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Stein, county officials go to DC to advocate for more Helene recovery funding

On Wednesday, Gov. Josh Stein and local officials from Buncombe, Ashe, Haywood, Madison, and Rutherford counties traveled to Washington, DC, to meet with the Trump administration and members of Congress about his request for an additional $13.5 billion in funding for Hurricane Helene recovery.

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Tributes across US, NC to late Pope Francis, as Vatican begins steps for next pope

In what would be his final acts as pope, Pope Francis gave the traditional Easter blessing from a balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on Easter Sunday and greeted the crowd of 50,000 assembled one last time in the popemobile.

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