Sally Kestin

1 month ago | avlwatchdog.org | Sally Kestin

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Mission Hospital’s corporate owner, HCA Healthcare, reported revenue of $18 billion in the first quarter of the year, up $1 billion from the same period last year. Net income, or profit, was also up —  $1.61 billion compared to $1.591 billion in the first quarter of 2024.

2 months ago | avlwatchdog.org | Sally Kestin

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Two attorneys and a woman at the center of Asheville Watchdog’s series, Equity Erased, are facing their most serious criminal charges yet. A Buncombe grand jury in March indicted Robert Perry Tucker II and Ilesanmi Adaramola, both attorneys, and Lisa Roberts-Allen on two charges each of obtaining property by false pretenses and two counts of felony conspiracy.

Mar 10, 2025 | avlwatchdog.org | Sally Kestin

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Grocery sales and profits at Ingles Markets took a big hit in the quarter following Tropical Storm Helene. Net sales at the Black Mountain-based grocery chain were down $193 million, or 13 percent, in the three months ending Dec. 28 over the same period in 2023, the company reported in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Feb 26, 2025 | biltmorebeacon.com | Sally Kestin

A real estate investor and prominent figure in Asheville Watchdog’s series, Equity Erased, has been criminally charged in a long-running state investigation. Robert Perry Tucker II of Asheville, who is also an attorney, faces two counts each of filing a false lien, a felony, and conspiracy to file a false lien, a misdemeanor. Also charged with the same counts: Attorney Ilesanmi Adaramola, formerly of Asheville, and Lisa K. Roberts, who had worked with Tucker on real estate deals in Buncombe.

Feb 14, 2025 | avlwatchdog.org | Sally Kestin

Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. A real estate investor and prominent figure in Asheville Watchdog’s series, Equity Erased, has been criminally charged in a long-running state investigation. Robert Perry Tucker II of Asheville, who is also an attorney, faces two counts each of filing a false lien, a felony, and conspiracy to file a false lien, a misdemeanor.