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Asheville Watchdog fact-checked Chuck Edwards’s claims about the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill.’ Here’s what we found.
Here’s the question of vital interest to everyone in western North Carolina put before two of our federal lawmakers: In casting your vote, what did you think will be the impact of the so-called One ...
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Death of 2 young riders shows Asheville area’s cycling paradise is sometimes lethal
When Andrew Crater was a young professional cyclist, riding and racing all over the world, he settled in Asheville to train. It’s no surprise, he said, that Jake Hill and Lennie Antonelli did the same ...
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Answer Man: Why does North Carolina so often split its votes on statewide political races? Do we get many international tourists around here?
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: This is not a timely question, but I think a lot of people want to know the answer. Can you contact Chris Cooper at ...
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Opinion: Locating I-40 through the Pigeon River Gorge was a bad idea, but we’re stuck with it
If you’re like me, you avoid driving I-40 through the Pigeon River Gorge like warm beer on a hot summer day. Hey, if I have to circle through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas to enter ...
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Buncombe County Commissioner’s business created conflicts for her, county staff
Jennifer Horton was still relishing her history-making victory last November as Buncombe’s first Black woman county ...
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Novant Health aims to build a 129-bed hospital in Buncombe County
Novant Health will seek permission from the state to build a hospital in Buncombe County, competing with AdventHealth for 129 ...
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AdventHealth makes its most public case for building region’s second-largest hospital, but has yet to ask the state for permission
Months before it can get official permission from the state, Florida-based nonprofit AdventHealth is seeking public support for a 129-bed expansion of its already approved 93-bed new hospital under ...
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Answer Man: What’s being explored at the ‘Pit of Despair?’ Razor wire OK atop fence within city limits? Mystery pile of dirt along I-26?
Happy Independence Day, everyone! I hope your day is a blast! A safe blast, that is… Let’s get to today’s round of questions, ...
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Dan DeWitt joins Asheville Watchdog as deputy managing editor/senior reporter
Asheville Watchdog has hired Dan DeWitt, a veteran journalist with deep ties to western North Carolina, in the newly created ...
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Answer Man: Disc golf coming to front nine of Asheville Muni? Teacher attrition rates in Buncombe, Asheville schools?
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Work is underway on the Muni’s devastated front nine to build a disc golf layout. Don’t know if this is temporary ...
Opinion
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Opinion: I’m proud of Thom Tillis for taking a stand against Trump, but I wish he’d taken it a step further
So, Mr. Boyle, are you proud of Senator Tillis now?” This was right after Tillis, a Republican U.S. senator who’s represented North Carolina since 2014, announced he wouldn’t seek reelection next year ...
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State’s rural hospitals will lose $3.7 billion in Medicaid and SNAP could end, legislative document states
North Carolina’s rural hospitals will face $3.7 billion in Medicaid cuts and the state could be forced to end its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) following passage of President ...