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Wake Up, Asheville! — 187 episodes
Wednesday, May 13: Memories of Fairview Couple + Sanitation Truck Fatality + PVC River Pollution
Tuesday, May 12: Murder Suspect in Court + FEMA Property Buyouts + Animal Cruelty Arrests
Monday, May 11: Murder Charges in Fairview Family Shootings + Edwards Claims 'Horseshit' + Tainted Michelin Stars?
Friday, May 8: High 5 Destroyed in Fire + Funding Shift for Housing + NEA visits Asheville, Marshall
Thursday, May 7: County Tax Increase + Mission Beds + Public Housing + New Bus Riding Tool
Wednesday, May 6: Brace for Hurricane Season + Restaurant Draws Scrutiny + AT Shelter Now an Exhibit
Tuesday, May 5: Reappraisal Appeal Deadline + Burn Ban Lifted + Violent Crime Concerns
Monday, May 4: Edwards' Alleged Affair Investigated + Emergency Alert Signups + Data Center Bill
Friday, May 1: Edwards Faces Ethics Probe + Teachers Walk Out + UNCA Transfer Program
Thursday, April 30: Hospital Beds Challenged + More Affordable Housing + French Broad Chocolate Recall
Wednesday, April 29: Record Drug Bust + Debating Asheville's Narrative + 3-Year Degrees?
Tuesday, April 28: HCA Accountability Proposal Fails + Fire Marks RAD Trends + Mars Hill Sewage Spill
Monday, April 27: Salvage Station Post-Fire Outlook + Corporate Vet Care + Asheville Crime Data
Friday, April 24: Housing Authority Suit + Drought Impacts + New Stadium, Same Result
Thursday, April 23: Buncombe's $41M Budget Gap + Public Housing Safety + Parkway Cleanup
Wednesday, April 22: Arrests for Pot + Revitalizing Blannahassett Island + Stray Dogs Along Parkway
Tuesday, April 21: Estimated Property Taxes + Mission Malpractice Settlement + Lax Dog Rules?
Monday, April 20: Costco Update + Arrests for Bike Thefts + Banned from Edwards' McDonald's
Friday, April 17: State of the City + Renaming Rights Revenue + Helping First Responders
Thursday, April 16: Loaded Gun on Campus + Pause on Surveillance + Limiting Property Tax Increases
Wednesday, April 15: Disaster-Relief Confusion + Police Intelligence Hub + Assessors' Conflict of Interest?
Tuesday, April 14: Forest Plan Halted + Cherokee Member Replaces Clampitt + Cold Case Revisited
Monday, April 13: I-26 Ramp Closures + Wildfires Update + Mission Control
Friday, April 10: Housing Authority Job Cuts + Highly Paid Police + Cannabis in WNC
Thursday, April 9: DHS Chief Visits + Forest Protection + On the Bus + Owen Park Input
Wednesday, April 8: Population Decline + Forest Service Overhaul + More High-Wage Jobs
Tuesday, April 7: Funding Schools + Ramada Project + Nursing Shortage
Monday, April 6: Housing Funding Challenges + Qualla Enterprises Investigation + A-B Tech Culinary Awards
Friday, April 3: Mission Expansion + County Budget + Nonprofits Merge + Burial in RAD
Thursday, April 2: Fire Surge Despite Burn Ban + Differing Budget Approaches + Considering Housing Boost
Wednesday, April 1: Wildfires Update + Train Momentum + Education Gains, Gaps
Tuesday, March 31: Tax Burden Shifts + Sports Tourism + Big Flush
Monday, March 30: 'No Kings' Rally + Homelessness from Helene + Arts Center False Starts
Friday, March 27: Proposed Budget Cuts + Bus Contract + Dirty Laundry Aired + No Kings
Thursday, March 26: HVAC Failure Lawsuit + Arts Center's Next Step + Did DA-Elect Mishandle Cases?
