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
Video adds more detail to fight at anarchist seminar

Video circulating on social media shows a little more of what happened when a fight broke out at West Asheville Library

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Pair arrested after complaints of drug trafficking at hotel

The pair were arrested after what police called a lengthy investigation into complaints of drug trafficking

Health & Wellness
1 year ago
Veterans Healing Farm in time crunch to find new home

Veterans Healing Farm is still looking for land and funding for a new home

Local
1 year ago
Darty to leave post as manager at Riverside Cemetery

Riverside Cemetery, founded on Aug. 4, 1885, counts more than 14,200 people interred among its 87 acres.

Local
1 year ago
Weather outlook for this week in The 828

Expect a return to seasonable temperatures and humidity Monday

Local
1 year ago
WEATHER ALERT: Severe storms tracking across The 828

Wind gusts of up to 40 mph are expected in storms moving across the area

Arts & Culture
1 year ago
PHOTOS: Crowd gathers for Appalachian Folk Festival

The third annual Appalachian Folk Festival drew a crowd Saturday to the Allison Deaver House in Pisgah Forest.

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Suspect sought in theft of trailer loaded with pet supplies

Police have a suspect in the theft of a trailer from Asheville Humane Society last weekend, but they need help locating him and the trailer.

Local
1 year ago
Clock ticking on talks to avert nurses’ strike at Mission Hospital

A nurses’ strike could be looming at Mission Hospital depending on the outcome of negotiations over the next few days.

Local
1 year ago
Abuse survivors will have more places to get help starting July 1

The PorchLight Project wants to give survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence access to a phone and a safe place to wait for help to arrive.