Calls for the exit of newly elected Rep. Madison Cawthorn from Congress have grown after critics say his rhetoric is partially to blame for the Capitol riots.

In an extraordinary move, Asheville City Council has said it will provide reparations for Black residents for historic wrongs, including slavery and discrimination.

Henderson County Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn has been charged with driving with revoked license and is set to appear in court in three counties.

Republican Sen. Thom Tills told the Asheville Council of Independent Business Owners that the biggest pandemic threat was unvaccinated North Carolinians, not Central American immigrants.

Protesters gathered at Congressman Madison Cawthorn's office in Hendersonville, demanding his removal from office following his role in a rally on Jan. 6 before a mob that stormed the capitol...

A group of North Carolina voters told state officials on Monday they want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified as a congressional candidate.

Moe Davis says it is an insult to the intelligence of voters when a person deliberately misuses a word like socialism in order to deceive them.

It is shocking to write these words: Madison Cawthorn helped to incite a violent siege on the federal government, Jasmine Beach-Ferrara writes.

A new political action committee is taking aim at Congressman Madison Cawthorn, established only with the goal of removing him from office.

Donald Trump's Republicans wrap themselves in the flag and wave the Bible, pretending to be patriots and Christians, but they are neither.

Sen. Thom Tillis has called for a House Ethics Committee investigation into fellow lawmaker Madison Cawthorn over allegations of insider trading.

Asheville's latest budget proposal would defund the police department by $770,000.

Former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is removed from North Carolina's voter rolls amid an SBI probe into allegations he committed election fraud.

Madison Cawthorn continues to embarrass his North Carolina district, state and country on a regular basis.

In talking about his experience, Republican congressional candidate Madison Cawthorn, 25, said he worked full-time as a staff member for former Rep. Mark Meadows. But records show otherwise.

Asheville LGBTQ activist and county commissioner Jasmine Beach-Ferrara is seeking the congressional seat held by far-right Republican Madison Cawthorn.

Mark Meadows faces allegations of voter fraud after he allegedly lied to elections officials about living in a Macon County mobile home.

From AVL Watchdog: In the middle of the siege of the Capitol, Madison Cawthorn called a friendly conservative radio host and blamed Democrats.

An SBI investigation is underway into potential voter fraud by ex-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows after a Western North Carolina district attorney passed the case on to the state.

Columnist John Boyle says WNC newly sworn in congressman started off his political career by fomenting an insurrection.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Rep. Liz Cheney spoke out about comments made by Rep. Madison Cawthorn.

Readers ask if a neighbor can shoot video of them inside their own house, and why Buncombe County deputies were at Harrah's Casino recently.

Rep. Madison Cawthorn brought a knife to a school board meeting, a Democrat running against him said.

“He tried to say he backed the blue, after encouraging a mob that attacked the Capitol Police,” Eddie Harwood, local conservative activist, writes in his rebuke of Madison Cawthorn.

Right-wing Rep. Madison Cawthorn has been accused a bringing a weapon to another educational facility — the fourth in a month.

Chef Katie Button, of Cúrate in Asheville, was invited by first lady Jill Biden to present the state dinner at White House on Oct. 25, 2023.

By April 15, Madison Cawthorn already had five Democrats and one Republican who'd file to run against him in 2022.

Groups working on the Ecusta Trail are taking offense at Rep. Madison Cawthorn apparently calling it "communist."

Fox News broadcast fake news about voter fraud because it knew that's what people wanted to hear. Ratings were more important than the truth.

For the first time in a decade Buncombe County and Asheville might not elect an all-Democratic slate of N.C. House members due to GOP redistricting.

Rep. Madison Cawthorn has lost his reelection bid for Western North Carolina's congressional district.

A former Western North Carolina House candidate backed by Donald Trump and Mark Meadows will plead guilty to accepting illegal campaign money.

Of the 415 people who have died of COVID at Mission Hospital, none have been vaccinated, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr. William Hathaway.

Grammy winning singer Gladys Knight, who lives in Asheville with her husband, William McDowell, led a vaccine drive in Haywood County to alleviate mistrust among Black residents.

Bernie Sanders spoke at the Salvage Station in Asheville May 17, 2019.

Congressman Cawthorn, with his misleading and false posts and the threatening and violent comments derived from them, is feeding into a toxic national tone.

Former presidential advisor Karl Rove told Rep. Madison Cawthorn to spend more time in WNC and less campaigning nationally.

Sen. Kamala Harris will be in Asheville on Thursday when in-person early voting kicks off.

An Asheville high schooler writes that Rep. Chuck Edwards should understand that young people are distressed about climate change and gun violence.

A Rolling Stone magazine article says U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn was "intimately involved" in planning the Jan. 6 events that turned violent."

A top staffer for Rep. Madison Cawthorn is making the equivalent of a $127,111 salary despite having no government background and little other work experience.

