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A-B Tech student Curtis Epley, left, and chemistry instructor Evan Lunt prepare to watch Tuesday morning's SpaceX launch. Epley led a student team that developed an experiment to study how lubricating oils behave in microgravity aboard the International Space Station. (Photo courtesy of Evan Lunt)
Education
1 day ago
A-B Tech student experiment headed to space

An Asheville student’s research will launch aboard a SpaceX rocket Tuesday for testing on the International Space Station

1min.AI Lifetime Deal Offers Writing and Creative Tools for $69.97
Business
5 days ago
During Deal Days, you can get lifetime access to ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and more for $70

Asheville and WNC readers can explore multiple AI models and image, voice and video tools with 1min.AI’s lifetime plan. The $69.97 offer ends October 11; monthly credit limits apply.

Education
6 days ago
Study brings teachers and parents together — virtually — to support struggling students

Western North Carolina parents and teachers are invited to participate in a virtual research study focused on supporting Pre-K through sixth-grade students with behavioral challenges. Participants can receive stipends of up to $600.

AdGuard's Family Plan blocks ads and trackers across up to 9 devices with a single lifetime purchase.
Lifestyle
6 days ago
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.

Asheville Deal: Get 1TB of Koofr Cloud Storage for Life for $129.99
Education
1 week ago
Western North Carolina shoppers can get 1TB of Koofr cloud storage for life for $129.99

Asheville and Western North Carolina shoppers can get lifetime access to 1TB of Koofr cloud storage for $129.99 with code KOOFR through October 11 during Deal Days.

Nora Mae “Aunt Mae” Gilliam stands with children outside the tiny Broad River Community Library, which she operated in rural Buncombe County beginning in 1938. The 12-by-12-foot log building served residents with books and other reading materials.
Asheville History
1 week ago
Tombstone Tales: Aunt Mae brought books to Broad River

Nora Mae Gilliam ran a 12-by-12-foot Buncombe County library where books crowded the shelves and children exchanged them through school-bus windows

Ted E. Tourist, the Asheville Tourists’ mascot, surprises kindergartners at Johnston Elementary School during the school’s annual Bear Breakfast on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026.
Education
2 weeks ago
Johnston Elementary’s Bear Breakfast brings big surprise

Asheville kindergartners received stuffed bears, decorated tiny T-shirts and got a surprise visit from Ted E. Tourist

Western North Carolina Windows users can get Microsoft Office 2024 for $49.97
Lifestyle
2 weeks ago
Western North Carolina Windows users can get Microsoft Office 2024 for $49.97

Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus provides Word, Excel, PowerPoint and three more apps on one Windows PC without a Microsoft 365 subscription. The lifetime license is $49.97 through Oct. 4.

Western North Carolina readers can learn 14 languages with this Babbel lifetime subscription deal
Education
2 weeks ago
Western North Carolina readers can learn 14 languages with this Babbel lifetime subscription deal

Babbel combines short daily lessons, courses created by more than 150 linguists and educators, and access to 14 languages. New U.S. users can get lifetime access for $159 with code LEARN through Oct. 8.

Asheville High School art teacher Kristina Shriver, left, and student Nia Teshome pose with a PGA TOUR representative during the Biltmore Championship Asheville. Teshome holds one of the limited-edition Poppy Hand-Crafted Popcorn bags featuring artwork created by Asheville High students.
Education
2 weeks ago
Asheville High student art featured on Poppy Popcorn bags

Student artwork appeared on limited-edition bags created for the Biltmore Championship Asheville

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