Man, I would like to get Nathan Pennington’s voice out of my head. Last year, before Tropical Storm Helene hit, I interviewed Pennington, Buncombe County’s planning director and floodplain manager, ...

In the immediate aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene’s destruction last year, business owners’ optimism about rebuilding ran high in Asheville, even in the face of the enormity of the task ahead. But ...

In a grievance-laced midnight Facebook post, Democratic congressional candidate Moe Davis dropped out of the race Saturday, ...

Raymond Harrell’s hope for the upcoming reappraisal of property in Buncombe County: It goes better than the last one in 2021.

Representatives from Costco and its affiliated development companies told local residents at a Enka community meeting ...

Mission Hospital has applied to become a Level I trauma center, the highest designation a healthcare facility can receive for ...

Four days after Buncombe County missed a state-imposed deadline to provide feedback about Mission Hospital’s application to ...

The Asheville Holiday Parade, a beloved downtown tradition for nearly 80 years, now finds itself in limbo. Earlier this year, ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Recently I have heard reports of the Asheville Police Department deploying pepper balls and LRADs (Long Range ...

In my career, I’ve often considered myself a professional pesterer. As journalists, we have a license — and a responsibility — to pursue information vigorously, to the point of being obnoxious at ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: What are the unoccupied motor homes doing in the grassy field across from Revol Church on Beaverdam Road? This is the ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: The Broadmoor Golf Course near the airport suffered catastrophic damage during the floods of Helene. Only the driving ...