Voters in Tuesday's primary in North Carolina will decide party nominees at the federal, state, and local levels. One race in Western North Carolina will decide whether the region’s biggest political rivalry will get another go.

A Haywood County art exhibit hopes to build a community beyond the art on the walls. In the Haywood County Arts Council Gallery in downtown Waynesville, curator Marie Cochran walks through the work of 5 artists that she brought together for the traveling version of her Affrilachian Artist Project . “Affrilachian” is a word that refers to African Americans who also identify as Appalachians. “It feels like I’ve drawn together these connections that were already there but that no one was able to

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders blew the cover on some big Western North Carolina news during a rally in Winston-Salem Thurs.

While Presidential candidates have been grabbing most of the attention ahead of Tuesday’s primary in North Carolina, a number of organizations have been working to raise awareness about local candidates and issues.

Rest areas along both sides of Interstate 26 near the border between Buncombe and Henderson Counties will close Friday as part of the overall widening project on the road.

North Carolina primary election voters will decide nominees for a long list of races - from the presidency all the day down to city council. This week, BPR is talking with voters from both parties to get a sense of what will drive them to the polls.

North Carolina health and public safety officials jumped ahead of President Trump’s news conference to update the state’s coronavirus preparedness efforts. BPR’s Helen Chickering reports

The closure of several labor and delivery units at hospitals across Western North Carolina means more mothers and their doctors are planning births differently. Dr. Suzanne Dixon has been an OBGYN with the Mountain Area Health Education Center for about 8 years. Most of the time she works in Asheville but she spends 2 days a week in Franklin at Mission Women’s Care. “I’ve been the only one doing the women’s work at that practice,” says Dixon. Dixon says that since Angel Medical Center closed it

The ballot in North Carolina is very long this year - with every office from the presidency to city council up for election. Over the next two days, BPR will speak with voters to get a sense of what will drive them to the polls for the primary.

The independent monitor overseeing HCA’s compliance with the agreements it made when it bought Mission Health has completed its round of public meetings. BPR’s Lilly Knoepp talked with Gibbins Advisor’s co-founder about what’s next: During the first two months of this year, Gibbins Advisors held 7 public meetings in Mission Health’s service area. Ron Winters estimates over 600 people attended those meetings to share their experiences on how healthcare at Mission facilities has changed since HCA