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When it comes to relieving stress, more giggles and guffaws are just what the doctor ordered. Here's why.

Asheville City News -- An April 2 judgment in Buncombe County Superior Court affirms the City of Asheville’s right to prohibit motorized scooter services from operating in the City without permission.

NC GreenPower-- Headquartered in Raleigh, NC GreenPower is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit improving our state’s environment by supporting renewable energy, carbon offset projects and providing grants for solar installations at K-12 schools. Since 2003, our donors have helped to support more than 1,000 projects right here in North Carolina.

North Carolina -- Press Release April 3, 2019  Eight museums in North Carolina have been added to the list of attractions offering free or reduced admission to families that receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). 

NEW YORK (AP) — To anyone who figured the path of legalizing recreational marijuana use ran along blue state-red state lines, a sudden setback for pot advocates in New Jersey may show the issue isn’t so black-and-white.

Rutherford County Sheriff Depoartment -- The “Are You OK?” program, which was implemented in late 1990, is a telephone and computer based reassurance program, designed to “call” our Rutherford County seniors or any Rutherford County Citizen that is living alone and shows a need for this program and help them and their family to have peace of mind.

Asheville -- City of Asheville launches public process part of Noise Ordinance revision.

Did you know that more than half the forest land in the United States is owned and managed by some 11 million private forest owners? These working forests benefit us all. Private forest lands:

Music -- (NPR) It's a packed release week with a whole bunch of notable albums to highlight, including the rock guitar heroics on Ex Hex's It's Real, the wistful wisdom of Jenny Lewis, Andrew Bird's "finest work yet," mind-blowing sonics from the genre-bending composers Emily Wells and Lafawndah, the German electronic artist Apparat and much more.