Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: As your photo in a recent story shows, Novant has already been working on the Gold’s Gym property. So, will they be ...

Western North Carolina’s congressional representative and a state senator pushing a bold Helene-related recovery plan are at ...

A 14-year-old died by suicide Saturday at a Weaverville residential treatment program for girls owned by the same company ...

State Sen. Tim Moffitt has fast-tracked a Helene-based rebuilding plan that would waive for two years the state building code ...

Chuck Edwards can sympathize with Charlie Brown, who every year or so was lured by Lucy to try yet again to kick the football ...

At this point, six years after HCA’s purchase of Mission Health, I think we can all agree that HCA Mission is not exactly the most popular health care provider around here. At Asheville Watchdog, ...

A Buncombe County spokesperson acknowledged that debris piles related to Tropical Storm Helene remain around the county in the right of way. She said the county is addressing "hot spots." This debris ...

A tent provides shelter near New Chums Cove and Tunnel roads. in late March, when the city released its findings from its annual Point in Time census of unsheltered people, it showed the count was 328 ...

MANNA FoodBank's former location on Swannanoa River Road was destroyed by Tropical Storm Helene's flooding on Sept. 27. The nonprofit hopes to demolish the two structures on site. // Watchdog photo by ...

Traffic on Hendersonville Road in south Asheville has steadily increased over the years, often leading to slowdowns and jams on the busy corridor. This area is south of Springside Road, where a ...

This is what the land on Brushy Mountain in the Nantahala National Forest looks like today as it regenerates after logging that was done in the early 1990s. // Watchdog photo by Starr Sariego ...