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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.

FILE - Smoke billows from one of the towers of the World Trade Center and flames and debris explode from the second tower in New York, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Chao Soi Cheong, File)
Local
3 weeks ago
‘I should have been on that train’: Vicki Catalano remembers 9/11

Asheville woman remembers the silence, debris, missing people and a canceled NYU class that changed her plans that morning

Henderson County Sheriff Lowell Griffin, left, welcomes Greg Newman, the former district attorney for Henderson, Transylvania and Polk counties, to the Henderson County Sheriff's Office.
Crime & Safety
3 weeks ago
Former WNC DA Greg Newman hired by Henderson County Sheriff’s Office

Newman, who was removed from office in 2021, is now serving as a staff attorney for the sheriff’s office

Local
3 weeks ago
Roadless Rule rallies planned in Swannanoa, Boone

Sierra Club, MountainTrue and The Wilderness Society are hosting the Swannanoa event as federal officials consider ending the national rule

Mission Hospital in Asheville is at the center of a new federal bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards targeting repeat patient-safety violations.
Health & Wellness
3 weeks ago
Edwards bill would fine hospitals $10,000 a day for repeat safety violations

Legislation comes after repeated federal ‘immediate jeopardy’ findings at Asheville’s Mission Hospital

Local
3 weeks ago
Asheville council takes new look at bear conflicts

Residents urge the city to do more as bears turn to trash and other food sources

Local
3 weeks ago
I-26 westbound lanes closed near Aiken Road in Asheville

Both lanes closed past Exit 21 as crews remove dirt from construction zone

Local
3 weeks ago
Want to skip the parkway crowds? Try these fall color spots instead

These scenic spots offer mountain views, hiking and changing leaves without making the Blue Ridge Parkway your only stop

Local
3 weeks ago
Asheville tenants gain new protection from unsafe housing

Measure gives renters another tool when serious housing safety violations go unresolved

Crime & Safety
3 weeks ago
Brevard police withdraw license plate reader proposal

Public concerns over privacy and surveillance prompted Chief Christy Wentzell to withdraw the plan

Business
3 weeks ago
North Carolina ranks high for business, last for workers

CNBC and Oxfam offer sharply different views of North Carolina’s economy

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