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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.

Local
2 weeks ago
I-26 East closed after crash in Buncombe County

All lanes closed past Exit 33; drivers should expect delays

Business
2 weeks ago
Sheetz proposed on Long Shoals Road in Arden

Plans call for a 6,139-square-foot store on a 5.9-acre site now home to two houses

Public parking sign and stone office building at 52 Coxe Avenue, with a tree-lined foreground and a blue sky.
Housing
2 weeks ago
Buncombe affordable housing project faces $15M funding gap

203-unit Coxe Avenue development received neither state CDBG-DR funding nor housing tax credits

Facade of a government building showing the 'BUNGOMA COUNTY ADMINISTRATION' sign and a blue circular seal on a beige tiled wall.
Local
2 weeks ago
Buncombe County approves funding to preserve 250 acres

Funding will help protect century farms in Newfound, expand a Camp Sequoyah easement and seek another $2 million state grant

The Buncombe County Board of Elections has outlined procedures for Republican runoff primaries set for May 14 to decide the GOP nominees for N.C. Lieutenant Governor and State Auditor.
Local
2 weeks ago
Buncombe election officials warn voters about absentee ballot changes

New rules change how some ballot mistakes are handled ahead of the Nov. 3 election

Crime & Safety
2 weeks ago
Black Mountain honors 4 men for tackling armed man

Four men tackled and disarmed a man at Trailhead Restaurant before police arrived July 2

Business
2 weeks ago
Paperhouse Pizza coming to former Wayside site in Biltmore Village

Historic train depot damaged by Tropical Storm Helene will get a new restaurant tenant

Local
2 weeks ago
Black Mountain rejects 4-foot floodplain standard

Town Council keeps the existing 2-foot freeboard requirement for structures in regulated floodplains despite planning board recommendation

Black Mountain Public Safety firefighter fire station police
Crime & Safety
2 weeks ago
Black Mountain to assess troubled public safety building

Town authorizes up to $10,000 for structural engineering study as it weighs repairs or a new facility

Louis Williams Jones Jr.
Crime & Safety
2 weeks ago
Man arrested after Woodfin woman stabbed multiple times

Police say the suspect knew the victim and fled in her vehicle after the attack

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