Man dies in Lake Lure rock climbing accident

07/05/11 A Cincinnati man with ties to Western North Carolina died in a rock climbing accident over the weekend near Lake Lure.

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Asheville's Emily Jackson connects farmers to schoolkids, consumers

07/17/11 Emily Jackson and her husband founded the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, connecting consumers and schoolchildren directly with local food growers, and runs the Asheville City Market on South Charlotte Street.

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Small wins: the quiet legislative successes

07/19/11 Moving behind all the hoopla of the 2011-2012 N.C. General Assembly thus far have been some quiet, mostly nonpartisan background bills that have now become state law. They have dealt with tax exemption for land conservation, flexible school schedules for inclement weather, brain concussion awareness in school athletics, and other issues directly affecting or pertinent to Western North Carolina ...

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