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Bus riders like John Rowe illustrate the tension between building ridership and providing broad coverage that all transit networks must address — and that has stymied the Asheville City Council. It was set to vote Tuesday on a plan aimed at boosting

A jury Wednesday found an Asheville woman guilty of forging deeds and illegally obtaining two Buncombe County properties that were flipped for a profit of nearly $140,000. The jury deliberated seven hours over three days before convicting Lisa Robert

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: I just read your article on property tax and sales tax funding the Asheville Business Improvement District. There is $1.4 million funding the BID (technically called t

At a Buncombe County Commission workshop in April, Asheville City Schools Superintendent Maggie Fehrman asked for an increase in the local tax that supplements the district. What she got was a broadside from County Commissioner Al Whitesides. “We’re

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Several weeks ago I submitted a request through the Asheville App regarding the need for at least one of the blue-and-black trash containers on Broadway Street just no

Asheville Watchdog, the nonprofit investigative news organization serving Asheville and Buncombe County, announced today that veteran journalist and news executive Michael Stowe will join the organization as Editor-in-Chief, effective early August. S

We do love a good protest in Asheville. In fact, Asheville is home to so many protesters protesting a variety of protestable matters, it’s easy to overlook them at times. But one aspect of protest in Asheville I truly do find impressive: the sheer pe

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Man, what a yawner. I’m talking about the first mayoral debate of the season, featuring Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer and challenger Kim Roney, a current City Council member.  The two met last Wednesday at Asheville Country Club in a debate put on

We are so pleased to be Gold Sponsors of WordCamp Asheville this year. It means a lot to us that the WordPress community in Asheville is so vibrant–WordCamp Asheville is always a lot of fun on top of all the new things we learn about WordPress and we