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2 days ago in Lifestyle
The skills people still perform better than AI, according to workplace experts
Many workers fear machines will supplant them as adoption of artificial intelligence accelerates. But what if people have qualities both unmistakably human and essential to career success that AI could not easily replace them?
4 days ago in Lifestyle
Travel skin care 101: Simple tips to follow before, during and after a trip
Massage Envy reports that nearly 45% of Americans plan summer vacations in 2026 which impacts skin care routine, adding that simple tips can help maintain healthy skin before, during, and after travel.
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3 hours ago in Asheville History, Local
Strangeville: Harry Gardiner, the ‘Human Fly’ Who Climbed Asheville’s Flat Iron Building
A century before viral stunts, Harry Gardiner drew crowds to downtown Asheville by scaling the Flat Iron Building without ropes — part spectacle, part fundraiser and part civic promotion.
6 hours ago in Ask The Expert, Local, Metal Roofing & Siding Expert, Native Advertising
How to choose the right metal panel for your building project
Best Buy Metals explains why panel choice should be guided by building type, budget, roof design, visibility and long-term performance, not just by what looks good on another project.
17 hours ago in Arts & Culture, Community, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Local, Outdoors, Perspectives
Montford Park Players: Iago, Desdemona, Emilia shine in uneven ‘Othello’
“Othello,” one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, is now being performed by the Montford Park Players. Read our review for more.
22 hours ago in Arts & Culture, Community, Lifestyle, Local, Music, On The Town
Black Mountain Blues Experience to bring award-winning artists to town in September
This fall, the Black Mountain Blues Society will collaborate with newly-remodeled music venue White Horse Black Mountain to bring three days of blues music to downtown Black Mountain, N.C.
23 hours ago in Crime & Safety, Local
Armed robber steals $400+ from Hendersonville Road convenience store
The Asheville Police Department is seeking assistance from the public in identifying an armed robber who held up a convenience store on Hendersonville Road this week.
Entertainment
17 hours ago in Arts & Culture, Community, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Local, Outdoors, Perspectives
Montford Park Players: Iago, Desdemona, Emilia shine in uneven ‘Othello’
“Othello,” one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, is now being performed by the Montford Park Players. Read our review for more.
22 hours ago in Arts & Culture, Community, Lifestyle, Local, Music, On The Town
Black Mountain Blues Experience to bring award-winning artists to town in September
This fall, the Black Mountain Blues Society will collaborate with newly-remodeled music venue White Horse Black Mountain to bring three days of blues music to downtown Black Mountain, N.C.
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3 weeks ago in Features
A proposed additive ban could change New York’s pizza and bagels, some say for the better
After more than a decade of mixing and kneading dough in his family's Brooklyn pizzeria, Salvatore Lo Duca recently made a distressing discovery: A key component of their thin-crust pies, bromated flour, contained a suspected carcinogen already banned in much of the world.