Asheville Vice Mayor Antanette Mosley has received primary-residence tax benefits on a home in Atlanta throughout her time on the City Council while also submitting election documents showing she ...

Much of Swannanoa’s history and what may be a big part of its future can be seen from the top of a slope on the grounds of the former Beacon Manufacturing Co. textile mill on U.S. 70. Hollowed-out ...

As Asheville Watchdog’s four-part series has shown, young Black people are leaving the city for better opportunities, and residents who remain are fragmented, lacking the cohesion that once thriving ...

Citing wage concerns, diminished property taxes and the potential loss of the city’s last remaining industrial development ...

Impact Report for Asheville Watchdog nonprofit newsroom in Asheville, North Carolina and Western North Carolina and ...

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 ...

Mission Hospital has been designated as western North Carolina’s first Level I trauma center — a significant accolade for a ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Asheville recently passed a Business Improvement District tax to improve the downtown environment. My understanding ...

Deerfield, Ingles Markets, and HCA, owner of Asheville’s Mission Hospital, all made business news this week. Here’s a look at what happened for each: HCA Healthcare Not everyone is unhappy with ...

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 ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: What is going on at Highland Brewing? I saw they have construction going on and a sign up about pizza and climbing ...

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’ ...