A year ago, Susan Embler sat trapped in the hills above Swannanoa after Tropical Storm Helene rendered the road to her roughly 20-person community inaccessible. Lacking cell service and WiFi, cut off ...

Chances are when you think of Biltmore Village, your mind drifts to the restaurants and shops that make up the quaint ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: As a regular reader of Asheville Watchdog, I wanted to bring your attention to a potentially dangerous situation on ...

Lonnie Gilliam felt he did his part to protect free speech as a Marine in Vietnam – and last week when he and several family ...

Sinclair Inc. – the owner of WLOS in Asheville and more than three dozen other ABC affiliates across the country – announced ...

Nearly 40 employees connected to North Carolina’s Medicaid Ombudsman program, including nine at Pisgah Legal Services, will ...

Back in the day, Frank Sinatra and a children’s chorale sang a jaunty little ditty featuring a “little old ant” and a “silly old ram” trying to do what others said they can’t.  Even now many of you ...

One year after Tropical Storm Helene left Asheville without potable water for nearly two months, the city’s water system remains defenseless against the disruptive powers of a much lesser storm. Since ...

In the immediate aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene, we all grappled with the unthinkable: Our charming mountain community – seemingly a weather haven – had been transformed from the idyllic into the ...

It has been almost one year since Tropical Storm Helene blew through western North Carolina. The storm toppled trees and triggered landslides, scarring a region known worldwide for its beauty. It ...

Asheville Watchdog has received honors in two statewide journalism contests for a range of work, including its investigative journalism focused on Mission Hospital. Andrew R. Jones received first ...