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Community members gather for a vigil honoring the life of Iryna Zarutska, who was fatally stabbed on a commuter train last month, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
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North Carolina’s Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a criminal justice measure that the state’s Republican-controlled legislature approved in response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte commuter train.

A year after Helene - An oral history project

These stories were recorded at the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum Hurricane Helene Listening Day in partnership with Appalachian State University’s Special Collections Research Center and ArtsAVL.

Helene Listening Day
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A ravine cuts through a road in Boone
In a three-part series exploring chronic absenteeism in the region, WFDD’s Amy Diaz spoke with the school social workers helping students get to class, and above all, recover from the storm.

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