The City of Asheville will not directly receive any revenue from the deal this week that rebranded city-owned McCormick Field as HomeTrust Park. But that doesn’t mean it’s batting 0 for 38,500,000 when it comes to naming rights revenue, a city official told Asheville Watchdog this week.

Giving potential naming revenue for the park to the Asheville Tourists...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers:

Question: When you’re driving on the I-240 bypass headed into downtown Asheville, there is an exit that takes you along Carrier Park on Amboy Road. There is a major project of some sort going on along the French Broad River there. Much of the river is currently blocked off...

Ollie Super has moved in and out of cancer treatment since she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma as a toddler in foster care. Now 8, the second grader is dealing with it again. Her cancer came back late last year.

Ollie’s parents, who adopted her in 2020, tried to sign her up for a clinical trial using

The city of Asheville’s highest-paid employee in 2024 was not then-City Manager Debra Campbell, who was responsible for implementing government policies and overseeing a municipal workforce of about 1,300 employees. It wasn’t the city attorney or the police chief.

It was Jonathan Brown, a police captain, who made $308,247, including $177,000 in overtime pay. His to...

Let’s start with a test to determine your eligibility to vote in upcoming elections:

Q 1: “Draw a line around the number or letter of this sentence.”

Q 2: “Print the word ‘vote’ upside down, but in the correct order.”

Q 3: “Write right from the left to the right as you see it spelled here.”

Of course you flunked. And you likely th...