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• The Advice Goddess: The afterwife....

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:36

  By AMY ALKON Syndicated Columnist My wonderful stepmom died last year, and my dad was debilitated by grief. I got him to go to a support group, which really seemed to help. He’s been dating a woman he met there, and they’ve gotten seriou...

• Grail Moviehouse aims to relocate in undisclosed location

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:35

  From Staff Reports  The Grail Moviehouse, an indy cinema in downtown Asheville, announced May 20 it is leaving its 45 S. French Broad venue and “working on relocating” to an undisclosed Asheville location.  “This is already i...

• Council decides to freeze APD budget

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:28

  From Staff Reports  Asheville City Council decided on June 9 to freeze the police budget — a majority of council members recently confirmed, .according to a report in the Asheville Citizen Times What’s more, “bigger structural c...

• City OKs monuments’ removal, pending county approval

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:26

  From Staff Reports Asheville City Council voted unanimously June 9 for a joint resolution to remove two downtown Confederate monuments, so the measure will be considered by the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners sometime at its June 16 meeting. â�...

• City bungled protests, failed to back APD, police union says

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:24

  From Staff Reports The largest group representing law enforcement in North Carolina has issued a statement saying the City of Asheville is not handling recent protests properly, Asheville television station WLOS News 13 reported on June 5. WLOS noted th...

• City Council OKs police inquiry; APD chief plans overhaul

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:23

  From Staff Reports  Members of Asheville City Council’s public safety committee on May 9 received council’s approval to launch a probe into the police handling of recent protests over the death of black Minneapolis resident George Floy...

• Manheimer demands, gets apology from new police chief after razing of aid station

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:22

  From Staff Reports Asheville Police Chief David Zack issued an apology on June 4, following what the Asheville Citizen Times described in a story as “pointed criticism from community leaders and, most notably, Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer. â�...

• Coronavirus update? Governor warns school restart could be delayed

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:20

  From Staff Reports RALEIGH — Citing new highs reached in North Carolina’s COVID-19 numbers, Gov. Roy Cooper warned the public on May 7 that public school building openings set for August could be delayed unless health precautions are taken ...

• Letters to the editor: Are mayor, other officials hiding behind digital divide?

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:15

  If the mayor and other city-county officials can gather with a thousand others outside on Church Street (in downtown Asheville) for nearly an hour to speak about ongoing uprising, why can’t they hold council meetings to conduct the people’s ...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: Following horrific killing, MLK would have marched with nonviolent protesters

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:14

  What was done in the May 25 death of George Floyd is a cruelty that should not be done to anyone. It was brutal, horrific and we know of nobody who condones what happened. Condemnation is universal. Floyd, 46, who is black, died after Derek Chauvin, 44, ...

• Presidents bring their character with them to office

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:12

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet Not everybody is cut out to be president of the United States. The great ones had something special; the failures had something unfortunate. These “somethings” weren’t fuzzy and subjective...

• THE CANDID CONSERVATIVE: 2020 is the new 1984

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:10

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet “Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”  — George Orwell, “1984”   The problem Listenin...

• GOP runoff election for Meadows seat set June 23

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:09

  From Staff Reports The hotly contests runoff election between Republican candidates Lynda Bennett and Madison Cawthorn, the two top vote-getters in the March 3 primary vying for the seat in U.S. Congress from the 11th District vacated by Mark Meadows, is...

• UNCA drive-in screening rescheduled on June 25

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:04

  From Staff Reports UNC Asheville has rescheduled its drive-in movie screening of Disney-Pixar’s "Onward" for  June 25, with food trucks available on site.  "Onward" is rated PG. The screening had originally been scheduled...

• Music on Main Street concert series to begin on July 24; dancing to be banned (for safety)

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:03

  From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE — The start of the summer outdoor concert season planned in Hendersonville has been pushed back this year in order to follow federal- and state-mandated guidelines for social distancing.  The concerts are he...

• Monday Night Live! to start July 20 with 28 Pages band

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:02

  From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE — The city’s free Monday Night Live! sumner concert series, beginning late because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be held 7-9 p.m. July 20 and Aug. 3, 17 and 31 outside the Visitor Center at 201 S. Main St....

• Film to be screened, drive-in-style: ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’ classic to be shown June 20

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:01

  From Staff Reports BREVARD — The eight-film Brevard Music Center @ The Drive-In Movies summer series will continue with the screening of the action classic “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” at 9 p.m. June 20 in the parking lot at Br...

• BRCC moves its Music by the Lake series to late summer

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 16:00

  From Staff Reports FLAT ROCK — Blue Ridge Community College is shifting its annual Music by the Lake 2020 series to late summer. BRCC’s free, outdoor musical concert series, located on the shore adjoining the college’s lake, usually...

• Theatrical center plans to reopen this summer in Hendersonville

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 15:58

  From Staff Reports  HENDERSONVILLE — The Center for Art & Entertainment “is preparing to open during the state’s Phase 3 reopening in July with modified seating for social distancing and other safety adjustments,” the...

• COVID-19 pandemic fails to cancel Hendersonville’s 4th of July fireworks

  Created: Monday, 15 June 2020 15:57

  From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE —In contrast to many area localities, a festive Independence Day fireworks display will take place from 9:30 to 10 p.m. July 4 in Hendersonville.  The Independence Day Fireworks Display may be viewed from do...