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		<title>Buncombe Republican to head NC Dept. of Health and Human services</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Graham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH&#8211;Governor-elect Beverly Perdue on Tuesday named Asheville Republican Lanier Cansler to head up the state Department of Health and Human Services &#8212; widely perceived as one of the most challenging jobs in her administration. The choice of the former four-term state house representative and former deputy secretary of the state health department is being widely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State fast-tracks construction projects, but none west of Asheville</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH/STATEWIDE&#8211;The North Carolina Council of State today approved an expedited schedule to sell $742M worth of bonds to finance 28 major construction projects across the state, with a goal of “easing the pain of a sagging economy.”
All of the projects are state and university buildings. The westernmost project, though, is at the WNC Agricultural Center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buncombe county football star commits to WCU</title>
		<link>http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/buncombe-county-football-star-commits-to-wcu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Catamount sports notes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[WCU football]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ASHEVILLE/CULLOWHEE &#8211;North Buncombe quarterback and defensive back Randy Pressley, a top regional prospect, has committed to play at WCU, according to the Asheville Citizen Times.
A quote:
“Western has always been after me the hardest,” Pressley said. “The scholarships to other Division I schools have come and gone, but I didn’t want to go somewhere where I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WCU schedules service-learning fair</title>
		<link>http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/wcu-schedules-service-learning-fair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Press Release</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[city lights bookstore]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/?p=5186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CULLOWHEE - Western Carolina University will host the fourth annual Community Service-Learning Fair from 1 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 27, in the Grandroom of A.K. Hinds University Center.
The fair, which is free and open to the public, will allow members of community organizations to inform students, faculty, staff and other visitors to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BEACON payroll system for state employees keeps acting up</title>
		<link>http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/beacon-payroll-system-for-state-employees-keeps-acting-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/beacon-payroll-system-for-state-employees-keeps-acting-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Graham</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[lynn bonner]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/?p=5183</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[STATEWIDE&#8211;Earlier this year, when North Carolina launched a new system for managing state payroll, there were some problems. We linked to coverage from Lynn Bonner at the Raleigh News and Observer at that time.
Well, the system is still acting up, apparently, and Bonner again writes about it.
Here&#8217;s her lede, along with a couple more paragraphs:
A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WCU takes heat from NC Policy Watch</title>
		<link>http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/wcu-takes-heat-from-nc-policy-watch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/wcu-takes-heat-from-nc-policy-watch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Graham</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina Justice Center]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Progressive Pulse]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/?p=5177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CULLOWHEE/RALEIGH&#8211;&#8221;Your tax dollars at work.&#8221;
So notes The Progressive Pulse, a blog published by NC Policy Watch, which in turn is a project of the North Carolina Justice Center.
Author Chris Fitzsimon names Western Carolina University and UNC Healthcare among &#8220;several&#8221; state institutions that are Patron members of the North Carolina Chamber, our local arm of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on Sen. Burr’s upcoming race</title>
		<link>http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/more-on-sen-burrs-upcoming-race/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/more-on-sen-burrs-upcoming-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Graham</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[heath shuler]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/?p=5173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[STATEWIDE&#8211;In December we mentioned Sen. Richard Burr&#8217;s much-more-likely challenge in the 2010 mid-term elections, after Libby Dole&#8217;s defeat at the hands of Kay Hagan.
11th District congressman Heath Shuler was mentioned as a likely challenger, and that possibility seems to have solidified.
Shuler and Attorney General Roy Cooper are mentioned as leading contenders in this post at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phototorial 4: Tough enough?</title>
		<link>http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/phototorial-4-tough-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[beverly perdue]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/?p=5156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Far be it from us to judge a judge by his cover, but we&#8217;re concerned that governor-elect Perdue&#8217;s choice as the new correction secretary simply might not look the part. How is this guy gonna intimidate anybody?
Soft background, too: retired Marine colonel and military judge. They&#8217;ll run roughshod over him.
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		<title>Former Catamount Nick Aldridge re-surfaces</title>
		<link>http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/former-catamount-nick-aldridge-re-surfaces/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/former-catamount-nick-aldridge-re-surfaces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/?p=5151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BECKLEY,WV&#8211;Former Western Carolina basketball standout Nick Aldridge, who left the team in late 2007, is playing for NAIA Mountain State University in Beckley, WV.
Aldridge was an all-conference performer as a Catamount freshman in 2006-07, and was the Cats&#8217; leading scorer when he was asked to leave the team before the Christmas break in 2007. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barack Obama raises the Dead</title>
		<link>http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/barack-obama-raises-the-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/barack-obama-raises-the-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Graham</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thesouthernhighlandreader.com/?p=5123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SYLVA&#8211;One of the stocking-stuffers that made its way in to our house this Christmas was a novelty paperback that pokes good-natured, free-associative fun at &#8220;Obamania&#8221;. Called Barack Obama is Your New Bicycle, it&#8217;s a spinoff of the single-serving website barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com, which has been a big hit in &#8216;08.
The subtitle is &#8220;366 Ways he Really Cares&#8221;.
Some [...]]]></description>
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