Asheville Watchdog
Asheville Watchdog is a nonprofit news team producing stories that matter to Asheville and Buncombe County.
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Facing $6 million deficit, UNCA to ‘curtail’ adjunct faculty, look at ‘entire university enterprise’School’s 25 percent decline in enrollment over 5 years has led to shortfall; chancellor says academic offerings will be assessed
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40 years of visitor tax created a self-perpetuating marketing machine.
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Secret agreement by Airbnb shrouds owners and their tax payments.
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The City of Asheville has released its long-awaited Independent Review Committee report on the devastating holiday season water outage.
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Council to Vote on Switch to Public ‘Work Sessions’
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“Airbnb” rentals now outnumber hotel rooms, Tourism Development Authority reports
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Asheville officials meet in 'check-in' sessions where no minutes or recordings are made.
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As the public clamors for details on the holiday water outage that left as many as 38,500 customers without services and likely cost businesses millions of dollars in lost revenues, the city held private meetings with City Council members and did not make the staffers closest to the water outage, City Manager Debra Campbell and Water Department Director David Melton, available for interviews.
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Current and former employees, volunteers and board members of the Asheville Art Museum describe a workplace that is "beyond toxic," an Asheville Watchdog investigation found.