Lifestyle
4 days ago in Lifestyle
What to say if you’re in recovery and your workplace encourages social drinking
Picture this: It's lunchtime in the 1960s, and you're out with co-workers enjoying not one, not two, but three cocktails with your meal. While the three-martini lunch seems improbable today, workplaces still can be boozy places. After-work happy hours, corporate parties and client meetings at fancy bars are still expected in many areas of American corporate culture.
5 days ago in Lifestyle
Apple’s ‘big week’ launches a pair of $599 devices aimed at budget buyers
Apple CEO Tim Cook promised a "big week" of product announcements has seen the introduction of a new budget-friendly iPhone trim, an entry-level MacBook tier, updated iPad Air models, refreshed monitors and higher-end chipsets. All of which was on display at hands-on media events held Wednesday in New York, London and Shanghai.
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4 hours ago in Arts & Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Local, Perspectives
3 movies to see, stream or skip in March 2026 – 828reviewsNOW
A Pixar movie about beavers, humans and the bonds between them. A scathing documentary about the Alabama prison system. The latest installment in a long-running horror franchise. Which should you see, stream or skip? Find out in our review.
16 hours ago in Local
Great Mother March to launch in Asheville with Pack Square send-off event
Pilgrimage from Western North Carolina to Washington, D.C., begins on spring equinox and ends on Earth Day
20 hours ago in Crime & Safety, Local
Multiple people injured in early morning Asheville shooting
Victims taken to Mission Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after incident on North Lexington Avenue
20 hours ago in Arts & Culture, Asheville History, Local, Native Advertising
Strangeville: The mystery of Biltmore’s Halloween Room in Asheville
In the basement of America’s largest home, a painted room has fueled decades of rumor, curiosity and mystery.
2 days ago in Lifestyle, Local, Outdoors
Hikes of WNC: Hardtimes Connector Trail in Bent Creek Experimental Forest
Bent Creek Experimental Forest has a wealth of hiking trails. One that is an especially good time is the Hardtimes Connector Trail, which connects with Deer Lake Lodge Loop for a solid 2 mile hike.
Entertainment
4 hours ago in Arts & Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Local, Perspectives
3 movies to see, stream or skip in March 2026 – 828reviewsNOW
A Pixar movie about beavers, humans and the bonds between them. A scathing documentary about the Alabama prison system. The latest installment in a long-running horror franchise. Which should you see, stream or skip? Find out in our review.
3 days ago in Entertainment
After 5 years, Sarah J. Maas returns to ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ with 2 untitled books
Romantasy favorite Sarah J. Maas has given her millions of fans a plot twist they had long been waiting for — two more books over the next 11 months in her blockbuster "A Court of Thorns and Roses" series.
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7 days ago in Features, Trending
Triceratops skeleton ‘Trey’ to hit the auction block as dinosaur market soars
A triceratops skeleton that stood in a Wyoming museum for decades will be auctioned off, a rare instance of a museum-exhibited dinosaur going to the auction block just as the market for the prehistoric giants has hit record highs.