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Exhuming the memory of 9/11: Forensic anthropologist John Williams was called to New York to help identify human remains after the attack on the World Trade Center. Twenty-five years later, he’s ready to talk about it.
Forensic anthropologist John Williams was called to New York to help identify human remains after the attack on the World Trade Center. Twenty-five years later, he’s ready to talk about it.
John Williams almost chose not to do this interview, unsure whether he was ready to talk about his experience in New York City in…
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Twenty-five years later — stories from New York
It’s been 25 years but feels like not long ago at all.
The late Dr. Sam Gladding and I were asked by the Disaster Mental Health section of…
G20 leaders touted privatization; has WNC already seen the worst of it?
Asheville made international headlines last week when its Omni Grove Park Inn hosted the Group of 20 finance track summit.
The summit is an annual global forum aimed…
Jackson County kills bond referendum
Jackson County Commissioners voted 4-1 to shoot down a $105 million school bond referendum at their Sept. 1 meeting, leaving Jackson County Public Schools in the lurch for…
‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign tops $100 million
Western Carolina University (WCU) has concluded its ambitious “Fill the Western Sky” comprehensive fundraising campaign with more than $110 million in philanthropic support pouring in to benefit the…
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Word from the Smokies: New book collects wonders of the Smokies for nature lovers
No matter where you were in the world, spring 2020 was a time of fear and uncertainty. The expanding COVID-19 pandemic prompted prevention measures that would have previously…
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This must be the place: Ode to 25 years later, ode to never forgetting
Twenty-five years. It didn’t dawn on me until one of my colleagues mentioned it in our editorial meeting last week. But, yes, it has been a quarter-century since Sept. 11, 2001, the line in the sand between the old world and the new, for good or ill (but mostly ill, in terms of what has…
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This must be the place: ‘I’m what I am, instead of whatever I’m not’
Hello from the coveted window table in the back of Panacea Coffee Company in the Historic Frog Level District of Waynesville. It’s early Saturday afternoon. The picnic tables just outside the window at Frog Level Brewing are already filled with locals and visitors alike sitting along Richland Creek.
With Labor Day Weekend around the corner,…
This must be the place: ‘The questions of a thousand dreams, what you do and what you see’
Hello from Room 108 at the Thunderbird Inn, located in downtown Savannah, Georgia. This is the first morning in the last two weeks where I’ve walked outside and it hasn’t felt like an oppressive oven of heat and humidity. With recent daily heat indexes hovering around 110 degrees down here, it’s quite refreshing to step out the door for coffee and not be hit with…
Partner content: Taste of Local
Thursday, September 17 • 3pm-6pm
Ingles Markets — 3643 Howard Gap Road — Hendersonville
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Partner content: Fiber maxxing?
Question: Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of information about “fiber maxxing” on-line. How much fiber should I be trying to get each day?
Answer: Most of us should aim for at least 25-35 grams of fiber per day ( 25 grams of fiber each day for women and closer to 35 grams/day for men)
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Partner content: Can You be MISDIAGNOSED with Celiac Disease?
Yes! But typically, this would only be if you self-diagnosed without being tested or were diagnosed by a medical provider solely by your symptoms/reactions to eating foods with gluten and didn’t have testing. A medical provider should order blood tests for screening. The gold standard for diagnosing celiac disease is a biopsy of the lining…
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Partner content: The Color of SALMON
Do you ever wonder about the color of salmon?
Why some salmon may be really dark orange, and some may be lighter and perhaps more of a pink hue? That’s due to a pigment called astaxanthin which is a carotenoid (the vitamin A family).
Salmon need this pigment – it is like an essential vitamin…
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A snapshot as 9/11 unfolded before us
Our newsroom began talking a couple of months ago about pulling together a few stories to mark the 25th year since the 9/11 terrorist attacks that so profoundly…
letters to the editor
Don’t believe Whatley’s lies
GOP candidate for Senate in North Carolina, Michael Whatley, lies…
Veterans must seek Trump’s removal
I seriously doubt most Americans view our present political circumstances…
Making the simple complicated
Unless you have been living under rock, you have heard…
Let voters decide redistricting
The current Macon County Board has proposed redistricting the county.…