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So far this year, 21 domestic violence-related deaths have been reported in North Carolina, including two in Western North Carolina. Inside: A look at how many calls and clients WNC domestic violence agencies are serving in the region.
In what is surely good news for food-stressed families, Buncombe County children will be soon be able to get free meals – regardless of the ability to pay – through two programs announced Tuesday at a Buncombe County Board of Education ...
Carolina Public Press, in collaboration with Asheville-area journalists, students and community members, submitted a set of public records requests on the school and law-enforcement investigation of Kevin Mark Calloway, the former Owen Midd ...
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are reviving efforts to increase the age a young person charged with a crime may be tried as an adult in North Carolina, a move heralded by child advocates who say policies automatically charging a 16-year-ol ...
Carolina Public Press analyzed poverty rates for all Western North Carolina counties, released today by the U.S. Census Bureau, and found that nearly one out of every five mountain residents live in poverty in more than half of the region's ...
Buncombe community leaders shared, at a program at the YWCA of Asheville on Thursday, how cuts in the state budget passed in June impacted their organizations. The event included a presentation by the North Carolina Justice Center's Budget ...
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services also released a report today determining North Carolina can serve an additional 6,300 children through NC Pre-K. The agency estimated it will cost about $30 million to serve those a ...
Carolina Public Press analyzed 2010-2011 Adequate Yearly Progress reports -- the measurement of a school's ability to meet No Child Left Behind requirements -- and found that more than half of the region's evaluated schools failed to meet f ...
In her press release, Gov. Bev Perdue said that "if the funds that the General Assembly has provided are insufficient to cover the constitutional mandate for these services, I will call upon the legislature to appropriate additional funds t ...
Early this morning, the North Carolina House of Representatives voted 73-46 to override Gov. Bev Perdue's veto of the state budget. This afternoon, the North Carolina Senate followed suit and also voted 31-19 to override the governor's veto ...
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