Carolina General Assembly that begins Wednesday is likely to be a battle of calculators and spreadsheets that will affect the future education of schoolchildren across the…
Read MoreASHEVILLE – Gov. Roy Cooper touted his proposal to spend an additional $130 million on public school safety and prevention across the state while on a visit to an area high school Monday. The proposal comes after an increased…
Read MoreASHEVILLE – Making progress against the opioid epidemic requires sustained efforts to help people addicted to the painkillers before, during and after a crisis, experts said at a roundtable discussion put on by the Citizen Times. “This is probably…
Read MoreOriginally Published in News & Observer N.C. House legislators are making another attempt to name the bobcat as North Carolina’s official state cat, following a request from a group of Rocky Mount elementary school students. The bill passed the…
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