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Asheville Watchdog2d
Amid Pisgah logging plans post-Helene, Forest Service shuts out public
In early April, a U.S. Forest Service office in east Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest issued a memo inviting the public ...
Asheville Watchdog2d
Answer Man: Still no bicyclists on Merrimon? Debris pickups still lagging in some areas?
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: I have yet to see a single bike rider on Merrimon Avenue. Meanwhile, the car traffic continues to get worse. When ...
Asheville Watchdog3d
Amid ouster of dean filmed in secret recording, UNCA warns more could be coming
After the dean of students at the University of North Carolina-Asheville exited her job this week in the wake of an ...
Asheville Watchdog3d
Before it rebranded, Asheville Academy saw high turnover and fears it would close, email shows
Just more than a year before two residents died by suicide and its program shut down, Asheville Academy – then known as ...
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Democracy Watch: Tillis’s strongest, loudest opponents in 2026 Senate race aren’t Democrats
The first of political blogger Chris Hinkle’s countdown to Thom Tillis’s defeat came into my social media feed on May 16. It read simply: “Today is May 16, 2025 and @SenThomTillis has 476 days left ...
Asheville Watchdog5d
Answer Man: What’s happening to the former Brown’s Pottery site in Arden? What’s with the tree clearing across from Walmart on Airport Road?
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: I would like to know what is happening at the old Brown’s Pottery location near the intersection of Hendersonville ...