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Deputy Literary Editor and Fiction Editor of the Times and Sunday Times / laura.hackett@sundaytimes.co.uk
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Property tax reappraisal freeze could force Buncombe to reopen its budget

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By Laura Hackett Verified
| WUNC-FM (Chapel Hill, NC) Verified
A new state law that freezes property tax reappraisals in North Carolina could force Buncombe County to reopen its budget just days after the new fiscal year begins. The law, signed Friday by Gov. Josh Stein, temporarily blocks counties from using 2026 property tax reappraisals to calculate tax bills. In Buncombe County, where reassessments became effective on Jan. 1, reverting to older values could result in an estimated $2 million budget gap.
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New Asheville sports bar will put women’s games on every screen

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By Laura Hackett Verified
| WUNC-FM (Chapel Hill, NC) Verified
JJ Pope isn’t planning major renovations at the former site of Boomer’s Bourbon and Cigar Lounge. But as soon as she got the keys to the building in early June, she knew the walls needed a makeover. “Everything in here is going to get painted,” she said. “Except for the ceiling and these tiles.
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Randy Shull built a 22-foot statue of himself. He insists it’s for his father.

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By Laura Hackett Verified
| WUNC-FM (Chapel Hill, NC) Verified
Randy Shull acknowledges that a new 22-foot statue of himself may appear self-centered. But he insists the goal is to magnify his father’s work. “It’s really about my father. It’s not about me,” Shull said. “It’s taking his work and amplifying it. I just happen to be the choice image.” The 800-pound fiberglass figure is a larger-than-life spin on a wooden figurine that his father, Don Shull, carved three decades ago.
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