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Here's a look at the preliminary agreement between the U.S. and Iran, and the challenges that remain to find lasting peace.
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While some enslaved people did not know about Lincoln's order, many learned of it while the fighting was still ongoing through informal networks, rumors and sometimes from slaveholders themselves.
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What you need to know from the June 9 Asheville City Council meeting.
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Superintendent Rob Jackson made the announcement at the close of a celebratory end-of-school-year board meeting, bringing full circle a career that began in Buncombe County Schools in 1992.
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The two days of festivities included live music, a costume contest and a parade featuring dozens of creative, maritime-themed floats.
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The art is the latest addition to the Asheville Black Cultural and Heritage Trail.
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Western Carolina University in Jackson County is one of several colleges that the State Board of Elections rejected as an early voting site in the March primary.
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What you need to know from the June 2 Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting.