Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: I’ve heard that visitation at the Biltmore Estate is down by something like 40 percent. Is that correct? Is it still ...

Asheville Academy has voluntarily forfeited its license, permanently shuttering its operations following the deaths of two ...

Maybe I’m jaded after more than 30 years of news reporting, but I just assume you’re recording me, and I’m recording you. Perhaps I’m paranoid, but I’ve had the public deconstruct my emailed responses ...

In early April, a U.S. Forest Service office in east Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest issued a memo inviting the public ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: I have yet to see a single bike rider on Merrimon Avenue. Meanwhile, the car traffic continues to get worse. When ...

After the dean of students at the University of North Carolina-Asheville exited her job this week in the wake of an ...

Following two suicides in less than four weeks, Asheville Academy discharged its residents on May 31 and announced Tuesday that it was voluntarily shutting down. // Watchdog photo by Starr Sariego ...

The first of political blogger Chris Hinkle’s countdown to Thom Tillis’s defeat came into my social media feed on May 16. It read simply: “Today is May 16, 2025 and @SenThomTillis has 476 days left ...