Dee Pridgen

828newsNOW News Editor Dee Pridgen thrives on making sense out of the chaos of a newsroom. She is a graduate of Troy University’s Hall School of Journalism and has more than 35 years’ experience as a reporter and editor.

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Hundreds of price-gouging complaints leveled in wake of Helene

The North Carolina Attorney General’s Office has received 424 price gouging complaints since — 87 of them are from Buncombe County

Health & Wellness
1 year ago
South Asheville ER to provide emergency care 24/7

Board-certified emergency physicians and specially-trained nurses will be able to treat conditions ranging from broken bones to chest pain to infections

Skyland Cannabis Company Best of Asheville
Business
1 year ago
Behind ‘Best of Asheville’: How Skyland Cannabis won best boutique

Skyland Cannabis Co. collected gold and silver medals in Best of Asheville voting

Health & Wellness
1 year ago
Asheville lifts boil water notice

Asheville has lifted its boil water advisory after test samples came back clean for E. coli and coliform

Business
1 year ago
Behind ‘Best of Asheville’: Givens Estates top retirement community

Givens Estates is a non-profit senior life plan community where each person is treated with dignity and respect.

Health & Wellness
1 year ago
Boil water notice could be lifted by next week, city says

The last time raw water was pushed into the Asheville water system was last Saturday

Water Asheville system Buncombe County schools homes Hurricane Helene lead
Health & Wellness
1 year ago
Lead found in some schools, homes that get water from Asheville

Lead levels were not found in the water source, but rather from water traveling through older pipes owned by customers

Health & Wellness
1 year ago
Novant wants to build diagnostic center in Buncombe County

A public hearing for Novant Health’s plans for a diagnostic center in Asheville is scheduled for next month

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Man wanted in shooting death arrested in Jacksonville

Asheville police found Makayla Lashea Harrison, 26, dead from what appeared to be a gunshot wound around 11 a.m. Saturday