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Western North Carolina Organizations Seeks $43M for Rural Broadband

Western North Carolina, a region that has long needed high-speed Internet into its rural and mountainous communities to provide vital information, services, and employment, has placed itself in line for federal stimulus funds for broadband.

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Related Topix: North Carolina, Asheville Metro, Asheville, NC, Buncombe County, NC, McDowell County, NC

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Ashvegas

The first $4 billion in rural broadband stimulus soon to be handed...

Here's the link to the DailyWireless.org post: The federal government will soon start handing out the first $4 billion in stimulus funds for broadband Internet connections, reports the Associated Press .

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Related Topix: North Carolina, Asheville Metro, Asheville, NC, Graham County, NC, Buncombe County, NC

Thu Oct 08, 2009

The Asheville Citizen-Times

Get ready to scamper

The sixth annual Town Square Scamper and Fall Foliage Stroll starts at 9 a.m. Oct.

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Related Topix: Asheville Metro, Asheville, NC

Tue Oct 06, 2009

News-Topic

Commissioners welcome new county manager, hear Broyhill update

New Caldwell County Manager Stan Kiser participated in his first county commission meeting, and Broyhill Furniture President Jeff Cook provided an update on the company's operations Monday night at the City-County Chambers in Lenoir.

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Related Topix: Caldwell County, NC, Hickory Metro, Lenoir, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Personal Finance, Retirement

Mon Oct 05, 2009

Jefferson Post Online Edition

Writers' tour organized for tourism boost

The North Carolina Department of Commercea s Annual United Kingdom Press Trip visited Ashe County and downtown West Jefferson Thursday to help promote the Blue Ridge Parkwaya s upcoming 75th anniversary as well as some other local travel destinations.

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Related Topix: North Carolina, Ashe County, NC, West Jefferson, NC, Boone, NC, Blowing Rock, NC

Mon Sep 28, 2009

The Asheville Citizen-Times

Yancey Republican to run for state senate

Yancey County social worker Tamera Frank announced plans Monday to run in 2010 for the 47th district state senate seat held by state Sen.

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Sun Sep 27, 2009

WLOS

Daughter says treatment tied to NC murder-suicide

The daughter of a North Carolina man who killed himself after fatally shooting his neighbor and wounding his estranged wife says her father became violent after cancer treatment.

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Related Topix: Green Mountain, NC, Burnsville, NC

Sat Sep 26, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Shooting victim in fair condition

A woman shot at least twice by her husband who killed another man before taking his own life remained hospitalized in fair condition Friday.

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Fri Sep 25, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Daughter says treatment tied to NC murder-suicide

The daughter of a North Carolina man who killed himself after fatally shooting his neighbor and wounding his estranged wife says her father became violent after cancer treatment.

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Related Topix: North Carolina, Green Mountain, NC, Burnsville, NC, Wake County, NC

Asheville Citizen-Times

Yancey attack leaves Richard Lee Buchanan, Thomas Marion Griffith dead

A Yancey County man who fatally shot himself in the head after killing his neighbor and seriously wounding his estranged wife had become violent in recent weeks while undergoing cancer treatment, his daughter said.

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Related Topix: Green Mountain, NC, Burnsville, NC

Fri Sep 11, 2009

High Country Press

WAMY Community Action 45 Years in the Making

WAMY [Watauga, Avery, Mitchell and Yancey] Community Action, Inc. has provided a number of services and activities that benefit the entire community, improving the quality of life in its four-county area since July 7, 1964.

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Related Topix: Watauga County, NC, Boone, NC

Wed Sep 09, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Burnsville man charged with murder

A Burnsville man is charged with murder in the slaying of a victim who was missing for more than a week before his body was found Tuesday down a rocky embankment.

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Asheville Citizen-Times

Plastic bottles to be banned from NC landfills

Plastic bottles are banned from North Carolina's landfills starting Oct. 1. The ban is meant to help satisfy the growing demand for plastic by recycling bottles, said the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

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Related Topix: Orange County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Buncombe County, NC

Mon Aug 31, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

State budget preserves education

North Carolina Democrats have preserved their commitment to ensure high quality education for every child in the state, even during these tough economic times.

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Related Topix: North Carolina, Education Etc., Gaston County, NC, Dare County, NC, Opinion

Thu Aug 27, 2009

The Asheville Citizen-Times

Children can get busy, messy at literary festival

The Carolina Mountain Literary Festival will offer a full day of activities for children and parents to celebrate literacy from 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m. on Sept.

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Sat Aug 22, 2009

The Asheville Citizen-Times

Children can get busy, messy at literary festival

The Carolina Mountain Literary Festival will offer a full day of activities for children and parents to celebrate literacy from 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m. on Sept.

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Wed Aug 19, 2009

The Asheville Citizen-Times

Yancey County man charged with extortion

Buncombe County Authorities Wednesday arrested a Burnsville man charged with threatening a man and his family.

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Related Topix: Buncombe County, NC, Burnsville, NC

Fri Aug 14, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

US 19 project in Madison is one of NC's largest

Workers are hammering away on one of the largest road construction projects in the state north of Asheville, creating sometimes lengthy traffic delays and other headaches for motorists in Madison and Yancey counties.

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Related Topix: Asheville Metro, Asheville, NC, Madison County, NC, Mars Hill, NC, Burnsville, NC

Wed Aug 12, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Students in Madison, Mitchell head back to school today

Summer is over for students in Madison and Mitchell counties. The school districts begin the 2009-10 school year today.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Avery County, NC, Banner Elk, NC

Sat Aug 08, 2009

Asheville Citizen-Times

Students in Madison, Mitchell head back to school today

Summer is over for students in Madison and Mitchell counties. The school districts begin the 2009-10 school year today.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Avery County, NC, Banner Elk, NC

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