3+ hour, 33+ min ago  (1878+ words) Nonprofit journalism in the public interest It's an angry, confused time out there in Asheville and Buncombe County right now. Property taxes will do that to people, especially when they appear to be on the verge of skyrocketing. "Appear" is…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (717+ words) Nonprofit journalism in the public interest A sign-waving, slogan-chanting crowd, estimated by organizers to be the largest yet of the local No Kings rallies, gathered in Asheville's Pack Square Park on Saturday to protest President Trump's policies. Under bright sunshine…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1146+ words) Nonprofit journalism in the public interest U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards is drafting a bill to increase the regulatory powers of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in direct response to the four Immediate Jeopardy sanctions it's leveled at Mission Hospital…...

3+ day, 23+ min ago  (17+ words) Buncombe reappraisal to shift share of tax burden from businesses to homeowners, sampling of data shows'Asheville Watchdog...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1332+ words) Nonprofit journalism in the public interest Today's round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Are there any studies or reports that indicate what's happened to our population since Tropical Storm Helene? You have to figure a…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1330+ words) Nonprofit journalism in the public interest Denis Joseph Bouchard despises Democrats and liberals. His social media is a near-daily rehashing of posts that characterize them as "communist memes" and "traitors, willfully acting against the American people and our freedoms." And…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1028+ words) Nonprofit journalism in the public interest Today's round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: My answer: After spending an hour and a half mowing and weed-eating my yard a week ago, which included tossing a weed trimmer…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (1651+ words) Nonprofit journalism in the public interest As if life weren't depressing enough these days, The Washington Post had a real pick-me-up of an article last week that about made me throw in the towel " to the robots. "See which jobs…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1126+ words) Nonprofit journalism in the public interest Today's round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: My answer: Whenever Beaver Lake comes up, I have to note that probably my most-read news story ever was the one headlined, "Possibly…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1579+ words) Nonprofit journalism in the public interest Tax notices with newly assessed property values are now reaching Buncombe County homeowners, causing sticker shock for many, with some increases upward of 100 percent. In the upscale Grove Park/Town Mountain area, former Asheville…...