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As October brings vivid mountain colors, the post Helene hospitality industry in Asheville, North Carolina hopes for a big return of tourists.

ESPN's WNBA analyst and basketball Hall of Famer, Rebecca Lobo talks about what's been going on in the WNBA at the midpoint of the 2025 season. And the pros and cons of the league's growth in the last couple seasons while it gains more mainstream attention.

In a new album, the youngest ever Van Cliburn winner puts his own stamp on Tchaikovsky's undervalued set of piano pieces called The Seasons.

"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay," Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, has been adapted for opera. It opens Sunday at the Metropolitan Opera.

A number of seasoned veterans with a taste for big swings and clever premises have new novels out this week, including stories of gothic horror and dark academia from the likes of R.F. Kuang, Leah Stein and Helen Oyeyemi.

Wisconsin's Door County is a popular tourism spot on Lake Michigan, but for some locals the biggest attraction is the county's baseball league. We went along to a game.

The state reported 63 additional flu deaths this week, bringing the season's total to 134 deaths. That's much higher than last year at this point.

Last year, a record six quarterbacks were taken early in the first round of the NFL draft. Now, those six are striving to make a second-year leap and avoid the dreaded sophomore slump.

Citizen Warrior is an autobiographical account of Gene Merritt’s lifelong efforts to improve Wilmington — work that was at times contentious, creative, and even inspired.Merritt fought to change the downtown nightlife scene, pushing for liquor-by-the-drink while also evicting topless bars and sex shops. His next battle was an industrial coal pile planned where the modern-day riverwalk and concert venue exist. Then there was the struggle to bring 1-40 to Wilmington, and later, to keep the county from selling its hospital. And, of course, there were many other challenges along the way. Merrit joined us along with co-author John Meyer, who helped cover these stories as a veteran StarNews reporter and editor.

After 11 seasons on ER, Wyle is producing, writing and starring in The Pitt. Now in Season 2, the series has earned praise for its depiction of emergency medicine. Originally broadcast April 21, 2025.