On June 13, the University of North Carolina-Asheville confirmed a rumor that had circulated for months: It plans to build a ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: My birthday is on July 4 and I always enjoy a fireworks show that night, but I have a question about this year’s ...

After years of raising six kids, enduring a painful divorce a decade ago and then working two or more jobs for years, Kim Pierce had a plan. On June 18, 2024, she finalized the sale of the large ...

While downtown Asheville emerged largely unscathed from Tropical Storm Helene, its lack of potable water for nearly two months and a dramatic dropoff in foot traffic have led more than three dozen ...

There’s something happening here But what it is ain’t exactly clear There’s a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to ...

The city of Asheville has asked a judge to dismiss Asheville’s Watchdog’s lawsuit alleging violations of the state’s open ...

Four days before a boy died at a Transylvania County wilderness camp and 16 months before two girls died by suicide at ...

The owner of the now shuttered Asheville Academy where two residents died by suicide in May faces penalties for violating ...

A state investigation into 35 complaints about patient care and management at Mission Hospital found it’s in compliance with federal standards, according to documents obtained by Asheville Watchdog.

Maybe I’m jaded after more than 30 years of news reporting, but I just assume you’re recording me, and I’m recording you. Perhaps I’m paranoid, but I’ve had the public deconstruct my emailed responses ...

Among the many topics that draw continued interest — and ire — from you good readers, the I-26 widening project has to be right at the top of the list. No, not the I-26 Connector project, which we ...