Wednesday, March 25: Fire Danger + Music Scene Health + Mom Replaces Son in Jail
Tuesday, March 24: 'Wandering Officers' in WNC + Transportation Dollars + Fundraising for TSA Workers
Monday, March 23: Incursion to Ingles Board + Climate Resiliency + GAP AVL Report
Friday, March 20: HCA Balks at Transparency + Unified Fire District + Great Mother March
Thursday, March 19: Craggy Dam Debate + SNAP Stresses + Homelessness Help
Wednesday, March 18: Actions After Shootings + Sticker Shock + Airport Update
Tuesday, March 17: Mission's Leadership + Contrasting Edwards, Ager + Van Noort Op-Ed
Monday, March 16: HUD Addresses Funding Challenges + Flag-Burning Charges Dropped + Swannanoa Greenway
Friday, March 13: GE Aerospace Expansion + Youth Career Development + Pedestrian Plan
Thursday, March 12: Gun Violence Strategies + Library Assault Case Settlement + AVL Fee Hikes?
Wednesday, March 11: River Pipe Cleanup + Craggy Dam Removal + Signs of the Times
Tuesday, March 10: Second Fatal Shooting + Water Resources Director + ART Bus Service
Monday, March 9: Parkway Reopening Timeline + Mayor About Costco + Birth in Jail
Friday, March 6: Look at Local Officers Arrested + Noem 'Hampered' FEMA + Eastern Cherokee Nation
Thursday, March 5: Primary Turnout + Moore Makes History + Local Tie to Iran War
Wednesday, March 4: Primary Results + Introducing Hellbender + Area Schools Bolster Social Workforce
Tuesday, March 3: Primary Boost, Key Races + Fighting for Costco + UNCA Stadium vs. Forest Primer
Monday, March 2: More FEMA Help + Budget Gap Solutions + Homelessness Initiative
Friday, Feb. 27: Reparations Caution + Attorney Guilty of Theft + DA Won't Seek Death Penalty
Thursday, Feb. 26: Thoughts on $30M Shortfall + Site for new performance center? + Costco not dead yet?
Wednesday, Feb. 25: Edwards' Challenger Bio + Death Penalty Pursuit + More on Suspended APD Officer
Tuesday, Feb. 24: Costco Post-Mortem + Ager Gets National Support + G20 to Asheville
Monday, Feb. 23: APD Officer Charged + Fired Nurse Gets Support + Asheville in Epstein Files
Friday, Feb. 20: Costco Withdraws from AVL + Property Appraisals + Helene Costs + Drought Details + Anti-ICE Walkout
Thursday, Feb. 19: Bond Proposals + FEMA Reimbursements + UNCA 'Innovation' + Day of Protest
Wednesday, Feb. 18: French Broad Boost + Local Leaders Advice Stein + Early Voting Trends
Tuesday, Feb. 17: Helene Funding Holdup + Cotton Mill Reopens + Billy Strings' AVL Impact + UNCA Walkout
Monday, Feb. 16: WNC Drought Deepens + Counting Homeless + Defending DEI + Police Imposter Surrenders
Friday, Feb. 13: Canton Tech Pause + Local Measles Cases + Republican Challenger + Media for Unhoused
Thursday, Feb. 12: Renew NC Stalls + AVL Passenger Rail + New Police Outlet + Sheriffs Misconduct Allegations
Wednesday, Feb. 11: Medicare Fraud Settlement + Road Repairs Lagging + Epstein Fallout Ripples to Asheville
Tuesday, Feb. 10: AirBnB Lawsuit + Tree Funds Unused + Returning Food-Lost Keepsakes
Monday, Feb. 9: Officers' Off-Duty Wrongs + Rental Property Taxes + Council Candidates Forum + French Broad Testing
Friday, Feb. 6: New Alert System + Realty Market Steadies + RAD Campus + Final Reparations Report
Thursday, Feb. 5: Immigrant Worker Protections + Commissioner Sues County + Transit Rail Push
Wednesday, Feb. 4: Mission's 'Jeopardy' Details + DA Candidate Details + Voters At Risk + Beaver Lake Drainage
