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Wake Up, Asheville! episodes
- Friday, Sept. 11: Students' Report Card + Rent Ordinance Enforceable? + Flock on Parkway
Today's Asheville newscast references these stories:
- Asheville City Schools top NC averages but Black-white achievement gap persists
- Edwards bill would fine hospitals $10,000 a day for repeat safety violations
- How enforceable is Asheville's new 'No Rent for Slumlords' ordinance?
- City of Asheville to pay $11M, contractors $1M in fatal crash settlement
- Flock cameras on Blue Ridge Parkway: traffic count, not license plate tracking
5 min - Thursday, Sept. 10: Rent Collection Ban + Rewriting Development Rules + Bear Policies
Today's Asheville newscast references these stories:
- Asheville bars landlords from collecting rent on unsafe homes
- City council paying to rewrite development rules
- Asheville council takes new look at bear conflicts
- Brevard Police withdraw ALPR camera proposal after community feedback
- Opinion: Four takeaways from Edwards' censure
5 min - Wednesday, Sept. 9: Buncombe Schools Job Cuts? + Apartment Supply Surges + Perceptions of NC Labor/Business
Today's Asheville newscast references these stories:
- Buncombe County Schools weighs eliminating 118 positions amid budget shortfall
- From gap to ‘glut’: Asheville apartment supply surges
- Omni Grove Park Inn administrator arrested for alleged Nevada probation violation
- Asheville’s resilient plan for Gashes Creek Bridge rebuild after Helene
- North Carolina ranks best for business economy, dead last for workers
5 min - Tuesday, Sept. 8: Pratt & Whitney Promises + Deaverview Development + Craggy Prison Land Future
Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:
- Pratt & Whitney has received millions in incentives and exceeded employment promises
- Asheville considers plan to redevelop Deaverview with HACA, PEAK Academy
- Town of Woodfin seeks say in future of Craggy prison property
- Forest Service declines public meeting on Wilson Creek ICE operation
- Absentee by-mail voting begins in NC
5 min - SPECIAL: Jane Kramer navigates heart and history with 'Moon & Mother'
As a Labor Day bonus episode, I'm giving you my conversation with Asheville singer-songwriter Jane Kramer, which posted last week on my arts-focused platform, See Hear. I'll be back with your daily newscast Tuesday, Sept. 8.
35 min - Friday, Sept. 4: Buncombe Seeks $24 Million + Childcare Expansion + Pardee Raising Presence
Today's Asheville newscast references these stories:
- Buncombe County seeks $24 million for parks repairs, affordable housing
- NC announces $20 million to expand childcare in storm recovery areas
- I-40 rebuild in Pigeon River Gorge now $2.8B
- Swannanoa residents raise culvert concerns after repeated flooding
- Pardee emerging from Mission’s shadow
5 min - Thursday, Sept. 3: Competing Recovery Narratives + Third County Jail Death + Bear Cubs Relocated
Today's Asheville newscast includes these stories:
- Rival Helene recovery narratives competed as Asheville hosted G20 summit
- Third Buncombe County jail death in 2026 under SBI review
- Two bear cubs relocated as NC wildlife officials try to capture mother behind home break-ins
- Ager campaign fueled by 7,000 individual donations
- Asheville Young Professionals hosts candidate event at Governor’s Western residence
5 min - Wednesday, Sept. 2: Edwards Censure + Measles in WNC + Rebuilding Asheville Muni Golf
Today's Asheville newscast references these stories:
- House censors Chuck Edwards after ethics probe
- Measles exposure warning for Asheville and Hendersonville locations
- Wingstop workers return after Asheville strike; demand safety, dignity and higher pay
- Asheville Municipal Golf Course front nine rebuild after Tropical Storm Helene
- The Politics of Dissent: NC Supreme Court justice Anita Earls
5 min - Tuesday, Sept. 1: G20 Potential and Criticism + Roadless Rule Rollback + UNCA Millennial Campus
Today's Asheville newscast references these stories:
- Regional business leaders say G20 in Asheville will boost recovery investment, workforce, tourism
- Demonstrators point to Helene recovery funding shortfall amid G20 summit
- Asheville Salvation Army Center of Hope may close after funding gap
- Environmental, forest advocates raise concerns over proposed rollback of Roadless Rule
- Opinion: UNC Asheville chancellor praises community input on Millennial Campus
5 min - Monday, Aug. 31: G20 Summit Protests + Housing Strategies + Symphony to the Rescue
Today's Asheville newscast references these stories:
- Protesters criticize G20 as Helene recovery lags for workers and displaced residents
- Asheville updates zoning to allow duplexes, larger ADUs and fewer parking minimums
- More than a refuge: Safe Shelter builds community in West Asheville
- Weaver Park renovation sparks Little League, neighbor complaints over dugouts and playground
- Asheville Symphony launches PLAY and expands Youth Symphony tuition aid for students
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About Wake Up, Asheville!
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Catch up on all the Asheville news every weekday morning. Our newscast podcast draws stories from across the local news media landscape to keep you in-the-know in under four minutes.