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 ...

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

One of these days, I promise, I’ll spread some Christmas cheer. But today, my gift is a little, well, doom-ish. Before you ...

HCA Healthcare plans to demolish Mission Hospital’s St. Joseph’s campus, whose origins date back more than a century, ...

A Mission Hospital pharmacist who supervised a team that tracked medication histories and prevented errors is suing the ...

Asheville’s Water Resources Department announced Wednesday that an additional 305 lead testing results have come back and ...

Asheville’s Water Resources Department announced Monday that the first batch of lead tests for residential customers is back, ...

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 ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Over the past 10 days, we’ve been getting notices that U.S. Postal Service packages can’t be delivered due to various ...

Money has been pouring into western North Carolina in unprecedented amounts since Tropical Storm Helene from individual donors, corporations and foundations throughout the U.S. At least $205 million ...

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 ...