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Events: Asheville Humane to hold rabies shot clinic
FAIRVIEW -- Asheville Humane Society will hold a rabies shot and microchip clinic 9 a.m.-1 p.m. May 31 at Fairview Elementary School, 1355 Charlotte Hwy.
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HRMC offers free sports physicals for student athletes
CLYDE -- Haywood Sports Medicine will offer free pre-participation comprehensive sports physicals for middle and high school student athletes, starting at 6 p.m. May 29 at Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center.
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Bailey named to credit union commission
ASHEVILLE -- K. Ray Bailey, president emeritus of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, has been appointed by Gov. Mike Easley to sit on the North Carolina Credit Union Commission.
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Development ordinance to be discussed
ASHEVILLE - The city Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to discuss the city's storm water and erosion control ordinance Thursday.
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Speaker: Special speaker at the Carolina Highlands St. Andrews Society
FLETCHER -- Michael Newton, the leading authority on the literature and cultural legacy of the Scottish Highland immigrant communities in America, will speak at the Carolina Highlands Saint Andrews Society at 2:30 p.m.
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Get your art gallery fix this week with these shows
Here are some of the art openings in the area this week.
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Best bets for TV today
TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE: "Saturday Night Live" finale, 11:29 p.m., NBC.
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Road trip: Blowing Rock's Art in the Park
Blowing Rock's longstanding Art in the Park starts today and continues all summer.
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WNC cities receive Safe Routes to School funds
ASHEVILLE -- Three Western North Carolina towns will get funds from the Safe Routes to School program.
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A-B Tech awards diplomas to 526 graduates
ASHEVILLE -- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College awarded 526 degrees and diplomas during its spring commencement Friday, with many graduates ready to head back to school.
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Revolutionary War veteran to be honored at last
JOHN BOYLE -- From Dublin, Ireland, to the battlefields of the American Revolution to the tobacco fields of his own farm in Buncombe County, Martin Maney lived a life few can imagine today.
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Sunny skies in forecast today
ASHEVILLE -- Today's forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with a high near 72 and a low tonight around 48.
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WNC towns receive school funds
ASHEVILLE -- Three Western North Carolina towns will get the first funding from the Safe Routes to School program to make their school communities more pedestrian- and biker-friendly.
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Teachers surveyed on health goals
Part of a state pilot program in seven districts, called Staff Together Achieving Results, has been started in an effort to improve educators' health and in turn encourage schoolchildren to be healthier.
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Chamber Challenge 5k
"This is my first race since field day in the fifth grade. I bought new running shoes that say 'RACING' on the side. This will facilitate my speediness. My goal is to make myself, my family, my team and my co-workers proud."
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Woman gets, spends money intended for deceased mother
ASHEVILLE - Authorities Friday charged a Swannanoa woman with receiving and spending more than $24,000 intended for her deceased mother.
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Pedicabs bring leg-powered locomotion to downtown
ASHEVILLE -- Instead of walking from the Grove Arcade to Pack Square, potential customers will be able to call, e-mail, text message or hail one of the five bicycle-powered rickshaws to shuttle them around downtown Asheville, the River Arts District and the Montford...
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Asheville drops on 'best places' list
ASHEVILLE -- The Queen City has dropkicked the Paris of the South out of the top spot in ranking of America's best cities to live in.
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Former drug czar visits WNC drug treatment programs
The former Army four-star general and former director of drug enforcement policy under President Clinton saw the effects of substance abuse as an officer during the Vietnam era, when addiction problems plagued the armed forces.
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Deputy injured in car wreck
GREEN CREEK -- A Polk County deputy was recovering at home Friday night folowing an accident.
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