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First, let’s do the numbers.

In this column a week ago, I wrote of clues in the days before in-person voting that were “hinting” at the potential for a sweeping Democratic victory in these midterm elections. Were this “blue wave” to occur, it quite likely would hobble the remaining months of a Trump presidency or end it altogether.

Those clues are fas...


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In 2018, the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office waded into the contentious sale of the nonprofit Mission Hospital to healthcare giant HCA. The office had concerns about the sale. Eager to get the deal done, HCA made concessions.

The Nashville-based company agreed to keep rural satellite hospitals open for 10 years, not just five; across the system services a...


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Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers:

Question: Outside the entrances to all Ingles grocery stores the crosswalks are bordered with the word “Stop.” It seems that at least once every few weeks there’s an altercation between drivers over the legal standing of that word as it relates to the parking lot. Some claim i...


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I’ve got to admit, it is a great ad.

When I first saw it, I laughed out loud. Then I had to tell my wife about it.

And I’m not alone in that type of viral response. Western Carolina University political scientist Chris Cooper also found Jennifer Balkcom’s latest ad to be a hoot.

“The way she calls her ‘Momma’ — it is absolutely brilliant,” C...


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Hopes were high in 2014, when Emily Sutton Dezio, fellow Enka-Candler residents, and representatives of Buncombe County and the Enka Commerce Park came together with a vision to create a greenway along Hominy Creek.

They imagined a 2.5-mile walking and cycling path by the future Bob Lewis Ballpark offering safe routes to parks and local schools.

“I though...


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