Historic homes currently make up the 100 block of Charlotte Street in Asheville, but that could soon change. In the coming weeks, Asheville City Council is expected to vote on a redevelopment proposal that could demolish the homes, leaving residents to find another place to live. 1,200-FOOT-LONG FABRIC WRAP USED TO SHOW IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT PLANNED FOR CHARLOTTE ST.

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Residents rally to save Charlotte Street from redevelopment

A huge thank you from all of us here at News 13 and Carolina Furniture Concepts to all those who donated during the annual Break the Hunger food drive. Caption: More than $15,000, 100 boxes of food collected in News 13's Break the Hunger drive. More than 100 boxes of food and more than $15,000 were collected. Carolina Furniture Concepts will match all monetary donations, up to $15,000.

More than $15,000, 100 boxes of food collected in News 13's Break the Hunger drive

A National Park Service report shows that 14. 1 million visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2020 spent $1. 1 billion in communities near the park. That spending supported 15,500 local jobs and had a cumulative benefit of $1. 3 billion to the local economies. For North Carolina, visitors spent $1. 3 billion in 2020, contributing to 20,600 jobs, according to the report.

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Blue Ridge Parkway tourism creates $1.3 billion in economic benefits, report says

Washington approved federal grant money late last year for entertainment businesses hit hard by COVID-19. Many of those businesses had to shut down. But six months into the new year, the shuttered venue grants have yet to arrive. That’s had an impact on a movie theater in Waynesville and is building national pressure on lawmakers to release the funding.

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'We can't wait any longer ... fund us,' Waynesville cinema owner waits for federal grant

Kyle Fink has loved wrestling since he was four years old. That's when his mother told him they were going to a wrestling camp down the street from the house. "I had no idea what I was doing," laughed Fink. "I was just running around the mat with the other kids and not paying attention. " Caption: Robbinsville twins push each other in pursuit of wrestling titles.

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Robbinsville twins push each other in pursuit of wrestling titles

North Carolina senators are set to consider a proposal Tuesday that would bar women from getting abortions on the basis of their fetus's race, sex or a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.

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N. Carolina Senate considers banning Down syndrome abortions

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Governor Cooper has announced new vaccination incentives for the state of North Carolina. They plan to offer four 1 million dollar prizes over the next eight weeks. There will also be drawings for four college scholarships valued at $125,000. Anyone 18 and over who have been vaccinated will be automatically entered. Drawings will happen every other Wednesday starting June 23 and ending August 4.

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‘Your Shot at a Million’; Gov. Cooper announces millions in vaccine incentives as North Carolina vaccination rates flag

The North Carolina state Senate on Thursday, June 10, finalized a bill that would allow people to carry concealed handguns at religious services taking place on school property. Under Senate Bill 43, The Religious Assembly Security and Protection Act of 2021, people would only be able to carry guns when school and extracurricular activities are not in session.

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