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Mountain Xpress weekly paper to be sold to nonprofit, publisher says [Mountain Xpress]
▲ 60 r/asheville

Mountain Xpress weekly paper to be sold to nonprofit, publisher says [Mountain Xpress]

(For transparency's sake, I'm a current freelancer/former staff writer here.)

citizen-times.com
u/JournalistJess — 1 day ago
▲ 188 r/NorthCarolina

Cary Spent $330K on Videos Taxpayers Were Never Meant to See [INDY]

Including $5K for rights to a Coldplay song and $10K for a video to be narrated by someone from PBS.

indyweek.com
u/JournalistJess — 2 days ago
▲ 73 r/hendersonville+1 crossposts

Chuck Edwards is now Official Investigation - Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Chuck Edwards

May 14, 2026

Pursuant to Committee Rule 7, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined to release the following statement:

The Committee, pursuant to Committee Rule 18(a), is reviewing allegations that Representative Chuck Edwards may have created or fostered a hostile work environment and engaged in sexual harassment in violation of the Code of Official Conduct or any other applicable standard of conduct.

The Committee notes that the mere fact that it is investigating these allegations, and publicly disclosing its review, does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred.  No other public comment will be made on this matter except in accordance with Committee rules.

ethics.house.gov
u/JournalistJess — 7 days ago
▲ 126 r/ncpolitics+4 crossposts

>U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards Tuesday vigorously denied allegations that he’s had improper relationships with younger female aides, allegations that have become part of a House Ethics Committee investigation.

>“In the mountains we have to shovel horseshit,” he told The Assembly before an event at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock. “In D.C. I have to deal with horseshit. And these allegations are more horseshit.”

[The Assembly]

u/JournalistJess — 16 days ago