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5 hours ago in Health & Wellness, Local
Appalachian Mountain Health plans facility for Black Mountain, Swannanoa
Buncombe County will sponsor a $480,000 state grant for the Swannanoa Valley project
7 hours ago in Business, Education, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Local
A one-time fix for pop-up ads and family internet safety — now $15 during Deal Days
Asheville and WNC households can explore AdGuard’s ad blocking, privacy features and parental controls for up to nine devices. The $14.97 lifetime offer is for new users.
8 hours ago in Community, Local, Outdoors
Asheville woman joins NC Spider Search, hunts for elusive writing spider
Tiffany Hall has recruited friends and neighbors to help document spiders for a statewide citizen science project
11 hours ago in Housing, Local
Buncombe County changes affordable housing rules
Commissioners expand mortgage assistance and adopt new requirements aimed at getting county housing loans repaid sooner
22 hours ago in Crime & Safety, Local, Native Advertising
Buncombe County pulls $290K sheriff’s office Axon, camera request
Commissioners did not say why the funding request was removed; a cybersecurity professional raised surveillance concerns
1 day ago in Crime & Safety, Local, Native Advertising
I-26 Connector construction changes routes for Asheville firefighters
Fire crews are taking different routes in some areas as construction and congestion reshape travel
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7 hours ago in Business, Education, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Local
A one-time fix for pop-up ads and family internet safety — now $15 during Deal Days
Asheville and WNC households can explore AdGuard’s ad blocking, privacy features and parental controls for up to nine devices. The $14.97 lifetime offer is for new users.
8 hours ago in Entertainment
Eva Marie Saint, star of ‘North by Northwest’ and ‘On the Waterfront,’ dies at 102
Eva Marie Saint, the pale, willowy actor who won an Academy Award for her first movie, "On the Waterfront," and starred opposite Cary Grant in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller "North by Northwest," has died. She was 102.
1 day ago in Entertainment, Trending
Nicole Kidman, Zendaya and hovering cars see Paris Fashion Week go out on a high
Louis Vuitton closed Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday evening with Zendaya in the audience and car sculptures hovering above the runway at the Louvre Museum. It was the final major show of a spring runway season that began in New York last month.
1 day ago in Entertainment
Paramount and Warner Bros are now one Hollywood giant: Skydance. Here’s how we got here
It's official: Skydance-owned Paramount has closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The companies completed the deal on Tuesday, ushering in a new Hollywood giant with the now shorter "Skydance" nametag.
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9 hours ago in National, Trending
Tropical Storm Isaias forms, is forecast to become a hurricane and hit US Gulf Coast this week
Tropical Storm Isaias formed early Wednesday in the warm waters off eastern Mexico and forecasters said it was expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season before hitting the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week.
1 day ago in Entertainment, Trending
Nicole Kidman, Zendaya and hovering cars see Paris Fashion Week go out on a high
Louis Vuitton closed Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday evening with Zendaya in the audience and car sculptures hovering above the runway at the Louvre Museum. It was the final major show of a spring runway season that began in New York last month.
2 days ago in Entertainment, Olympics, Trending
Brisbane 2032 launches a cockatoo emblem for Olympics and Paralympics after an accidental leak
The cockatoo has won out over the kangaroo, the koala and the bin chicken to become the emblem of the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics — after a bit of an embarrassing social media leak.
Israel to start repatriation flights for passengers stranded in UAE following FlyDubai attack
Israel will begin repatriation flights on Friday to bring back passengers stranded in the United Arab Emirates after commercial travel between the two countries...