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4 days ago · by JOHN BOYLE September 20, 2024. Asheville Watchdog wins national award for its four-part series on area’s tourism industry. Asheville Watchdog’s 2023 series Selling Asheville was honored Wednesday with an Insight Award for Explanatory Journalism by the Institute for Nonprofit News at its annual….
Hurricane Helene Archives • Asheville Watchdog
Oct 5, 2024 · FEMA, strained by second major hurricane in two weeks, says troops will remain in North Carolina. by SALLY KESTIN October 8, 2024. The hundreds of FEMA staff on the ground in western North Carolina will remain and will not be redeployed to Florida in preparation for the devastation expected there from Hurricane Milton, an agency spokesman said.
Asheville's flood risk will only grow as rain events and climate …
Sep 17, 2024 · While no one can predict the weather with 100 percent certainty, here’s a reliable forecast: As the climate warms, Asheville and western North Carolina will endure more frequent and intense rain events, and likely more flooding. Much of the area isn’t ready for what’s in store for it. By one estimate, the county will add […]
Asheville Watchdog wins national award for its four-part series on …
Sep 19, 2024 · Asheville Watchdog’s 2023 series Selling Asheville was honored Wednesday with an Insight Award for Explanatory Journalism by the Institute for Nonprofit News at its annual awards ceremony in Atlanta.. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and Watchdog co-founder Sally Kestin conceived the four-part series, which examined the growth of the city’s …
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Aug 15, 2023 · Past Events. July 24, 2024 … a night that will live in brewery. Now an annual event, Boyle & Beer this year attracted more than 150 fans of Watchdog reporter and columnist John Boyle to the Highland Brewing Company. In true Answer Man form, Asheville’s Favorite Journalist ™️ answered questions from Watchdog Managing Editor Keith Campbell and …
Answer Man, Helene edition: Can’t the city at least give a “worst …
Oct 8, 2024 · Let’s get to today’s batch: Question: The city’s unwillingness to offer any timeline for water restoration beyond “weeks” is a cop-out and an insult to citizens. They could certainly give us ‘best-case’ and ‘worst-case’ scenarios. That would help the many people making decisions about whether to renew a lease, or whether to enroll their kids at school in another town before ...
Special prosecutor named for attorney, woman in fraud cases
Aug 3, 2023 · The criminal cases of an attorney and another woman who were subjects in Asheville Watchdog’s investigative series, Equity Erased, are being transferred to a state special prosecutor. Ilesanmi Adaramola, the attorney, and Lisa K. Roberts were arrested in 2022. Adaramola is charged with six counts of notary fraud, a felony, and Roberts faces 43 felony […]
The Watchdog Team • Asheville Watchdog
6 days ago · Before coming to Asheville in 2021, he was an award-winning city government and business reporter for The Daily Times in Maryville, Tenn. Email: arjones@avlwatchdog.org. John Maines, database editor (V) Former database editor at The South Florida Sun Sentinel. He is the recipient of numerous state and national awards, including two Pulitzer ...
Mission CEO Chad Patrick out in ‘restructuring’ effort, replaced by …
Sep 16, 2024 · HCA North Carolina Division President Greg Lowe announced to Mission Health’s staff Monday that he will become the Asheville hospital’s CEO, replacing Chad Patrick, according to an email obtained by Asheville Watchdog.. The move comes just months after the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services found Mission Hospital to be in immediate jeopardy, the …
Entwined With Slavery: A Brief Local History - Asheville Watchdog
Jun 30, 2020 · James W. Patton (1803-1861) owned 78 in 1860 and was, with J.E. Patton and others, active in buying, selling, and trading hundreds of enslaved Blacks. Patton Avenue is named for him. John Patton and Samuel Chunn were partners in a slave-trading business. Chunn has a road and a neighborhood named for him. Asheville News 1859.