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7/31 -	Water Forum: What You Can Do To Tackle Local Water Concerns
8/24 -	Buy Haywood’s Uniquely Local Food Crawl”
9/06 -	Out of the DARKNESS Community Walks - Asheville / Western Carolina

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7/29 -

Acclaimed author of To Kill A Mockingbird mired in litigation and struggle over her life and legacy

7/29 -

Federal judge strikes down DC ban on handguns outside the home

7/29 -

'Canvas fingerprinting' is the tracking tool that new and difficult to block

7/29 -

Environmentalists criticize proposed legislation to close Asheville coal ash ponds and three other facilities

7/28 -

Judge strikes down town's fracking ban, says Colorado's energy interests take precedence

7/28 -

Dan River Basin Association says river may never be cleaned up

7/28 -

New York Times editorial calls for marijuana legalization

7/28 -

Talk of impeachment really about Republican voter turnout

7/27 -

Despite rough start, NC 'Read to Achieve' program may be working

7/27 -

Federal judge upholds Jeffrey MacDonald murder conviction

7/27 -

Record levels of ultraviolet radiation reaching South America, studies show

7/27 -

NASA study shows US west using up ground water

7/26 -

Human remains thought to be historically connected to the Eastern Band of Cherokee halt construction at site in Macon County

7/26 -

History researchers scramble to preserved French dialect in Missouri before last speakers die

7/26 -

Invasive beetle spread fungus in Everglades and kills trees

7/26 -

Congressional members support legislation to restore voting rights to those with felony convictions

7/25 -

Charlotte's Levine Museum on the New South unveils historic LGBT exhibit

7/25 -

DOT proposes slower speeds for oil trains traveling through cities with more than 100,000 residents

7/25 -

Democratic candidate in Montana plagiarized thesis at United States Army War College

7/25 -

Polling trends and election analysis models create narratives of prediction, but not always the correct ones -- ask Eric Cantor

7/24 -

Children prefer or grow to like healthy school lunches, according to article in journal Childhood Obesity

7/24 -

Despite Hollywood's reputation for openness, GLAAD study finds the industry's films lack substantial number of LGBT characters

7/24 -

Federal judge rules Google must face charges of commingling user data and distributing it to advertisers without permission

7/24 -

Children's book Harriet the Spy Presages Domestic Surveillance

7/23 -

Collapse of oyster farms off Pacific Northwest coast may be connected to ocean's increasing acidity

7/23 -

Non-profit group's analysis of sea levels indicates threats to coasts of the Carolinas

7/23 -

Illegal wildlife products rank as world's fifth most lucrative illicit market

7/23 -

U.S. consumers buy 5 times as much clothing as they did in 1980 and recycle or donate on 15 percent - the rest go to the landfills

7/22 -

Noriega, former dictator of Panama, sues video games publisher of Call of Duty for use of likeness

7/22 -

NAACP chapter may file lawsuit against Cleveland County Board of Elections over precinct consolidations

7/22 -

Arizona State University's online education model competes with for-profit colleges

7/22 -

The Paleo diet and its Paleo companions offer revision of humans' relationship to agriculture

7/21 -

Solar farms taking root in North Carolina

7/21 -

Rick Perry: If the Federal government won't secure the border, the state of Texas will

7/21 -

Mayors tell Congress of fears that "Hobby Lobby" ruling may enable new anti-LGBT laws

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