In an early morning social media post, western North Carolina congressman Chuck Edwards announced that he is withdrawing his candidacy for re-election. This story will be updated. Shortly after the ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: You should look into the disaster bridge ...

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Ethics Committee has recommended the censure of Rep. Chuck Edwards for violating the House ...

I’m not saying a new Sheetz gas station is going to win the Pritzker Architectural Prize or become a cherished icon of Tunnel Road’s, ahem, skyline. But it sure would beat the current Mountaineer Inn.

Lamarius Jones was so bold, smart and funny that his sister and the mother of his child started trading stories about how his ...

William Penn Adair Rogers (1879-1935), universally known as Will Rogers, was a humorist, newspaper columnist, and entertainer. // Watchdog photo illustration based on photo from Will Rogers Memorial ...

Tony Rickman, the Right of Way agent for the NCDOT's Division 13, which includes Buncombe County, talks to residents about the I-26 Connector at an April 24 public meeting about the project. // ...

Consider the dead tree. To the living things of the forest, and to the environmentalists who love them, a dead tree is ...

Since its sale to the for-profit HCA Healthcare seven years ago, Mission Hospital has been beset by complaints about ...

A report from the independent monitor tasked with supervising Mission Hospital has found two areas of “potential ...

Aerial images taken by the North Carolina Forest Service show a range of Tropical Storm Helene’s damage to forests across western North Carolina. According to the agency’s estimates, Helene blew ...

Officers left the Asheville Police Department in droves following the protests sparked by a Minneapolis officer’s murder of George Floyd, according to APD statistics provided to Asheville Watchdog.