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Asheville City Council will hold a 5 p.m. July 2 worksession to discuss legal options regarding election districts. During their June 25 meeting, Council passed a resolution adding the worksession to Council’s regular meeting schedule.

RALEIGH – An employee from Madison County was among the statewide winners of Thursday’s “Roadeo,” the annual competition among heavy equipment operators in the N.C. Department of Transportation.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is speaking out more strongly against a Republican measure to force sheriffs to recognize requests from immigration agents to hold inmates and to check the immigration status of everyone in their jails.

Maggie Valley, NC -- WCNT reported on FACE BOOK Two people including a district court judge in western North Carolina are hospitalized after a lightning strike on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Marshall, NC - (AP) North Carolina authorities say they caught two people vandalizing a Baptist church with caricatures of the devil and the phrase “Satan rules!”

Raleigh -- Press Release - North Carolina - Governor Cooper hosted budget writers and Democratic leaders at the mansion yesterday for a conversation about negotiations. 

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Missing Child Alert: North Carolina Rutherford Sheriff Department annouces Gracie Mull has been found safe