Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: As your photo in a recent story shows, Novant has already been working on the Gold’s Gym property. So, will they be ...

Western North Carolina’s congressional representative and a state senator pushing a bold Helene-related recovery plan are at ...

State Sen. Tim Moffitt has fast-tracked a Helene-based rebuilding plan that would waive for two years the state building code ...

A 14-year-old died by suicide Saturday at a Weaverville residential treatment program for girls owned by the same company ...

Chuck Edwards can sympathize with Charlie Brown, who every year or so was lured by Lucy to try yet again to kick the football ...

At this point, six years after HCA’s purchase of Mission Health, I think we can all agree that HCA Mission is not exactly the most popular health care provider around here. At Asheville Watchdog, ...

The exterior entrance to Mission Hospital’s morgue, which medical examiners and others say has been beset with problems since changes were made to its operation in 2021. // Watchdog photo by Starr ...

A Buncombe County spokesperson acknowledged that debris piles related to Tropical Storm Helene remain around the county in the right of way. She said the county is addressing "hot spots." This debris ...