We should all get in touch with the zipper. The zipper merge, that is! Get your mind out of the gutter, and onto the interstate. Not surprisingly, I apparently have been a bit of a dolt for not better ...

The last of four parts The steady dwindling of Asheville’s Black population shows no sign of abating, but slowing or reversing this decades-long decline has no simple solutions. As Asheville ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: I recently took my first flight out of ...

Brittany Ebert thinks federal lawmakers might reopen the government and resume food stamp funding if they knew what it was ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: What percentage of students in the ...

Next Nov. 3, just 52 weeks from now, voters from across the country will cast ballots in what is historically seen as a second-tier election. Its very name — midterm — defines it by its date midway ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Regarding propane prices, I think there are two main issues that consumers should be aware of, and companies should ...

The third of four parts Sandra Smith has a name for the towering new homes squeezed onto tiny lots in Asheville’s historically Black neighborhoods: “Slim-talls.” She pointed out one after another on a ...

In August, when the University of North Carolina Asheville announced it was pausing a controversial plan to build a stadium-anchored development atop 45 acres of wooded campus, the school said it ...

It’s a wrestling match out there, folks. Every day. And sometimes you accidentally cut a catfish in half with a battery powered saw. More about that later. This is the situation on local waterways ...

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has placed Asheville’s Mission Hospital in immediate jeopardy, the third time since 2019 that the hospital has faced the harshest sanction that can be ...