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
7 months ago
UPDATE: Missing 85-year-old Hendersonville woman found safe

Carol Ann Hanlon was last known to be at her residence on Ewbank Gardens Drive about 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19.

Local
7 months ago
U.S. Forest Service chopped: 17 NC employees laid off in DOGE blitz

Several of the U.S. Forest Service employees who have been engaged in Helene recovery efforts in WNC have been terminated

Christopher Jaren Forney and David Russell Cash
Crime & Safety
7 months ago
Man charged in McDowell bomb threat, 2nd person sought

One man has been charged and another is being sought in the bomb threat to the McDowell County Courthouse on Monday

Local
7 months ago
Snow likely to continue off and on through Thursday, forecasts say

Snow is expected to spread across the mountains and into the foothills and Piedmont before becoming more widespread

Local
7 months ago
Firefighters mourn Crooked Creek chief killed in tractor accident

Steve Lytle, 49, a member of the Fairview Volunteer Fire Department and Crooked Creek Fire Department, was killed in an accident Monday.

Local
7 months ago
Winter Weather Advisory issued for Western North Carolina

A quick shot of snow, with some wintry mix possible, is expected Wednesday

Local
7 months ago
Hundreds gather in Pack Square, protest Griffin’s efforts to overturn election

An estimated 1,000 people gathered in downtown Asheville to protest Jefferson Griffin’s bid to throw out more than 60,000 votes in state Supreme Court race

Local
7 months ago
What will fall? Rain, snow or ice?

The forecast for this week is complicated, with a chance of some kind of wintry precipitation.

Business
7 months ago
Community celebrates reopening of Bleachery Walmart

The Walmart on Bleachery Boulevard in Asheville partially reopened Feb. 14

Crime & Safety
7 months ago
McDowell County Courthouse cleared, no bomb found

McDowell County authorities are investigating another bomb threat at the McDowell County Courthouse.

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