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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 ...
After the dean of students at the University of North Carolina-Asheville exited her job this week in the wake of an ...
In early April, a U.S. Forest Service office in east Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest issued a memo inviting the public ...
Asheville Academy has voluntarily forfeited its license, permanently shuttering its operations following the deaths of two ...
Four days before a boy died at a Transylvania County wilderness camp and 16 months before two girls died by suicide at Asheville Academy, the programs’ corporate owner ordered 80 positions cut across ...
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: I have yet to see a single bike rider on ...
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: I would like to know what is happening at the old Brown’s Pottery location near the intersection of Hendersonville ...
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 ...
The diverging diamond interchange on Airport Road at I-26 does require traffic to switch sides of the road to facilitate left-hand entry onto the interstate. // Watchdog photo by John Boyle Subscribe ...
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis faces strong headwinds 17 months before the 2026 election, and they're coming from his own party. // Photo credit: U.S. Congress Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog ...
Visitation to the Biltmore Estate is down about 30 percent below normal levels, estate spokesperson Marissa Jamison said. // Watchdog photo by Katie Linsky Shaw Subscribe to our free Asheville ...