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WEB2 days ago · In September 2004, a historic rain event spawned by a hurricane pummeled the Black Mountain and Swannanoa areas, causing a catastrophic failure of the City of Asheville’s nearby North Fork Reservoir. Two large transmission pipes washed out, leaving Asheville without water for a week, inconveniencing residents and …
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WEBAsheville Watchdog’s images of Helene’s destruction. Hurricane Helene brought record rainfall and devastation to western North Carolina. In Buncombe County alone, the death toll currently stands at 61 and scores are unaccounted for. Most of Asheville and Buncombe lack running water, and City Manager Debra Campbell said at Wednesday ...
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WEBAsheville Watchdog is a free, local, not-for-profit, nonpartisan news organization. It was founded in 2020 as a public service by veteran professional journalists and media executives living in and around Asheville, North Carolina. Most members of the staff are volunteers. Our operations are supported entirely by contributions from the community. We believe that high-quality, independent local ...
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WEBWestern North Carolina attracts highly accomplished people of all backgrounds, including award-winning journalists from some of the world’s leading news organizations. Volunteers are indicated with (V), designating those who donate their time supporting local journalism as a community service. The News Team Sally Kestin, investigative reporter, co-founder (V)Former investigative reporter at ...
Four bears euthanized in Swannanoa after breaking into homes, …
WEBAug 28, 2024 · The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission recently euthanized four bears, including two cubs, after the animals broke into two homes in Swannanoa, ransacking one and causing extensive damage. Ashley Hobbs, a special projects biologist with the commission, said the incident began Saturday, Aug. 17, at a home in Swannanoa while the owner was out of […]
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WEBAug 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 members of the audience.
Year in review: The story behind the Watchdog’s 12-part Down …
WEBDec 27, 2023 · On Feb. 27, we published the first installment of what would become The Watchdog’s most ambitious project to date, a 12-part series called Down Town. The story began: “Fed-up merchants describe the city’s downtown district as nearly lawless. People sleep and do drugs in doorways, barge into businesses yelling, brazenly shoplift, and ...
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Year in Review: The Tragedy of Madison Cawthorn
WEBby TOM FIEDLER December 31, 2022. A campaign video says Cawthorn "planned on serving his country in the Navy with a nomination to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. But all that changed in the spring of 2014 when tragedy struck." [Editor’s Note: As 2022 comes to a close, Asheville Watchdog staffers take you back and inside their most ...
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