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May 10, 2013, No comments

Leading the rally was Bob Etheridge, the former state superintendent for public instruction, who accused the legislature of trying to undo years of success at improving graduation rates.

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Case against state medical examiners can move forward, commission says

May 2, 2013, No comments

The North Carolina Industrial Commission ruled Wednesday that an unprecedented lawsuit against the state for misidentifying dead bodies can proceed.

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Gov. Pat McCrory meets with black lawmakers, educators

April 10, 2013, No comments

Gov. Pat McCrory said Tuesday he “agreed to disagree” with African-American lawmakers on a proposed voter ID bill and other issues.

A black bear explores a garbage can in Asheville. Photo courtesy of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.

Bear poachers nabbed after four-year investigation

February 21, 2013, No comments

State and federal wildlife officials began making arrests Tuesday following a four-year investigation of bear poachers in North Carolina and Georgia.

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    Obama talks manufacturing
    February 14, 2013, No comments

    President Barack Obama used a bustling engine-parts factory that came back from the dead in Arden as the backdrop Wednesday to pitch his plans to boost U.S. manufacturing, part of the second-term agenda he rolled out in his State of the Uni ...

  • President Barack Obama is scheduled to be in Asheville today.
    Obama heads for Asheville factory
    February 13, 2013, No comments

    After Tuesday’s State of the Union address focused on jobs, manufacturing and middle-class opportunities, President Obama is heading for Asheville Wednesday morning to reinforce his points at an auto-parts plant.

  • (Right facing camera) North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory greets attendees of the Western North Carolina Open House at The Crest Center and Pavilion just outside Asheville, NC on Monday, January 7, 2013. This was McCrory's first appearance outside of Raleigh as governor. Jeff Siner - jsiner@charlotteobserver.com
    New N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory to ‘listen and learn’
    January 8, 2013, 1 Comment

    McCrory made his first appearance outside Raleigh as governor before more than 300 people gathered in a mountainside pavilion in Asheville. It was the first stop of a tour that will take him to Greensboro and New Bern on Tuesday and Charlot ...

  • Apples ready for picking at Skytop Orchard in Henderson County, in 2011. Angie Newsome/Carolina Public Press
    NC apple crop takes a big hit
    August 22, 2012, No comments

    Official numbers won’t be available until the end of the month. But the combination of an early spring that caused trees to bloom and a late cold snap hit orchards hard in Henderson County, which produces 85 percent of the state’s crop.