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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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