Asheville NC

For Leicester resident Tonya Lawrence, the home energy efficiency work that Asheville-based Energy Savers Network (ESN) provides for free has great personal significance. As part of its ongoing partnership with Duke Energy, ESN earlier this year provided Lawrence with energy efficiency upgrades that would have cost her thousands of dollars. Upgrades to her home included an HVAC heat pump replacement, insulation installation, and...

There’s something magical about eating breakfast outside when the mountain air is crisp and your coffee is hot enough to steam. Morning Social in Brevard, North Carolina, understands this simple pleasure and delivers it alongside some of the best from-scratch breakfast you’ll find anywhere in the state. Located...

The Yancey County Sheriff’s Department is continuing to warn residents about ongoing scam attempts targeting people in the area. Officials say scammers are contacting individuals and trying to convince them they owe money for supposed traffic violations. Victims are then pressured to provide personal information or make payments. Authorities...

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College and the nonprofit RiverLink have partnered to create an on-campus wetland area that is reducing stormwater runoff, improving water quality in Haith Branch and the French Broad River and serving as an outdoor classroom. An asphalt parking lot at A-B Tech has been transformed into a...

ASHEVILLE – Buncombe County filed a complaint in Superior Court seeking back taxes from the owners of East Asheville’s former Ramada Inn property, which was slated to be transformed into permanent supportive housing and affordable apartments. The county initiated a foreclosure process March 31, before suspending it shortly after. The county voluntarily dismissed the action April 2. Callum Davidson, director of acquisitions with Friendship for Affordable Housing...

Sign up for free email updates from The Watchdog. You’ll be notified whenever we publish our latest award-winning investigative reporting, John Boyle’s Answer Man and Opinion columns, Tom Fiedler’s Democracy Watch, and more!. Lucero Sierra was in high spirits at Mission Hospital on Sept. 25, 2025, despite...

Last week, Asheville Buncombe County Continuum of Car released its latest Point-in-Time count of people experiencing homelessness . The headline number is clear: 824 people, a 9% increase from last year. Numbers like this matter. They should concern us. But they also need to be understood in context. The Point-in-Time count is not a full picture of homelessness. It is a snapshot — one...

On April 30, Asheville-founded indie folk band River Whyless will appear on PBS North Carolina’s music series Shaped by Sound, a statewide program highlighting North Carolina artists through live studio performances and in-depth conversation. The quartet—Halli Anderson (vocals, violin), Ryan O’Keefe (vocals, guitar), Daniel Shearin (vocals, bass and harmonium)...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — As spring arrives, black bears are emerging from their winter dens in western North Carolina and across North America. As temperatures rise across the region, these bears are now becoming highly active as they search for high-calorie food sources. Have you seen bears where you...

Sign up for free email updates from The Watchdog. You’ll be notified whenever we publish our latest award-winning investigative reporting, John Boyle’s Answer Man and Opinion columns, Tom Fiedler’s Democracy Watch, and more!. Sometimes an old dilapidated footbridge turns out to be way more than it seems...