David Coatney News Today

First responders in the Rio Grande Valley are receiving some new training priorities this year.

The National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center was established as part of a larger effort following the Oklahoma City bombing.

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Newly empowered General Assembly Republicans aren’t even trying to hide the fact that the congressional and legislative maps they drew behind closed d...

Hendersonville’s three-term Republican Sen. Chuck Edwards is moving up in the world, from Raleigh to Washington, after defeating his Democrat and Libe...

In the closely-watched race for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional district, Republican candidate Chuck Edwards has won 10 percent more votes than Democratic candidate Jasmine Beach-Ferrara.

Hendersonville’s three-term Republican Sen. Chuck Edwards is moving up in the world, from Raleigh to Washington, after defeating his Democrat and Libe...

The life story of Hendersonville resident Marge Cullen isn’t much different than that of many other retirement-aged Americans. Born and raised in New...

Western North Carolina voters will choose their next member of Congress from a field of three: Republican state Sen. Chuck Edwards, Libertarian small business owner David Coatney and Democratic Buncombe County Commissioner Jasmine Beach-Ferrara. As voters head to the polls in early voting, BPR takes a closer look at where the three candidates stand with the January 6th insurrection.

Western North Carolina’s last two Republican congressmen, Mark Meadows and Madison Cawthorn, have left behind them a combined decade-long legacy of de...