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.

Skyland Cannabis Company Best of Asheville
Business
10 months ago
Behind ‘Best of Asheville’: How Skyland Cannabis won best boutique

Skyland Cannabis Co. collected gold and silver medals in Best of Asheville voting

North Fork Reservoir
Health & Wellness
10 months ago
Asheville lifts boil water notice

Asheville has lifted its boil water advisory after test samples came back clean for E. coli and coliform

Business
10 months ago
Behind ‘Best of Asheville’: Givens Estates top retirement community

Givens Estates is a non-profit senior life plan community where each person is treated with dignity and respect.

Asheville water North Fork Reservoir Helene
Health & Wellness
11 months ago
Boil water notice could be lifted by next week, city says

The last time raw water was pushed into the Asheville water system was last Saturday

Water Asheville system Buncombe County schools homes Hurricane Helene lead
Health & Wellness
11 months ago
Lead found in some schools, homes that get water from Asheville

Lead levels were not found in the water source, but rather from water traveling through older pipes owned by customers

Health & Wellness
11 months ago
Novant wants to build diagnostic center in Buncombe County

A public hearing for Novant Health’s plans for a diagnostic center in Asheville is scheduled for next month

Darren Lamon Clayton shooting death asheville
Crime & Safety
11 months ago
Man wanted in shooting death arrested in Jacksonville

Asheville police found Makayla Lashea Harrison, 26, dead from what appeared to be a gunshot wound around 11 a.m. Saturday

North Fork Reservoir sediment Helene Asheville water system
Health & Wellness
11 months ago
Helene updates: Water clarity at North Fork Reservoir improves

Water clarity, grants for housing-related costs, Home Hazard Mitigation projects, business grants

NCDOT I-40 at MM 47 Helene flooding
Local
11 months ago
NCDOT flood-alert tools possibly saved lives in I-40 flooding

Floodwaters driven by Tropical Storm Helene eventually reached about 8 feet over I-40.

Keri Lynn Buckner missing asheville biltmore village
Local
11 months ago
Search continues for woman last seen 2 years ago in Biltmore Village area

Keri Lynn Buckner, 32, was last seen on Nov. 11, 2022, on Biltmore Avenue in the Biltmore Village area