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MAIN News Archives for January 2019

01/31 -  Theocracy, by any other name: Government-funded discrimination in foster care
01/31 -  Victims pulled from car in Henderson county lake identified
01/31 -  Psychiatrist James Gilligan on the shutdown: Trump inflicted his own pain and humiliation on America
01/31 -  Kim Davis must pay legal fees after same-sex marriage battle
01/30 -  Deep freeze paralyzes midwest US
01/30 -  South Carolina man arrested in 1987 rape in North Carolina
01/30 -  Attorney General Stein pushes legislation to pay to test old rape kits in NC
01/30 -  People kissing their pet hedgehogs is causing a bacterial disease outbreak, CDC warns
01/29 -  Former Brewers Alliance director faces embezzlement, card fraud charges
01/29 -  New GOP voter suppression tactic: Block voting at schools
01/29 -  Why Trump wants another shutdown
01/28 -  RNC pledges undivided support for Trump reelection, state leaders consider canceling caucuses
01/28 -  Cooper administration says half of GOP's State Board of Elections nominees invalid
01/28 -  How did Roger Stone know what Trump told Mueller?
01/25 -  Demonstrators target keynote speaker at MLK event at UNCA for her antisemitism
01/25 -  Americans increasingly blame Trump for the government shutdown
01/25 -  Nazi blueprint for North American Holocaust acquired by Canada archive
01/25 -  Commerce secretary says there's no 'good excuse' for furloughed workers to run out of cash
01/25 -  Roger Stone indicted on charges brought by special counsel
01/24 -  ADL Report: Right-wingers committed every 2018 extremist murder In US
01/24 -  Social media is rotting democracy from within
01/24 -  McConnell blocks bill to reopen most of government
01/23 -  Historians ponder McConnell's role as 'gravedigger of American democracy'
01/23 -  Nathan Phillips and the boys from Covington: What does this ugly encounter say about America?
01/23 -  Asheville Police investigating after reports of KKK flyers being found in area
01/23 -  Financial trouble stops Haywood County Rescue Squad transports
01/22 -  Limited visitation at Haywood Regional due to spike in flu
01/22 -  There's snow on TV, so Trump is tweeting about climate change
01/22 -  Trump's social media photos reportedly altered to make him look thinner, his hands bigger
01/22 -  ‘Senior Trump Official’ on shutdown: 'We do not want most employees to return'
01/21 -  Trump reportedly drinks 12 cans of Diet Coke and watches eight hours of cable news a day
01/21 -  Archaeologists discover a canister of facial cream from the Roman era with the imprints of the user's fingers
01/21 -  Thousands still without power Sunday night after high winds hammer WNC
01/21 -  Trump's slippage in support is real
01/19 -  Asheville police are looking for suspect in armed robbery at West Asheville convenience store
01/19 -  Greatest dealmaker in history is getting "crushed," and his fans are starting to notice
01/19 -  FBI agents contacted two lawmakers regarding House speaker Tim Moore
01/19 -  In rare move, Mueller's office denies report that Trump told Cohen to lie
01/19 -  State House speaker invites Trump to give his State of the Union in North Carolina
01/18 -  Trump retaliates against Pelosi, cancels her trip abroad
01/18 -  Authorities: Driver still at large after ramming patrol cars in high-speed chase through Buncombe, Henderson counties
01/18 -  For seventh consecutive year, visa overstas exceeded illegl border crossings
01/18 -  North Carolina gets an 'F' on how equally it treats mental and physical health issues
01/17 -  Firefighters battle blaze at Fairview Baptist Church
01/17 -  Poll: Majority of millennials do not like Trump, Twitter
01/17 -  Attorney general places stipulations on Mission hospital deal
01/17 -  Antarctic ice is melting six times faster now than in 1979
01/16 -  NC county fought for public prayer, and lost; now it has to pay the ACLU $285k
01/16 -  Assault just the latest in growing number of police calls to Asheville Mall
01/16 -  Bio sketch revisions remove reference to a four-year degree for Mark Meadows
01/16 -  Earth's magnetic field is acting up and geologists don't know why
01/15 -  Healthcare may be crucial issue in upcoming Presidential election, Gallup says
01/15 -  Why the shutdown disproportionately affects Black Americans
