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US Education Department investigates Buncombe school district over transgender restroom policies " Asheville Watchdog
10+ hour, 9+ min ago (256+ words) The U. S. Department of Education is launching an investigation into Buncombe County Schools over its policy on restroom use by transgender female students." The Department of Education announced the Title IX investigation on Wednesday, based on a parent's claim that girls…...
Answer Man: What's the status of Malvern Hills Pool, and why was Mc Cormick fixed up faster? Do accessory dwelling units come with parking for renters? " Asheville Watchdog
15+ hour, 10+ min ago (850+ words) Today's round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: What is up with Malvern Hills Pool? How is it that Mc Cormick Field can be renovated within a year, and it's taking three years to simply rebuild…...
UNC Health seeks approval for new hospital in Asheville " Asheville Watchdog
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (558+ words) The move comes as UNC continues to appeal DHHS's decision in March to award 95 beds to Mission Hospital and 34 to Novant Health. UNC's latest application, submitted June 15, was for a separate set of beds that DHHS made available this year…...
As momentum slows on stadium idea, UNCA woods are still on chopping block " Asheville Watchdog
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (746+ words) One of Asheville's largest urban forests remains on the chopping block. Now it seems to have been joined by the very idea that put it there. According to a series of documents published by the University of North Carolina-Asheville, the…...
Answer Man: Why the flood of dump trucks entering/exiting Fletcher quarry? Confusing pedestrian light on Merrimon Avenue? " Asheville Watchdog
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (698+ words) Today's round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: What's going on with all the dump trucks on Fanning Bridge Road going in and out of the old limestone quarry in Fletcher? Some days it's been a…...
Opinion: County could have done better in the case of an 84-year-old man who was attacked by a pack of dogs " Asheville Watchdog
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (1873+ words) On the afternoon of May 28, five dogs came after 84-year-old Bill Kelly. They pulled him to the ground, bit his arms and legs, tore through his pants and left him with a half-dozen bite wounds. "When you're down on the…...
With as much as 39% of downtown real estate devoted to surface spaces for cars, advocates say it's time to junk Asheville's minimum parking requirements " Asheville Watchdog
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (1740+ words) The dense, diverse and affordable future Marty Benson imagines for his neighborhood, he said, can only be unlocked if the city of Asheville eliminates minimum parking requirements. Benson, a land-use lawyer and affordable housing advocate, stood outside his West Asheville…...
Answer Man: Problems with a potential pickleball complex location at Aston Park? What is podcaster Matt Peiken up to these days? " Asheville Watchdog
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (1364+ words) Today's round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: My answer: I think it goes without saying that drug dealers should expect a good paddling if they're interfering with pickleball games. Real answer: First of all, "unpermitted" food…...
Answer Man: What's up with the barbed wire at Hi-Wire's RAD campus? Will the iconic cross that was atop St. Joseph's Hospital be saved from demolition? " Asheville Watchdog
1+ week, 3+ day ago (977+ words) Today's round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: My answer: Maybe this was a bad marketing double-entendre on "Hi-Wire?" Real answer: To be fair, Hi-Wire did not put this barbed wire up, and, technically, it's not illegal....
Opinion: We're taking the bears' habitat, and they're taking our trash " Asheville Watchdog
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1785+ words) We've ordered the bear straps. Not the kind where you strap a bear on your back and use the bear for security while walking downtown. That seems ill-advised. And made-up. I'm talking about the bear straps you put on your…...