Asheville Watchdog @AvlWatchdog
Asheville Watchdog is a free, local, nonprofit news organization. Our mission is to inform and engage the citizens of Asheville and surrounding communities. avlwatchdog.org Asheville, North Carolina Joined April 2020-
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Homelessness remains stubbornly high in Asheville, with the most recent official count showing the city had 739 people experiencing homelessness as of January 2024, up from 573, in 2023. The change is a 29 percent increase year over year. #avlnews avlwatchdog.org/ashevilles-hom…
Construction on the Enka Heritage Trail was supposed to start last fall and be completed by the end of 2025. But as an Answer Man reader points out, "Not a stitch of dirt has been moved." John Boyle finds out why. avlwatchdog.org/answer-man-wha…
A congressional commission has determined that there was “substantial reason to believe” that Rep. Chuck Edwards had violated congressional rules by sending newsletters containing unsubstantiated allegations of against President Biden and his son Hunter. avlwatchdog.org/congressional-…
In today's Answer Man, a reader wants to know why he still owes taxes and interest to the state Department of Revenue after not being charged for 14 months because of a system glitch. avlwatchdog.org/answer-man-dep…
Since 1978, the state has had a Certificate of Need requirement governing the expansion of medical facilities, among other things. John Boyle writes in today's column that it's past time for North Carolina to follow South Carolina in scrapping the program. avlwatchdog.org/opinion-is-it-…
The Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority has contracted with a Florida company to attract sports events, the mission of the Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission, a nonprofit that has fought the TDA to remain an independent operation. avlwatchdog.org/buncombe-tda-h…
6 Buncombe men have been wrongfully convicted and imprisoned over the past 2 decades. But unlike a growing number of cities and counties nationwide, Buncombe has resisted establishing a formal system to exonerate people who are wrongly convicted. #avlnews avlwatchdog.org/wrongfully-imp…
“I just kept thinking about, like, I would have died for money,” she said. “Every mistake was a profit. … I was like, there’s some executive looking at a line item and saying ‘That was a great appendectomy.’ And I’m going, ‘I could have died.’” avlwatchdog.org/it-took-patien…
We've all watched as our Duke Energy bills rise. In today's Answer Man, John Boyle explores a reader's contention that customers may see their bills double by the end of 2026. #avlnews avlwatchdog.org/answer-man-dri…
The man charged with stabbing to death a pet dog while its owner played pickleball last summer in north Asheville is not competent to stand trial, a Buncombe County judge has ruled. #avlnews avlwatchdog.org/accused-dog-sl…
Buncombe County has proposed to join the North Carolina AG's lawsuit against HCA Healthcare and Mission Health, seeking millions in damages for what it describes as excessive wait times for its EMS crews when they transport patients to the hospital. avlwatchdog.org/citing-long-er…
A reader's lament about recent tree cutting prompted the Answer Man to explore what ordinances the city has on the books to protect our trees and tree canopy. He also seeks the whereabouts of the Vance Monument stones. #avlnews avlwatchdog.org/answer-man-doe…
Yesterday, Asheville Citizen Times journalists vacated the newspaper's 85-year-old home at 14 O. Henry Ave., leaving John Boyle sad and more than a little wistful. #avlnews avlwatchdog.org/opinion-a-bitt…
A 66-year-old patient suffered a fatal heart attack at Mission Hospital following delays in triage and medical screening in its emergency department, according to a U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report obtained by @AvlWatchdog. #avlnews avlwatchdog.org/cms-details-fi…
It won't be long before folks in western North Carolina, including Buncombe County, will experience the incessant, other-wordly din of periodic cicadas. There's still time to buy noise-canceling headphones, the Answer Man says. #avlnews avlwatchdog.org/answer-man-wil…
Mission Hospital is touting a 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award recipient by Healthgrades, just months after the federal investigators found the hospital in immediate jeopardy for endangering patients. Sally Kestin looks at the contradiction. #avlnews avlwatchdog.org/the-award-for-…
ICYMI: In today's Answer Man, John Boyle looks into concerns that the U.S. Postal Service is preparing to make drastic cuts at the Merrimon post office. He also takes a look at a reader's complaint about I-26 signage for Asheville's airport. #avlnews avlwatchdog.org/will-u-s-posta…
