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Matt Bush joined Blue Ridge Public Radio as news director in August 2016. Excited at the opportunity the build up the news service for both stations as well as help launch BPR News, Matt made the jump to Western North Carolina from Washington D.C. For the 8 years prior to coming to Asheville, he worked at the NPR member station in the nation's capital as a reporter and anchor. Matt primarily covered the state of Maryland, including 6 years of covering the statehouse in Annapolis. Prior to that, he worked at WMAL in Washington and Metro Networks in Pittsburgh, the city he was born and raised in. ....

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Asheville City Council OK's $2.1 Million For Reparations Fund


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Asheville City Council Tuesday approved $2.1 million for the reparations fund for the city s Black community.  But what the money will be spent on is still unknown, as the truth telling sessions the city is holding to determine what form reparations will take continue throughout June.
The $2.1 million council members approved comes from proceeds of the sale of city-owned land on Charlotte Street to White Labs Inc.  The approximately $3.7 million sale involved land Asheville acquired through its Urban Renewal program in the late 1960 s and early 1970 s which devastated Black communities in the city.   The other $1.6 million was already appropriated into Community Block Development Grants earlier this year.   ....

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