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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sign me up for free news alerts! The inaugural cohort of the University of North Carolina Asheville’s new master’s program in environmental resilience arrived on campus at a fraught and fortuitous ...

Development company L.B. Jackson & Company of Arden wants to build 84 homes on a 27-acre parcel that straddles New Haw Creek Road in east Asheville. The developer wanted to access the site via land on ...

Documents obtained by Asheville Watchdog detail an array of staff errors, communication breakdowns and technological problems at Mission Hospital that state and federal regulators said put patients’ ...

A web of undulating asphalt paths will be part of Beacon Park, an 8.5-acre complex with climbing walls, a mile-long walking trail, a playground, and an event lawn with a capacity of 4,000. // Watchdog ...

In early March, John Boyle broke the news that Costco, after decades of looking in the area (and breathless anticipation among the retailer’s devotees), had submitted plans for a store to be built in ...

The press release distributed by the North Carolina Board of Elections last month seemed the stuff of everyday news from the agency empowered to oversee voting. It reported on an exchange of ...

The word “ridiculosity” is one of my favorites, mainly because it sounds made up — but also because it describes Asheville oh so well. Merriam-Webster defines the word as “the quality or state of ...

I’ve always contended I’d be a less-than-stellar cop. I’m not the most patient guy with annoying people, and on occasion I have a bad temper. I like the general public, generally speaking, but I also ...

Fulton County tax assessor’s records list S. Antanette Mosley as the owner of this home at 1168 Warfield St. NW in Atlanta. On Friday, Mosley contacted the Fulton County Assessor’s Office and ...