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Answer Man: Will ‘Taylor’s Wave’ in Woodfin accommodate actual surfers in addition to kayakers? Was mayor paid for HCA commercial?
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question (Part A): When I did a ChatGPT search for ...
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Opinion: You can’t always get what you want, but can this rock n’ roll geezer sit down during the show — just for a few minutes, I swear!
My very first rock concert was the Rolling Stones at Hampton Coliseum in December 1981, when I was 17. As I’d bought general ...
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Edwards defends vote for “One Big Beautiful Bill” despite nonpartisan analysis predicting it would benefit the rich and harm the poor
President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” that passed in the House last week may financially stress tens of thousands of ...
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Answer Man: Is a new Fairview gun store too close to schools? Strange white lights during last weekend’s blackout? Barley’s Taproom update?
Jennifer Holschuh and her husband Robert Wareham will have a soft opening for Mountain West Firearms on June 1 and a grand opening July 4. Wareham says a reader's concerns about the gun store being ...
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HCA says it honored Mission sale agreement in 2024, the same year hospital faced immediate jeopardy
HCA Healthcare, the corporate owner of Mission Hospital, maintains it honored its asset purchase agreement (APA) in 2024, the ...
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Democracy Watch: How the state GOP seized control of North Carolina’s elections boards could be a ready-for-Hollywood thriller
In my years observing politics and hurricanes at The Miami Herald I frequently rewatched the 1948 thriller “Key Largo,” which ...
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Answer Man: Power outage caused by tree falling, or more ‘sinister’ geomagnetic storm? Barnes & Noble in Biltmore Park closed for “maintenance?” When will it reopen?
Answer Man John Boyle had to rough it by candlelight Saturday night at his home in Fletcher during a widespread yet spotty power outage. He survived on lukewarm beer and melting ice cream. // Watchdog ...
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Fentanyl deaths are dropping in Buncombe County — and across the country. But why?
For months, public health experts have been monitoring a trend equal parts promising and perplexing: a steep decline in ...
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Answer Man: Weird noise question for ‘Professor Cicada’? Will U-Haul on Swannanoa River Road reopen?
Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: Like it or not, you are the go-to expert on cicadas, thanks to your previous columns on the subject. So, Professor ...