Tuesday, Feb. 3: Cold Fallout + Firefighters' Raises + Violent Crime Drop + Ingles' Profits + Early Voting at WCU
Monday, Feb. 2: Post-Storm Schooling + Code Purple Overflow + UNCA Panel Criticized + Mission's 'Immediate Jeopardy'
Friday, Jan. 30: Storm Watch + Tourist Traffic Up + Rental Hurdles Eased + Library Director Resigns
Thursday, Jan. 29: Recovery Grants + Home Help + UNCA Advisory Group + Heating Aid + Youth Support
Zelda Briarwood: Bringing Vantage of Community, Social Work to Congressional Campaign
Dr. Paul Maddox: Pledging to Identify, Study, Fix Problems in Congress
Dr. Richard Hudspeth: Proposing Internal Congressional Medicine as Democratic Party Candidate
Jamie Ager: From Farm to the Table of Politics, Candidate for Congress
Thursday, Jan. 15: Asheville Projects $30M Budget Gap + Hospitality Jobs Down + Early Voting Locales Trimmed
Wednesday, Jan. 14: Buncombe Bailiff Perjury + Money for Home Repairs + Input on Pedestrian Plan
Tuesday, Jan. 13: WNC Landslide Mapping + UNCA Expands Access + City Sues Mountaineer Inn
Monday, Jan. 12: HCA Fraud Allegation + Candidacies Challenged + Thermo Fisher Plant Closing + Manheimer's Platform
Friday, Jan. 9: Equity Programs Targeted + Broken Development Ordinance + School Funding Finalized
Thursday, Jan. 8: Missing Middle Housing Stalled + Buncombe LIFT Funding + UNCA Removes Forest Art Installation
Wednesday, Jan. 7: Pine Gate Bankruptcy Deal + I-40 Toll Road? + Interim Black Mountain Manager
Tuesday, Jan. 6: 20 Jockey for Council Seats + Teen Center Allegations + Rural Health Aid
Monday, Jan. 5: Prosecutor Removal Petition + Roads Still Blocked + Pricey Buses Curbed
Tuesday, Dec. 30: Sheriff's Race Grows + Code Purple On + Wesley Swearing-In + Costco Coming?
Monday, Dec. 29: Free Recovery Campground + NCDOT Buying Land + Buncombe Grants Open
Tuesday, Dec. 23: Renew NC Deadline Extended + HCA Named in Wrongful Death Suit + Wilma Sherrill Dies +
Monday, Dec. 22: DA Williams Won't Rerun + Unemployment Drops + Biffle Helped WNC + 'Not Guilty' via Insanity + Arts Center Update
Friday, Dec. 19: Crowded Council Race + UNCA Plan Opposition + East Fork Pivot + Hendersonville Spill
Thursday, Dec. 18: FEMA Workaround + Mosley Seeks Re-Election + Hospital Competition + Sex Crime Sentence + Mayoral Year in Review
Wednesday, Dec. 17: Mosley Investigation + Restoring FEMA Grants + Doctor Stole Helene Donations + Water Outages
Tuesday, Dec. 16: FEMA Buyouts Stalled + Rebuilding Parks + Improving Rentals + NIMBYism + Polling Sites Shifted
Monday, Dec. 15: Weaverville Hospital + Mosley Tax Exemption + Council Candidate + Black Mountain vs. Brewery + Swannanoa Bike Park
Friday, Dec. 12: Edwards' Challengers + Dems Target NC-11 + Black Mountain Shakeup + Student Food Insecurity + Nina Simone Home Restored
Thursday, Dec. 11: $1B in Helene Recovery + Some Still Stranded + Costco Opposition + Big Ivy Struggle + Record of Worship
Wednesday, Dec. 10: Miller Running Again + Detention Officer Fired + BID Assessed + Weaverville Hospital Delays + Black Mountain Brewery Skirmish
Tuesday, Dec. 9: Code Purple + New Recovery Grants + Lingering Debris + Housing Programs + Graffiti Dascshund
Monday, Dec. 8: New City Manager + Distressed Counties + Mission Trauma + East Fork Expansion + Five R=Points Revival
Friday, Dec. 5: Edwards Primary Challenge + Homelessness on Rise + Home Values Explained + Helene Assistance Awaits + Saluda Trail Advances
Thursday, Dec. 4: APD Traffic Help + Urban Forest Restart + Ingles Losses + Teachers with Guns
