Editor’s Note: As 2025 comes to a close, Asheville Watchdog staffers take you back and inside their most memorable stories and news events of the year. I wasn’t paying very close attention to the ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Where are our Elephants on Parade that sweetly adorned the wall that funnels the endless traffic from Interstate 240 ...

Asheville does seem to love a lingering empty lot, or an empty building. As I noted in a September column, we have a fair number of empty buildings that remain after Helene, some significantly damaged ...

Did Asheville have more important problems, issues and big news going on this year than the prospect of Costco finally coming to town? Absolutely. We live in a town still rebuilding after Helene, and ...

Editor’s Note: As 2025 comes to a close, Asheville Watchdog staffers take you back and inside their most memorable stories and news events of the year. I wasn’t paying very close attention to the ...

Editor’s Note: As 2025 comes to a close, Asheville Watchdog staffers take you back and inside their most memorable stories and news events of the year. Our mission at Asheville Watchdog is, of course, ...

Before urban renewal, Asheland Avenue was lined with mostly Black-owned single-family homes. After they were sold and demolished, the street became a strip of office buildings and commercial ...

The Reparations Commission’s final report included 39 recommendations in five areas: criminal justice, economic development, education, health and wellness, and housing. Citing potential violations of ...

Sign me up for free news alerts! Except for the possible addition of slow-moving longshots before noon Friday, the campaign filing deadline, the fields are set for March 3 party-primary elections that ...

A sign along a creek in Biltmore Village warns of the possibility of flooding. The neighborhood was one of the hardest hit by Helene. While no one can predict the weather with 100 percent certainty, ...

Mission Health facilities in Asheville had more than 450 registered nurse vacancies in mid-October 2023, according to company staffing data obtained by Asheville Watchdog. The deficit occurred during ...

The floodwaters rose so fast at Thanh Bui’s house the morning of Sept. 27, she had to swim to safety. Bui, 55, and her 30-year-old son, Quintin Ho, had been up much of the night, monitoring the ...