Politics

Gun safety goes beyond just knowing how to handle firearms; it also involves proper storage practices, especially in homes and vehicles. Buncombe County Justice Services support staff members are available…

Councilwoman Mary Black By Cash Michaels – New safeguards are being put in place after a first-term African American Raleigh City Council member became the target of hateful, racist slurs…

Nelda Holder Photo: Tim Barnwell Legislative News by Nelda Holder – The news network in North Carolina—including such “personal news” channels as the ubiquitous Facebook, as well as plain old…

NC Representative Lindsey Prather In early May, NC Representative Lindsey Prather (D-Buncombe) responded to the Legislature’s passage of an increase in the state’s private school voucher program of up to…

The next meeting of the Community Reparations Commission is scheduled for Monday, May 13, 2024, from 6-8 p.m. at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center Banquet Hall, 87 Haywood Street in downtown…

2024 audit recognizes the damage caused by public and private systemic racism. Buncombe County and the City of Asheville governments’ reparation resolutions aspire to cease the perpetuation of institutional processes…

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference…

The “Grandmother of Juneteenth” and the man who contributed to parts of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous speech received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden…

As the U.S. government moves toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, there may be little immediate impact in the dozen states that have not already legalized cannabis for widespread medical…