/tags/blue-ridge-public-radio Blue Ridge Public Radio en-US Copyright Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:10:31 GMT /show/due-south/2024-11-18/jose-sandoval-spanish-language-broadcasts-bpr-listeners-hurricane-helene Jose Sandoval was one of the voices on Blue Ridge Public Radio broadcasting life-saving information in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. And he started sharing it in Spanish too. Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:10:31 GMT /show/due-south/2024-11-18/jose-sandoval-spanish-language-broadcasts-bpr-listeners-hurricane-helene Leoneda Inge, Cole del Charco /show/due-south/2024-10-31/spooky-halloween-tale-storyteller-ray-christian Ray Christian was a paperboy on a new route in Richmond, Virginia when he met the creepiest client in the city. Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:35:42 GMT /show/due-south/2024-10-31/spooky-halloween-tale-storyteller-ray-christian Leoneda Inge, Cole del Charco /show/due-south/2023-10-31/a-spooky-halloween-tale-from-storyteller-ray-christian Ray Christian was a paperboy on a new route in Richmond, Virginia when he met the creepiest client in the city. Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:20:36 GMT /show/due-south/2023-10-31/a-spooky-halloween-tale-from-storyteller-ray-christian Leoneda Inge, Cole del Charco /race-demographics/2020-12-09/third-and-final-confederate-monument-to-leave-ashevilles-pack-square The Asheville City Council voted to remove the third and final Confederate monument from Asheville’s Pack Square Tuesday night. The 65-foot Vance Monument… Wed, 09 Dec 2020 17:19:32 GMT /race-demographics/2020-12-09/third-and-final-confederate-monument-to-leave-ashevilles-pack-square Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2020-12-09/third-and-final-confederate-monument-to-leave-ashevilles-pack-square The Asheville City Council voted to remove the third and final Confederate monument from Asheville’s Pack Square Tuesday night. The 65-foot Vance Monument… Wed, 09 Dec 2020 17:19:32 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-12-09/third-and-final-confederate-monument-to-leave-ashevilles-pack-square Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /politics/2020-10-29/ncs-shrinking-split-ticket-voters-and-encouraging-immigrant-turnout-at-the-polls North Carolina has a history of split-ticket voting. In 2016, the state voted in a Republican president — but put a Democrat in the governor’s seat. The… Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:53:14 GMT /politics/2020-10-29/ncs-shrinking-split-ticket-voters-and-encouraging-immigrant-turnout-at-the-polls Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /politics/2020-10-09/queen-clampitt-race-in-wnc-marks-fifth-face-off-in-a-decade One of the most competitive local races in the state is in District 119, which includes Jackson, Swain and Haywood Counties. Democratic Rep. Joe Sam Queen… Fri, 09 Oct 2020 16:09:25 GMT /politics/2020-10-09/queen-clampitt-race-in-wnc-marks-fifth-face-off-in-a-decade Stacia Brown, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2020-07-16/listen-north-carolinas-tiny-desk-showcase Hundreds of North Carolina musicians set up a desk and camera this spring for their chance at NPR stardom. The annual Tiny Desk contest gives unsigned… Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:10:47 GMT /arts-culture/2020-07-16/listen-north-carolinas-tiny-desk-showcase Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2020-07-16/listen-north-carolinas-tiny-desk-showcase Hundreds of North Carolina musicians set up a desk and camera this spring for their chance at NPR stardom. The annual Tiny Desk contest gives unsigned… Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:10:47 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-07-16/listen-north-carolinas-tiny-desk-showcase Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /race-demographics/2020-06-25/jackson-county-will-discuss-confederate-monument-again-in-july Jackson County commissioners will discuss the future of the statue of a Confederate soldier on the old courthouse steps in Sylva next month.... Thu, 25 Jun 2020 19:51:15 GMT /race-demographics/2020-06-25/jackson-county-will-discuss-confederate-monument-again-in-july Lilly Knoepp