Cooper’s re-election means Democrats have won seven of the eight North Carolina gubernatorial elections since 1992.

Rep. Madison Cawthorn said he will run for a different district in part because his house is close to newly drawn congressional lines. But public records disagree.

Readers ask about new A-B Tech cop cars and why the school would need interceptors, and they have a couple of Waste Pro follow-ups on new containers.

Protesters attempted to overthrow the Buncombe County Board of Education after board members voted to continue the district's mask mandate.

Answer Man: Trump sticker on a bear? And why that's a really bad idea...

Voters shouldn’t need a courtroom verdict to know Donald Trump doesn't have their best interests at heart. Trump is the wrong choice to lead America.

Calls for the exit of newly elected Rep. Madison Cawthorn from Congress have grown after critics say his rhetoric is partially to blame for the Capitol riots.

Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer wants city police to explain the decision to destroy a medical station during a peaceful demonstration June 2.

The Marshall town board was briefed on "The Peripheral," an upcoming Amazon Prime Video TV show that will begin filming in Marshall in September.

From Asheville Watchdog: A verbatim transcription of some of Madison Cawthorn's statements during an appearance before Macon County Republicans.

Sen. Bernie Sanders outlines the funding disparity between segregated and integrated schools in an exclusive op-ed for the Citizen Times.

if you wish to represent North Carolina, then you must embrace all of us for who we are, not who you wish for us to be, Rabbi Eric M. Solomon writes.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper won another legal victory defending his COVID-19 executive orders on Aug. 11.

Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who has faced warnings from law enforcement about bringing weapons to school grounds, was seen with what was described as a "combat" dagger at Western Carolina...

Ex-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell evaded a civil process server for weeks, going over state lines until being served at her Biltmore Forest home with a $1.3B lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems.

After a leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion suggesting Roe v. Wade will be overturned, hundreds of protesters gathered in downtown Asheville.

Rep. Madison Cawthorn in a Sept. 25 video used profanity to describe laws temporarily confiscating guns from people deemed dangerous and made unsubstantiated claims military personnel were already...

David O. Belcher, outgoing chancellor of Western Carolina University, says farewell to his “little slice of heaven.”

Claims that he carried loaded gun inside the halls of the Capitol Jan. 6 has Rep. Madison Cawthorn and rules surrounding firearms inside the Capitol facing scrutiny.

Macon County residents in the conservative county interviewed recently said they were skeptical of Mark Meadows' residency claim.

Trump-aligned Rep. Madison Cawthorn had said he would not run for reelection in his home WNC district. But now Cawthorn has changed plans.

Josh Remillard, 38, a veteran of two combat tours in Iraq now living in Mills River, said he will compete for the district that covers most of WNC.

Eric Gash, a current pastor and former Hendersonville High AD and football coach, announces bid to run for Congress for NC District 11.

In only the third case of its kind in North Carolina history, District Attorney Greg Newman has been removed from office.

Columnist John Boyle looks at Congressman Madison Cawthorn's penchant for carrying weapons in restricted areas, and wonders if it's not intentional.

While Cawthorn likes to imagine he's being attacked by the "woke" on the left, truth is he just keeps inflicting a thousand little cuts on himself.

The Buncombe County Board of Education voted to strengthen its mask mandate, requiring face coverings regardless of vaccination status

Unaffiliated voters in North Carolina are treated unequally by the law. They can cast a vote but cannot serve on state Board of Elections.

Riley Howell was honored by police officials who said his decision to fight the gunman helped prevent more deaths at UNC Charlotte.

George W. Vanderbilt opened Biltmore House in 1895 in Asheville after years of construction.

A financial disclosure form appears to provide the "smoking gun" of an ethics violation by Rep. Madison Cawthorn and might indicate criminal activity.

A tweet featuring a picture of Nazis by Western North Carolina's Republican member of Congress Madison Cawthorn has been deleted following criticism of people on Twitter.

Ashevillians threw an impromptu dance party downtown after the 2020 presidential election was called for Democrat Joe Biden on Nov. 7, 2020.

A Macon County Board of Elections staffer who answered the phone said no one had brought a challenge to Mark Meadows' registration as of March 7.

Zack issued a more forceful apology than his statement 24 hours earlier, in which he attempted to justify the action taken by the APD

City government has signed off on using Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville as a shelter for about 50 people living in homelessness.

"Irrespective of Liz Cheyney's loss, and regardless of what you think about her policies, you have to respect her fidelity to America and to democracy."

A renewed challenge has been put forth to Rep. Madison Cawthorn's candidacy.

Asheville is looking at stripping names of slave owners from streets, including main roads such as Patton and Merrimon avenues.

A planned wildlife passage under I-40 in Pigeon River Gorge to be built alongside a new bridge at Harmon Den aims to improve wildlife migration.