As a journalism student during the Vietnam War era, I was assigned to read a history called The First Casualty by Phillip Knightly. The title is drawn from the maxim that when war breaks out, truth is ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: What happened to the Chapel at St. Joseph’s Hospital, which is being torn down? It was beautiful, if you never saw it ...

Former Asheville City Manager Debra Campbell backed the renewal of Asheville PEAK Academy’s charter with a glowing letter of recommendation to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The ...

It’s well-established that I am a techno-doofus, but I still feel my outrage at ticket resellers is justified. I’m talking about the upcoming Billy Strings concerts in Asheville in February. The ...

Sam Hazen’s appearance was unprecedented on multiple fronts. The HCA Healthcare CEO surprised many attendees by showing up at an Aug. 28 closed meeting at the Mountain Area Health Education Center.

The claim was so outrageous, so brash, so downright unconscionable, that it just had to be called out. So I did. I called Michael Gouge a liar, and I’m not ashamed that I did. You see, Gouge, a ...

Nearly seven months after withdrawing its application for a new store in the Enka Commerce Park, Costco has submitted new plans with the City of Asheville. Costco withdrew its application for a highly ...

An undated photo on Harvey West Jr.'s Facebook page shows West (left) taking a selfie with then North Carolina GOP chairman Michael Whatley, who is now the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. // ...

Humans may prize nature for notions of quietude, for serving as a refuge from highway buzz and construction grind and office chatter and the anxieties that accompany them. “I go among trees and sit ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: I’m writing with a question about Pisgah View State Park, which lies about 18 miles southwest of downtown Asheville.

Despite conditional approval from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to build its capacity up to 828 patients by 2031, a nearly 13 percent increase, Mission projects only a 3.7 ...

The owner of Woodfin’s Silver-Line Plastics will fund the next phase of a yearslong cleanup that began when floodwaters swept its inventory into the French Broad River during Tropical Storm Helene.