I’ve joked for weeks now that I’m going to sell my own T-shirts in Asheville that read: “Today’s mood: Turbid.” It’s fair to say “turbidity” is probably the word of the year in these parts. OK, maybe ...

So much of the human spirit in Appalachia centers on community. For hundreds of years we have supported one another during good times and bad. And in 2024, there was plenty of bad. Our world was ...

It’s a little ridiculous to sugarcoat 2024. Tropical Storm Helene saw to that, leaving a trail of destruction in these ...

HCA Healthcare plans to demolish Mission Hospital’s St. Joseph’s campus, whose origins date back more than a century, ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Over the past 10 days, we’ve been getting notices that U.S. Postal Service packages can’t be delivered due to various ...

Money has been pouring into western North Carolina in unprecedented amounts since Tropical Storm Helene from individual donors, corporations and foundations throughout the U.S. At least $205 million ...

Asheville’s Water Resources Department announced Wednesday that an additional 305 lead testing results have come back and ...

A lawsuit alleges that Mission prevented medication reconciliation supervisor Andrea Leone from making hires that would have kept her team fully staffed and then tried to silence her. // Watchdog ...