After decades of planning and debate, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has said it’s close to starting ...

Generally speaking, I try to be a positive guy. Hey, no one digs hanging out with a negative Nelly (or Ned) all the time, ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question (Part A): When I did a ChatGPT search for ...

Oscar Wong, the founder of Highland Brewing and the “godfather” of Asheville’s craft brewing scene, died Sunday at age 84.

Three weeks after a 13-year-old girl died by suicide at a Weaverville residential treatment program, the state health ...

Asheville Watchdog has named Catrina “Trina” Lloyd, an experienced nonprofit leader, as its executive director. Lloyd started ...

President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” that passed in the House last week may financially stress tens of thousands of ...

My very first rock concert was the Rolling Stones at Hampton Coliseum in December 1981, when I was 17. As I’d bought general ...

HCA Healthcare, the corporate owner of Mission Hospital, maintains it honored its asset purchase agreement (APA) in 2024, the ...

In my years observing politics and hurricanes at The Miami Herald I frequently rewatched the 1948 thriller “Key Largo,” which ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: I know this has occurred in past years, but it appears that all the lights on the McDowell Street viaduct in ...

The amendment would create an exemption from local codes for state building projects managed by the State Construction Office or by the University of North Carolina system. It would apply only to ...