A coalition of western North Carolina’s most vocal critics of HCA Healthcare and Mission Hospital gathered Thursday evening ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: I want to know if I go to an Asheville Tourists baseball game and pay the full price for a ticket, and buy two beers ...

The U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday removed the web page providing public information on its management plan for the Pisgah ...

Flying makes me philosophical. By that, I mean it makes me ask a lot of existential questions, such as: Do airlines know how to tell time? Do airlines understand what size most American adults are ...

The U.S. Forest Service used incomplete, inconsistent and misleading data to justify a dramatic expansion of logging in western North Carolina’s national forests over the coming decades, according to ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Rumors are rampant about changes at the Carl Sandburg Site. Especially concerning are rumors that the person in ...

Although 2025 isn’t an election year for North Carolina voters, it is certainly a political one. This season is already teeming with activity that may reshape North Carolina’s government, Congress ...

The following article was originally published by Brevard NewsBeat. Asheville Watchdog is republishing with its permission.] BREVARD — When retired pediatrician Ora Wells first saw the MRI image ...

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MAHEC’s primary care services were dropped from Mission Health’s insurance plan, a move that went unannounced for more than three months and that affected potentially thousands of employees. // Photo ...

The UNCA chancellor's 6,333-foot residence opened in 2014. Chancellor Kimberly van Noort uses the residence as a home, as is required by the University of North Carolina university system, a UNCA ...

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Since 2021, Mission Hospital has released at least 111 bodies to funeral homes before a legally required medical ...