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
$3,000 reward offered in BID vandalism cases

Community members have offered a reward for information leading to an arrest in two vehicle vandalisms related to the recently approved Business Improvement District in downtown Asheville.

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Man accused of taking motorcycle from side of interstate

MARION, N.C. (828newsNOW) — An Asheville man has been charged with stealing a motorcycle […]

Education
1 year ago
After 100 years, Stephens-Lee still lives in the hearts of its students

Preparing for next month’s centennial celebration, graduates recall the ‘Castle on the Hill’ and the teachers who made it so special.

Local
1 year ago
All lanes of I-40 in Pigeon River Gorge reopening

Crews have completed major operations at two spots on I-40 in the Pigeon River Gorge

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Two people injured in Atkinson Street shooting

Two people were injured in a shooting Saturday night on Atkinson Street, Asheville police said.

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Scammers target owners of lost pets, asking for money

Don’t be so quick to hand over money to someone who claims to have found your missing pet, Buncombe County officials warn

Local
1 year ago
Bike lanes in the works for Patton Avenue, College Street

The College Patton Bike Lane Project affect about a half-mile section of College Street and Patton Avenue.

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Man gets life for murder, dismembering, burning bodies

A Rutherford man was found guilty of murdering one person and dismembering and burning the bodies of two others.

Local
1 year ago
I-26/U.S. 25 interchange to become ‘diverging diamond’

The I-26/U.S. 25 interchange will close Friday night and reopen Monday morning in a diverging diamond pattern.

Arts & Culture
1 year ago
Could Asheville’s Deagan chimes ring again?

The once-silent Deagan chimes in the Asheville City Hall belfry sounded again last month.