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Asheville Watchdog is a nonprofit news team producing stories that matter to Asheville and Buncombe County. Tom Fiedler is a Pulitzer Prize-winning political reporter and former executive editor of The Miami Herald. Contact him tfiedler@avlwatcvhdog.org.

Energy & Environment

Can Asheville Become More Than Beer And Bears?

Tom Fiedler/AVL Watchdog

Want to understand why Texans froze this past February, or why California has been racked by wildfire in recent summers? Come to Asheville. It is no exaggeration to say that the answer to every quantifiable question about climate and weather here on Earth and throughout the solar system lies in the more than 40 petabytes of data stored in downtown Asheville's Veach-Baley Federal Complex.
Politics

Cawthorn Joins Firebrand GOP Colleagues On Far-Right Media

Tom Fiedler/AVL Watchdog

On Telegram, the 25-year-old Hendersonville lawmaker joins like-minded figures on the far-right fringe of the Republican Party, including former QAnon-proponent Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.
Politics

#NC11: Cawthorn Mingles With Far-Right Fringe

Sally Kestin

Conservative congressional candidate Madison Cawthorn, scheduled to speak Wednesday at the GOP national convention, traveled to Texas last month to...