I’m hoping you can enlighten us. I’d like to know what Asheville owes, including "off the books" stuff like unfunded pensions ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: I saw on social media where someone said a coyote killed their dog. I’ve also heard about cats being killed by ...

The remainder of Donald Trump’s presidency may hinge on two North Carolina elections Tuesday, one for the U.S. Senate and the ...

Josh Kelly walks along the proposed logging route in Big Ivy pointing out which trees are at risk. // Watchdog photo by Katie Linsky Shaw One day last spring, in between conversations about water ...

At 8:25 a.m. on Sept. 13, 2024, Noe Serrano Hernandez was put under anesthesia for a routine foot surgery at Mission Hospital. Over the next 51 minutes, the 64-year-old’s vital signs would steadily ...

Many were elderly or Black homeowners in distress. Some were vulnerable to a Reconstruction-era property law abused so often that it has been rewritten in other states, but not North Carolina. And ...

ART driver Jaqkwaun Holloway guided the S6 bus through rush-hour traffic on Long Shoals Road Monday evening. // Watchdog photo by Dan DeWitt Bus riders like John Rowe illustrate the tension between ...

In October 2025, North Carolina approved a new congressional map for the state. The new map changed the makeup of Districts 1 and 3 in Eastern North Carolina, an attempt by lawmakers to secure another ...

The playground at Carrier Park is overgrown, fenced off and closed to the public. // Watchdog photo by Katie Linsky Shaw At Carrier Park, the jungle gym is hard to spot these days, mainly because an ...

Buncombe County’s recently completed tax reassessment has hit residences with far higher valuation increases by percentage than commercial properties and will likely lead to homeowners carrying a ...