The U.S. Forest Service used incomplete, inconsistent and misleading data to justify a dramatic expansion of logging in western North Carolina’s national forests over the coming decades, according to ...

Although 2025 isn’t an election year for North Carolina voters, it is certainly a political one. This season is already teeming with activity that may reshape North Carolina’s government, Congress ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Rumors are rampant about changes at the Carl Sandburg Site. Especially concerning are rumors that the person in ...

The following article was originally published by Brevard NewsBeat. Asheville Watchdog is republishing with its permission.] BREVARD — When retired pediatrician Ora Wells first saw the MRI image ...

Flying makes me philosophical. By that, I mean it makes me ask a lot of existential questions, such as: You may have deduced that I’ve been doing some flying lately, and you are correct. My wife Grace ...

Laura Law doesn’t know what she’s going to do. The Mission Hospital labor and delivery nurse expects nearly $6,000 in ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies, and the real answers: Question: I’ve never been inside the UNC Asheville chancellor’s residence, but I’m told that it’s quite large and cost a ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies, and the real answers: Question: What’s up with all the extensive clearing by FEMA in Biltmore Forest? For the past couple months FEMA crews and ...

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Since 2021, Mission Hospital has released at least 111 bodies to funeral homes before a legally required medical ...

Eric Penland and his mother, Tiffany Dobbs, are using Mission Hospital as a substitute for home care, Mission’s lawyers say. There aren’t any acceptable alternatives that provide the 24-hour-a-day ...