Wednesday, Dec. 3: Public Park Input + Prather Defending Seat + Build Hendersonville + Thomas Wolfe Award Finalists
Tuesday, Dec. 2: Mission Noncompliance + Farmers Still Struggling + Violent Crime Drop + Challenge to Pless + Pisgah's Decade
Monday, Dec. 1: Post-Helene Toxins + Dems Attack Whatley's Helene Effort + Salvage Station Plans Indoors Return + Secret Recorder Arrest
Tuesday, Nov. 25: Wells Fargo Building Purchase + Outdoor Concert Venue + Haw Creek Appeal + Forest Service Sued
Monday, Nov. 24: Interim Police Chief + Emma Residents' Lawsuit + Free Childcare for Helene-Impacted Families + Pisgah Passage Trail
Friday, Nov. 21: Pratt & Whitney Fast-Track? + Haw Creek Plan Rejected + AVL Cost of Living + SoCon Deal
Thursday, Nov. 20: Immigrant Support + Helene Recovery + Urban Forest + Book Exchange + Odd APD Record
Wednesday, Nov. 19: Immigration Resolution + Ox Creek Fire + Deaverview Park + Brevard Police Chief + Lumbee Recognition
Tuesday, Nov. 18: ICE protests in Asheville + Local Fires + Biltmore Village Rebuilds + TDA Funds for PGA?
Monday, Nov. 17: Asheville's ICE position + Lexington Sidewalk + Walton Refresh + Troll Arrival
Friday, Nov. 14: HCA Violated Terms? + Swannanoa Housing + Kat Williams Dies + The Backswing of Sports Tourism + School Board News
Thursday, Nov. 13: UNCA Hires Consultant + Parkway Business Struggles + I-40 Freeze Gridlock + Climbing at Chimney Rock
Wednesday, Nov. 12: Mission Avoids Penalties + HCA Profits Soar + LEAF Needs Support + Airport Delays + Montreat Lodge OKd
Tuesday, Nov. 11: Black Flight + Heating Aid + PGA's Return + Highway Closures + Yoga Center's Sale
Monday, Nov. 10: Rare Edwards Interview + Property Tax Appraisals + New Oakley Firehouse + Mother Earth Transition
Friday, Nov. 7: Food Insecurity + Resignation After Threat + School Funding + Worker Shortage
Thursday, Nov. 6: Election Results + Housing Conditions + County Strategic Plan + Food Truck Pilot
Wednesday, Nov. 5: New Housing Authority CEO + Traffic Enforcement + Outdoor Venue Planned
Tuesday, Nov. 4: Mission Fulfills Promise + River Debris + MANNA Moves
Monday, Nov. 3: UNCA behind promised schedule + Woodfin, Weaverville elections + Gentrification series
Friday, Oct. 31: Code Purple expands + Weaverville election nears + Gillespie Gap protected
Thursday, Oct. 30: Why Black AVL leaves + Recovery boards + Tourism rebound
Wednesday, Oct. 29: Aid stoppage looming + Money for recovery jobs + Another NC-11 challenger
Friday, Oct. 24: Assault appeal + SNAP delays + More affordable housing + New gallery leadership
Thursday, Oct. 23: Redistricting finalized + Gerrymandered power grab + I-40 toll plan + Helene recovery
Wednesday, Oct. 22: Gerrymander approved + Mission Hospital sanctioned + No plan to move RAD
Tuesday, Oct. 21: Hospital competition + Closed meetings probe + Airport expansion + Bears released
Monday, Oct. 20: Mission cited + Black population decline + 'No Kings' rally + Woodfin election
Friday, Oct. 17: Students hit at bus stop + Day of action + Indigo DeSouza homecoming
Thursday, Oct. 16: Early voting begins + New Orange Peel owners + Helene transformed relationships
Wednesday, Oct. 15: FEMA delays + Community organizer suspects arson + A.C. Reynolds alum sets record
Tuesday, Oct. 14: Redistricting vote + Housing impact + Cannabis scrutiny + From actor to cadet
Monday, Oct. 13: Richmond Hill reopens + WNC nonprofit burnout + The next Greta Thunberg?
