Deerfield, Ingles Markets, and HCA, owner of Asheville’s Mission Hospital, all made business news this week. Here’s a look at what happened for each: HCA Healthcare Not everyone is unhappy with ...

Mission Hospital has been designated as western North Carolina’s first Level I trauma center — a significant accolade for a ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: What is going on at Highland Brewing? I saw they have construction going on and a sign up about pizza and climbing ...

Mission Hospital remains out of compliance with federal health and safety regulations and will lose crucial Medicare and ...

Documents obtained by Asheville Watchdog detail an array of staff errors, communication breakdowns and technological problems at Mission Hospital that state and federal regulators said put patients’ ...

I’ve always contended I’d be a less-than-stellar cop. I’m not the most patient guy with annoying people, and on occasion I have a bad temper. I like the general public, generally speaking, but I also ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: You’ve recently written about all of the ...

The press release distributed by the North Carolina Board of Elections last month seemed the stuff of everyday news from the agency empowered to oversee voting. It reported on an exchange of ...

Over the years, I’ve heard Michaela Blanton Lowe’s story a few times, usually in bits and pieces from news stories or press conferences. To hear her tell it in person is another experience entirely, ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Our tax dollars at work? For the past several weeks, the city has been removing trees and the sidewalk in front of ...