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WEB2 days ago · 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 …
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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 ...
Buncombe Court Clerk to Retire • Asheville Watchdog
WEBby SALLY KESTIN January 13, 2023. Steven D. Cogburn, Buncombe County’s longtime Clerk of Superior Court, is retiring, just two months after being elected to another 4-year term. Steven D. Cogburn. “I have decided to retire. My arthritis is a significant reason,” Cogburn said in an email. “I am comfortable with the team at the office.
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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 ...
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Conditions at Asheville's Mission Hospital pose ... - Asheville …
WEBJan 12, 2024 · Mission Hospital risks losing Medicare and Medicaid funding because of deficiencies in care that were so severe, state inspectors concluded last month, that they “posed immediate jeopardy to patients’ health and safety,” Asheville Watchdog has learned. “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious deficiency possible for a hospital. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human […]
Debra Campbell to remain as Asheville’s city manager
WEBSep 12, 2023 · The city of Asheville will renew its contract with City Manager Debra Campbell, who has come under fire from critics for her low-key leadership style during tumultuous moments in the city’s recent history. Mayor Esther Manheimer read a statement at the beginning of Tuesday’s city council meeting on …
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 ...
From Military Prosecutor to Congressional Candidate
WEBSep 4, 2020 · The North Carolina native – and now the Democratic candidate for North Carolina’s 11 th congressional district — was named chief prosecutor of the alleged al Qaeda terrorists imprisoned at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo, Cuba where they were subject to military justice. Davis embraced the challenge, likening his assignment to the ...
John Boyle Joins Asheville Watchdog News Team
WEBby PETER LEWIS November 1, 2022. John Boyle, the popular veteran reporter and “Answer Man” columnist for the Asheville Citizen Times, announced Tuesday that he is leaving the newspaper to join Asheville Watchdog’s nonprofit local news team. Boyle, a 27-year veteran of covering local news in Asheville and surrounding communities, will ...
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