While little has been humorous about the past two years for the Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission, President ...

HCA North Carolina Division President Greg Lowe announced to Mission Health’s staff Monday that he will become the Asheville ...

While no one can predict the weather with 100 percent certainty, here’s a reliable forecast: As the climate warms, Asheville and western North Carolina will endure more frequent and intense rain ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies, and the real answers: Question: I recently received a summons for jury duty for the end of August. Prior to the pandemic, I was regularly summoned ...

If you really want to get folks riled up around here, don’t bother with politics or road diets or, Lord knows, the lack of dedicated pickleball courts. Just bring up tipping. Generally speaking, I’m a ...

Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is scheduled to speak in Asheville on Tuesday, Sept. 17, ...

We begin this story by recalling relevant wisdom from Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address: “We are not enemies, but ...

As former Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan was winding down his third term in office in 2017, he accepted a $124,871 retention bonus designed to keep key employees in their jobs. The bonus, offered ...

The legendary Thomas “Tip” O’Neill, the longest continuously serving speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, coined a phrase relevant to politicians from school boards to the White House: “All ...

A Zillow listing shows this 602-square-foot home for sale in West Asheville for $425,000. While it's a little plain looking outside, it does have nice inside amenities such as tile and a spiral ...

The 8,000-acre Biltmore Estate has always been a working farm, with a variety of livestock and animals, including 41 goats that maintain the grounds as grazers. // Watchdog photo by Starr Sariego ...