Debra-Lynn B. Hook: Memories of Asheville
Like so many people, I have a deep and personal connection to Asheville, North Carolina, a once-sleepy mountain town grown into an artists' enclave and vacatio…
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Jerry Zezima: The Cardiac Kid
If there is one thing that will make your heart pound faster than finding out you need cardiac surgery, it's finding out, mere hours before the operation, that…
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TEST DRIVE | 2025 GR Corolla
BEAVERS BEND, Okla.--Whipping through tight switchbacks and constant-radius curves on a lonely stretch of the Ouachita Mountains, I tried to find the handling …
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GUEST COLUMN | Lynde me your ears
Peter Marshall: "Why do Hells Angels wear leather?"
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GUEST COLUMN | What a trip
As we left Ashdown, Arkansas, in my mom's 1971 Buick Electra 225 Limited, my mom turned to my dad and asked, "Jimmy, are you sure we have enough money?"
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TEST DRIVE | 2025 Genesis G80 provides luxury and sophistication at bargain price
The 2025 Genesis G80 is a captivating luxury sedan, deftly blending striking aesthetics, an opulent interior, and compelling performance for strikingly less mo…
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GUEST COLUMN | You’re pudding me on
If you grew up in the south, you could tell what your momma was about to make based on the bowl or casserole dish she had sitting on the kitchen counter.
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TEST DRIVE | Hyundai Palisade family-friendly adventurer
LAKE De QUEEN, Ark. -- A winding and rocky road to Pine Ridge Park Trail proved no challenge for the all-wheel-drive system, and a glance in the mirror at the …
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GUEST COLUMN | Iceboxes are cool
The fridge. Frigerator. Some even called it, "The Frigidaire." A few decades ago it had many names.
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TEST DRIVE | 2025 Toyota Rav4 Plugin Hybrid is the next Camry, if priced that way
It was half a year after we broke the addiction that Brilliant Bride and I realized how much it had been robbing us.
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GUEST COLUMN | The screening process
How we find what we like has changed. Not so long ago, to determine whether we enjoyed a specific musical group or movie, we did our own homework.
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GUEST COLUMN | When fin was in
There are a few movies that have a big and lasting impact on you. For a 13-year-old kid from Ashdown, Arkansas, one of those for me was "Jaws." It's the story …
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GUEST COLUMN | Scouting for knowledge
I learned a lot from Scouting. Started as a Cub Scout, then joined Webelos, then the Boy Scouts.
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TEST DRIVE | Bronco Sport sprinkles practicality with fun
Roomy, quiet, comfortable, and a little bit country, the 2024 Bronco Sport kept growing on me.
