Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Can you find out why a geodesic dome is ...

Asheville Watchdog has won three awards, including first-place honors for investigative reporting and news feature reporting, in the North Carolina Press Association’s 2025-2026 journalism awards, the ...

In a park across from the Macon County courthouse in Franklin, about 70 miles southwest of Asheville, a statue of "Johnny Reb" is a towering reminder that most of western North Carolina's ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: How did the Buncombe County employees that ...

Living off-grid in Madison County, Nina Sabatino thought she had a little slice of paradise, getting by with an outdoor ...

The Craggy Correctional Center in Woodfin will close later this summer. The property, zoned heavy industrial, will go on the market, probably later this year. // North Carolina Department of Adult ...

What will you do on July 4, the 250th anniversary of our Independence Day? Will you enjoy baseball, hot dogs and apple pie as the jingle for a once-popular American car intoned? Will you ponder for a ...

Following the sale of Asheville’s Mission Health system to HCA Healthcare in 2019, nurses and doctors left in large numbers, ...

Asheville Watchdog, the nonprofit investigative news organization serving Asheville and Buncombe County, announced today that ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: I’m summarizing this question, as it was ...

Asheville attorney Ilesanmi Adaramola entered the Buncombe courthouse Monday morning dressed in a white pantsuit and heels and left in handcuffs. Adaramola was a central figure in Asheville Watchdog’s ...

Blue Ridge Pride works to create a culture of inclusion for LGBTQ+ residents, while the U.S. Department of Education, by investigating transgender restroom use at Buncombe County Schools, is trying to ...