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 ...

A reader asks why wild turkeys in North Asheville have been so scarce this summer. A wildlife expert says nothing nefarious is going on and it's just nature taking its course. // Photo from North ...

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 ...

Sam Hazen’s appearance was unprecedented on multiple fronts. The HCA Healthcare CEO surprised many attendees by showing up at ...

Roy Harris, part of the MountainTrue team cleaning up the French Broad River, pulls a long, plastic pipe from the bottom of the river. // Watchdog file photo by Katie Linsky Shaw The owner of ...

Nearly seven months after withdrawing its application for a new store in the Enka Commerce Park, Costco has submitted new ...

The claim was so outrageous, so brash, so downright unconscionable, that it just had to be called out. So I did. I called ...

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 ...