Matt Bush
Matt Bush joined Blue Ridge Public Radio as news director in August 2016. Excited at the opportunity the build up the news service for both stations as well as help launch BPR News, Matt made the jump to Western North Carolina from Washington D.C. For the 8 years prior to coming to Asheville, he worked at the NPR member station in the nation's capital as a reporter and anchor. Matt primarily covered the state of Maryland, including 6 years of covering the statehouse in Annapolis. Prior to that, he worked at WMAL in Washington and Metro Networks in Pittsburgh, the city he was born and raised in.
Matt has a B.A. in broadcasting from Point Park College in Pittsburgh. His M.A. is in media entrepreneurship from American University in D.C. In May 2017, he will graduate from the 35th class of Leadership Asheville at UNC-Asheville.
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A portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after a cargo ship crashed into the span early Tuesday morning. It's not clear how many vehicles or people were on the bridge at the time.
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More than a mile of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday after it was hit by a cargo ship. At least two people have been pulled from the water.
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An article in Rolling Stone magazine reports that two people who planned the rallies ahead of the January 6 th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in... -
Outside of Old Fort, the Western North Carolina railroad bends around Andrews Geyser. Thousands of incarcerated laborers built this railroad – and nearly all of them were African American. -
President Joe Biden has formally given a federal disaster declaration to three counties in Western North Carolina that were devastated by the remnants... -
Asheville City Council Tuesday approved $2.1 million for the reparations fund for the city's Black community. But what the money will be spent on is... -
Demolition of the Vance Monument in downtown Asheville began Monday and will take roughly two weeks to complete. -
Asheville City Council voted Tuesday evening to remove the Vance Monument from its spot in the city's main public space, taking away the 65-foot obelisk... -
Asheville City Council is scheduled to take a vote Tuesday on whether to remove the 65-foot Vance Monument from downtown's Pack Square. The decision... -
Asheville City Council Tuesday approved new rules for future hotel projects, ending a nearly one-and-a-half-year moratorium on the construction of new...
