Sometimes, 94 years really isn’t enough living. That’s how long Asheville businessman, local columnist and cowboy-hat wearing amateur historian Jerry Sternberg lived before dying on Christmas Day.

This column wraps up our annual “year in review” series by Asheville Watchdog journalists. So far you’ve heard from: Now it’s ...

Ingles lost power in 80 of its 198 stores from Tropical Storm Helene, and all stores were unable to process credit or debit ...

As 2024 comes to a close, Asheville Watchdog staffers take you back and inside their most memorable stories and news events ...

As 2024 comes to a close, Asheville Watchdog staffers take you back and inside their most memorable stories and news events ...

As 2024 comes to a close, Asheville Watchdog staffers take you back and inside their most memorable stories and news events ...

Before we get to today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers, allow me to wish you a happy 2025. This might well be a doozy of a year, but let’s go into it with a positive ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies, and the real answers: Question: In a recent piece on Asheville’s water system, I wish you’d asked how many tons of aluminum sulfate and lye (sodium ...

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” – Joseph Goebbels, January 12, 1941 If I were to write a headline over a story summarizing the essence ...

It’s a little ridiculous to sugarcoat 2024. Tropical Storm Helene saw to that, leaving a trail of destruction in these ...