01/15 -  Sandy Hook parents win victory in lawsuit against Alex Jones, Infowars
01/15 -  Rand Paul heading to Canada, land of universal health care, for surgery
01/14 -  Historic Shakespeare theater in Stratford, CT burns to the ground
01/14 -  How anti-vax pseudoscience seeps into public discourse
01/14 -  Charlotte diocese undecided about naming accused priests
01/14 -  Evidence shows Richard Burr coordinated with NRA in 2016 Election
01/13 -  Fire truck goes in creek on way to Weaverville house fire
01/13 -  Stacey Abrams wins major victory as judge rules all votes must be counted in Georgia governor's election
01/13 -  Americans blame GOP and Trump for government shutdown, poll says
01/13 -  Washington Post: Trump concealed details from meetings with Putin
01/12 -  I-26 ramp in Henderson County closed because of sinkhole
01/12 -  What if the obstruction was the collusion? On the New York Times's latest bombshell
01/12 -  Trump literally did not understand what a shutdown would do
01/12 -  Trump runs the nation like he runs his companies -- into bankruptcy
01/11 -  Poll: In North Carolina, Cooper’s hot, Trump’s not
01/11 -  I-26 West in South Asheville CLOSED after tractor-trailer crash
01/11 -  Trump may use Puerto Rico, California disaster funds to build border wall
01/11 -  Shutdown halts civil court cases, including those against Trump
01/10 -  Tree splits Black Mountain home in half, traps 6-year-old boy
01/10 -  NC Legislative Building grows colder toward the public
01/10 -  Exxon knows renewables are cheaper, even if Trump doesn’t
01/10 -  Evangelical group wants gays removed from anti-lynching bill
01/09 -  Cunningham announces primary challenge to van Duyn for Lt. Gov.
01/09 -  Only 6 migrants — Not Sanders' claim of 4,000 — On terror watchlist were detained at southern border
01/09 -  High winds causing problems in Western North Carolina; taking down trees
01/08 -  Now we know what happens when a city removes flouride from their drinking water; Juneau did so eleven years ago
01/08 -  Networks set to air Trump's prime time address; Pelosi, Schumer demand equal time
01/08 -  Trump sister, a federal judge, implicated in alleged Trump tax scheme
01/08 -  US health care ranked worst in the developed world
01/08 -  Federal court rules that almond milk is milk
01/07 -  US national debt rises more than $2 trillion since Trump took office
01/07 -  Millions could face severe cuts to food stamps due to government shutdown
01/07 -  Asheville Police respond to two convenience store robberies, one in West Asheville, one in Montford
01/07 -  Democrats seek a political phoenix: Can 2018's biggest loser become 2020's big winner?
01/06 -  Stark evidence that private/charter schools are bringing back segregation
01/06 -  Democrats to ask for 10 years of presidential tax returns in new bill
01/06 -  Shutdown spares federal park rangers at site in Trump's Washington hotel
01/06 -  Haywood county neighborhood has been without water since mid-December
01/05 -  Supreme Court weighs whether to hear first challenge to Roe vs. Wade since Kavanaugh joined bench
01/05 -  Asheville tax preparers warn your refund could be delayed due to government shutdown
01/05 -  Top Trump officials are about to get a $10K raise while federal employees work without pay during the shutdown
01/05 -  Conservatives worry feminists are using witchcraft to destroy Trump
01/04 -  Link between social media and depression stronger in teen girls than boys, study says
01/04 -  The same flu virus that caused the 1918 pandemic is back this year
01/04 -  Winston-Salem ready to take legal action to move Confederate statue
01/04 -  South Carolina officers to be charged after 2 patients drowned in van
01/03 -  270,000 fewer kids have health insurance now thanks to Trump and GOP
01/03 -  Laura Ingraham's radio show cancelled due to advertiser boycott
01/03 -  Buncombe commissioners vote to accept settlement from Wanda Greene
01/03 -  For some reason, Trump defends Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
01/01 -  The government may be shut down, but taxpayers are footing the bill for party tents at Mar-a-Lago
01/01 -  Small bookstores are booming after nearly being wiped out
01/01 -  Government shutdown affecting small businesses
01/01 -  Kim Jong Un says North Korea isn't making nukes, warns US on sanctions