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(Kansas City, Kansas)-- Today, stakeholders held a press conference to call on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect clean water and abandon its proposed Dirty Water Rule, the latest in the agency’s relentless efforts to rollback critical protections and make it easier for industry to endanger our kids and communities without any accountability.

RALEIGH -- With the onset of daylight saving time on Sunday, March 10, Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Mike Causey reminds residents to practice this life-saving habit: When you change your clock this weekend for the beginning of daylight saving time, remember to change the battery in your smoke alarm.

Asheville -- Here's Your Guide to the Tournament!

Associated Press March 1, 2019 -- Kelly Darden Jr. still remembers one of the first times he experienced the "black friend defense." Back in high school, a group of white classmates dressed in Confederate-inspired clothing as part of a social club called the "Rebel Rousers" and insisted they weren't racist when confronted because some of them knew Darden, who is black.

Raleigh -- Today marks the start of the 2019 Ozone Season, which runs from March 1 through October 31. The Division of Air Quality, along with its local partner programs, will issue daily ozone forecasts for seven North Carolina Metropolitan areas throughout the ozone season

RALEIGH – The state Department of Environmental Quality’s Recycling Program recently provided $511,000 in recycling business development grants to 17 North Carolina recycling companies that are expected to create 38 jobs and generate more than $1.3 million in new, private business investments while reducing the state’s dependence on landfill disposal.

Asheville, NC (Jan. 23, 2019) – It’s 2040. What kind of future will the greater Asheville community have? Buncombe County residents are invited to help envision the future by completing the AVL Greater Community Survey, part of the AVL Greater strategic foresight process being led by the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce.

(Asheville, NC – February 25, 2019) The phenomenon known as ‘kitten season’ happens each year as the days get longer, temperatures get warmer, and cats have easier access to food, resulting in more mating and an increased chance that litters will survive and thrive. Here in the southeast, kittens usually begin to appear in local shelters in February.

RALEIGH — If you’re looking for a reason to attend the women’s and men’s ACC basketball tournaments and want to get there without traffic or parking hassles, then look to NC By Train.

Since the inception of Negro History Week in 1926 and the expansion to Black History Month in 1976, February has been a time when the nation pauses to reflect on the struggles and accomplishments of African Americans in the United States.

RALEIGH – North Carolina students will continue learning about how to safely walk and bicycle to school through the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School Program.

You can recieve an online diagnosis and treatment plan for your illness from the convenience of your home. 

North Carolina Governor Cooper announces 141 jobs and $47.5 M investment by BestCo in Irdell County. The company will invest an additional $47.5 million in the facility, ln Mooresville. BestCo LLC, is a developer and manufacturer of consumer healthcare products. 

Asheville Symphony Concerts March 2019 

NC Roy Cooper continues to push for Federal Government to set Science-Based Standards for GenX and Similar Compounds on unregulated water.