As 2024 comes to a close, Asheville Watchdog staffers take you back and inside their most memorable stories and news events of the year. I was driving down I-26 on Jan. 11 when I got the call. The U.S ...

I’ve joked for weeks now that I’m going to sell my own T-shirts in Asheville that read: “Today’s mood: Turbid.” It’s fair to say “turbidity” is probably the word of the year in these parts. OK, maybe ...

So much of the human spirit in Appalachia centers on community. For hundreds of years we have supported one another during good times and bad. And in 2024, there was plenty of bad. Our world was ...

It’s a little ridiculous to sugarcoat 2024. Tropical Storm Helene saw to that, leaving a trail of destruction in these ...