Friday, Oct 10: Edwards profits from himself + Food assistance continues + Don't feed the bears + Weaverville election
Thursday, Oct. 9: Local campus oversight + Cherokee step in + Housing recovery + Job market
Wednesday, Oct. 8: County recovery plan + Student mental health challenges + Book debates + Faculty organizing
Tuesday, Oct. 7: Hospital showdown + Economic rebound + AVL Mayor scrutiny + 'No' to Gerrymandering
Monday, Oct. 6: UNCA leadership scrutinized + City manager search survey + Transit redesign + Marshall courthouse question
Friday, Oct. 3: Recovery funding delays + Parkway bridge opens + Riverside rink + Weaverville mayor stepping down
Thursday, Oct. 2: Shutdown impacts parks + Noise ordinance revisited + TDA grants + Cawthorn Part Deux
Wednesday, Oct. 1: Helene water recovery + Climate resilience + Backup radios + Forest loss
Tuesday, Sept. 30: School lockdown + Church threat + Medicaid cuts + Transit survey
Monday, Sept. 29: Storm outlook + Swannanoa remembers + Hospital lauded + City settles suit
Friday, Sept. 26: Housing challenges + Food insecurity + Marquee comeback + Blues festival
Thursday, Sept. 25: Helene donations from Trump + Service industry pain + Biltmore Village resilience
Wednesday, Sept. 24: Primary challenge to Edwards + Landslide safety measures + Federal boost for Helene damage
Tuesday, Sept. 23: Helene one year later + Bat Cave rebuild + More Parkway reopened
Monday, Sept. 22: Post-Helene priorities, recovery boards and plans + This day in history
Friday, Sept. 19: Pisgah Legal layoffs + Student homelessness + Cooper leads in early polling
Thursday, Sept. 18: More Mission scrutiny + Restaurants, farms struggling + 'Not guilty' plea to flag burning
Wednesday, Sept. 17: Stein requests $13.5B in aid + Inspectors return to Mission + GOP lawmakers propose crime package
Tuesday, Sept. 16: More Parkway reopened + A call to replace chief internally + New shelter beds
Monday, Sept. 15: Wrongful death suit dismissed + Answers to water letters + Congress race grows + NC progressive caucus forms
Friday, Sept. 12: Reparations recommendations + impact of DOJ letter + Edwards accused of overstating role + Music for Helene benefit
Thursday, Sept. 11: Wildfire season prep + battle over quadriplegic transfer + affordable housing funding + FEMA aid + this day in hostory
Wednesday, Sept. 10: Housing project approved + voter ID upheld + black bear encounters + this day in history
Tuesday, Sept. 9: Reaction to DOJ warning + Gun link to violent crime + Deaverview Mountain parkland
Monday, Sept. 8: Top cop retiring + Reparations legal limbo + Protesters 'Wrap the Woods'
Friday, Sept. 5: Cycling safety + farm relief + water systems help + Medicaid families vulnerable
Thursday, Sept. 4: Roney Runs + Commission News + Reparations
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