Democratic congressional candidate Jamie Ager outraised U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards by a nearly 9-to-1 margin in the second ...

April 9, 2026 marks the launch of Local News Day, a new nation-wide day of action to celebrate and strengthen trusted local news. Asheville Watchdog is happy to share that we are one of the founding ...

The University of North Carolina-Asheville should not build a stadium atop the wooded land south of its main campus, ...

Forget about the hipster bars in West Asheville or the upscale places downtown. There’s a new local hot spot that puts them to shame. Not only can you quaff a very reasonably priced craft ale while ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Several weeks ago I submitted a request ...

The fourth floor of the new apartment building on Long Shoals Road is designed like the upper levels of countless other rental blocks in Buncombe County, the state, and most of the nation: A staircase ...

Living off-grid in Madison County, Nina Sabatino thought she had a little slice of paradise, getting by with an outdoor ...

Asheville Watchdog has won three awards, including first-place honors for investigative reporting and news feature reporting, in the North Carolina Press Association’s 2025-2026 journalism awards, the ...

The newspaper industry has weathered its fair share of tough times over the past decade or two, but I found a glimmer of hope on Richmond Avenue in West Asheville: Isabel Arcos, age 8. Last October, ...

Asheville’s Tree City USA distinction, which it held for nearly 45 years, has lapsed. Eric North, a program manager for the Arbor Day Foundation, which administers the Tree City program, said in an ...