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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The Asheville City Council has voted unanimously to establish a plan to preserve historic buildings in the city and in Buncombe County. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports the council voted 7-0 to adopt the Historic Preservation Master ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The odds seem better that a final North Carolina state budget will be voted on by the General Assembly next week. A two-year spending plan should have been in place almost 2½ months ago, but House and ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Opponents of a 2007 law that mandates certain amounts of electricity sold in North Carolina originate from sources like solar panels and wind farms are making a late-session push to get final legislation passed to freeze those ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Cherokee tribe in North Carolina is betting it can boost its income and solidify its hold on gamblers in the Southeast by opening a second casino, even at a time of slow growth in the gambling ...

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RALEIGH – Some legislators are once again trying to expand the number of certain erosion-controlling structures allowed by law along the North Carolina coast. This time, they’re trying to do it through the state budget. Republican budget negotiators confirmed Sept. 2 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A judge says an out-of-state online lender and related businesses must stop offering and collecting on high-interest consumer loans to North Carolina residents. Special Superior Court Judge Gregory McGuire issued a preliminary injunction against Western Sky Financial, ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Complaints against mortgage companies continue to stream in from financial consumers in North Carolina nine years after the start of the U.S. housing crisis. The Charlotte Observer reports problems with mortgage lenders and servicers have been ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The General Assembly has quickly voted for another temporary spending measure that directs how North Carolina government should operate while a budget stalemate still is unresolved. The Senate and House approved separately by wide margins Thursday a ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislative leaders agree they’ll have to pass another temporary spending measure that keeps North Carolina government operating into September while they work on a budget deal. House and Senate Republicans kept holding budget talks Tuesday. A two-year ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Department store chain Belk Inc. says it has agreed to sell itself to New York-based private equity firm Sycamore Partners and go private in a deal that it valued at about $3 billion, including assumed debt. ...

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