Spring is here and romance is in the air. According to Men's Journal, it's REALLY in the air in Swannanoa. A recent article put it at No. 1 in the US for singles. John Boyle checks out the scene. #avlnews avlwatchdog.org/opinion-ladies…
This week @AvlWatchdog welcomed our newest investigative reporter, Victoria Ifatusin, to town. We are psyched she's joining us. As she unpacked, we threw a few questions at her so you could get to know a little bit about her. #avlnews avlwatchdog.org/meet-asheville…
The revamped Asheville Museum of History opened with fanfare last fall. But the triumphant accomplishment belied internal turmoil between employees and the museum's board of trustees. John Boyle takes a look. #avlnews avlwatchdog.org/in-wake-of-tri…
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7K Followers 2K Following Editor The Storm Lake Times, author of the book “Storm Lake: Change, Resilience, and Hope in America’s Heartland”. Pulitzer Prize winner.“I just kept thinking about, like, I would have died for money,” she said. “Every mistake was a profit. … I was like, there’s some executive looking at a line item and saying ‘That was a great appendectomy.’ And I’m going, ‘I could have died.’” avlwatchdog.org/it-took-patien…
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Lots of history and GREAT work in that building ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Yesterday, Asheville Citizen Times journalists vacated the newspaper's 85-year-old home at 14 O. Henry Ave., leaving John Boyle sad and more than a little wistful. #avlnews avlwatchdog.org/opinion-a-bitt…
I attended a great yet depressing event on how @HCAhealthcare has … and I apologize for using legalese … ratf*cked healthcare in Western NC by changing the mission of Mission Hospital from patient care to profit maximization. Thanks @AvlWatchdog for superb in-depth reporting.
After @SMN_Cory and I interviewed Herbert “Cowboy” Coward for a story in 2019, he autographed a copy for both of us. ❤️ He will be missed.
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I am always honored to be asked by the good people at Nieman Lab to write an annual prediction about the future of news, but I have never in my career been less certain than I am now about what is going to happen in journalism.
Today I’m reading: “Tourism tax money buys massages, $250 shirts, dinners costing thousands” by @SallyKestin for @AvlWatchdog avlwatchdog.org/tourism-tax-mo…
What is the best movie you've ever seen that gives you anxiety?
We’re watching “Lessons in Chemistry.” My wife: “If you take nothing else away from this, just realize how shitty women’s lives have been for all of history.”
@AvlWatchdog I drove under the bridge both ways, this morning. Plus, I drive under it 2-3 times a week. There’s definitely been some work done on the West side during the last few weeks. Thank you for an update of the timeline.
So proud of everyone at @dailytarheel (repped by @emmymrtin and @caitlyn_yaede tonight) who works so hard to serve their local audiences, no matter what, while also … doing college. They were honored tonight at the @LIONPubs awards. Student-led, independent media matters!
@AvlWatchdog Thank you for keeping Mission Hospital on the hot seat. They ARE dangerous to patients. Seems to be a well known fact that patients seem powerless to impact. So thank you, journalists.
Excellent reporting here: Children sleep in Buncombe offices, Mission emergency room due to foster home shortage avlwatchdog.org/children-sleep… via @AvlWatchdog
I had the privilege of speaking with some @dailytarheel staffers about writing and, like an idiot I forgot to take a photo. But they gave me some cool swag! Thanks especially @shelbymswanson @emmymrtin
This should be an interesting meeting: Asheville City Council to hold closed session on city manager Debra Campbell's future employment avlwatchdog.org/asheville-city… via @AvlWatchdog
@SmokyMtnNews took home a few lil sump'n sump'ns from the NC Press Association's annual awards @SMN_Cory @HollyKaysWrites
This morning, the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority narrowly approved awarding the city of Asheville $22.9 million over 15 years to renovate McCormick Field, home to the Asheville Tourists minor league baseball team. #avlnews
My first story for the Asheville Watchdog. It’s a nonprofit news org in the vein of MinnPost, although more geared toward deep-dive investigations. Long lacking sidewalks, West Asheville finds itself street smart avlwatchdog.org/long-lacking-s… via @AvlWatchdog
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