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• Rewriting N.C. history?

  Created: Tuesday, 05 December 2017 00:07

  By D.G. MARTIN Special to the Daily Planet CHAPEL HILL — Don’t worry about the monuments coming down.   There is more. People are rewriting our history. Some folks who oppose taking down Civil War monuments argue that such actions would destr...

• Robert E. Lee had regrets, unlike some in White House

  Created: Tuesday, 05 December 2017 00:06

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet Robert E. Lee never wrote his memoirs.  Of course, he only lived five years after the War.  But his papers seem to say that he didn’t want to revisit some of his life decisions.   You see, he ...

• Gladys Knight and friends put on a dazzling show

  Created: Tuesday, 05 December 2017 00:01

  Chugging along on that ‘Midnight Train to Georgia,' star-studded show raises funds to revamp school  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com     Gladys Knight’s Oct. 29 benefit concert at the ...

• I wasn’t there! It was my doppelganger!

  Created: Monday, 04 December 2017 23:57

  By SHELLEY WRIGHT Special to the Daily Planet Most people blame things they’ve done — and probably shouldn’t have — on their pets.  But what do you do when there is someone running around town who looks exactly like you, drives the same ...

• ‘Women of Woodstock’ soars on Jefferson Airplane hits

  Created: Monday, 04 December 2017 23:56

  HENDERSONVILLE — “August 1969: The Women of Woodstock” provided an interesting examination and salute to the outstanding female singers at the Woodstock Music Festival during a tribute show Oct. 27 at Flat Rock Playhouse’s downtown Hendersonville ...

• White Horse’s 9th anniversary gala sparkles

  Created: Monday, 04 December 2017 23:54

  BLACK MOUNTAIN  — The White Horse nightclub here celebrated its ninth anniversary with a musical show featuring co-owner Bob Hinkle, the Belfast Boys, B.J. Liederman and several other musical guests.  Roughly 100 or so people attended the pot...

• Annual gingerbread house viewing open after 3 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays at Grove Park Inn

  Created: Monday, 04 December 2017 23:52

  From Staff Reports The 25th annual National Gingerbread House Competition exhibit is open to the public through Jan. 4 at the Omni Grove Park Inn in North Asheville. Viewing times — for the public — are after 3 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays.The dis...

• Mission’s pact with Blue Cross ends; now what?

  Created: Wednesday, 01 November 2017 21:54

  From Staff Reports  They really did it. Industry analysts were not taking it too seriously. They had seen the bluff too many times before, and providers and insurers always came to a settlement by deadline. But on Oct. 5, Mission Health really did...

• Raises, large bonuses under Greene prompt leaders to address breach in public trust

  Created: Wednesday, 01 November 2017 21:48

  Officials admit they lack signed incentive deal for ex-county manager From Staff Reports  Under new County Manager Mandy Stone, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners has had a lot of housekeeping to...

• The Advice Goddess: November 2017

  Created: Wednesday, 01 November 2017 21:42

  Pay pal? Q: An older male friend keeps paying for me -- buying me meals and clothes. Am I making a mistake in accepting? I’ve repeatedly made clear that I have no romantic interest in him. I’m a struggling artist, and he’s highly successful. W...

• Battle for 3 Asheville council seats, mayor’s job to be decided on Nov. 7 s jjob

  Created: Wednesday, 01 November 2017 21:33

  From Staff Reports  In addition to choosing Asheville’s mayor and three members of City Council, voters will cast ballots in the Nov. 7 municipal general election to show if they favor splitting the city into six districts. The mayoral candidates...

• Kapoor, Manheimer sweep to primary wins; Bothwell fails to make cut, blames Williams

  Created: Wednesday, 01 November 2017 21:31

  From Staff Reports  In an Oct. 10 primary, voters whittled the field to two of three mayoral candidates and six of 12 candidates for Asheville City Council to advance to the Nov. 7 general election.  Incumbent Mayor Esther Manheimer took a run...

• Buncombe DA unveils plan to address opioids

  Created: Wednesday, 01 November 2017 21:30

  From Staff Reports Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams announced a battle plan to fight the local opioid epidemic during an Oct. 3 press conference.  Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan and Asheville Police Chief Tammy Hooper were also i...

• UNCA provost named interim chancellor as search begins

  Created: Wednesday, 01 November 2017 21:29

  From Staff Reports UNC Asheville Provost Joe Urgo has been appointed to serve as interim chancellor upon Chancellor Mary K. Grant’s departure at the end of the year. The appointment was made by UNC President Margaret Spellings with the unanimous and e...

• Asheville rated No. 23 on list of U.S.’ ‘hottest hipster’ cities

  Created: Wednesday, 01 November 2017 21:23

  Asheville rated No. 23 on list of U.S.’ ‘hottest hipster’ cities From Staff Reports   A data collaboration released in early October from Realtor.com and the business review site Yelp titled, �...

• Letters to the Editor: November 2017

  Created: Wednesday, 01 November 2017 21:13

  Arrest record should not be basis for ‘disinvitation’ The Daily Planet reported that Ashley Thublin, the communications director for Asheville City Schools, defended the cancelation of a speaking engagement by Bree ...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: November 2017

  Created: Wednesday, 01 November 2017 21:10

  Forget ‘Hottest Hipster’ ranking; let’s be U.S.’ best city to make world better Asheville recently received what some have termed a lowly ranking of No. 32 in a listing of “The Hottest Hipster Markets in Ameri...

• The Candid Conservative: Sorry, guys —Hitler was a socialist, too

  Created: Wednesday, 01 November 2017 21:04

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet “For fascism, the state is absolute, individuals and groups relative.” — Benito Mussolini The Problem Don’t look now, but the progressive-liberal-socialist movement is self-destructing. That’s ...

• A lost college still shines

  Created: Wednesday, 01 November 2017 21:02

  By D.G. MARTIN Special to the Daily Planet CHAPEL HILL — What is North Carolina’s best-known and most influential college? It might be an institution that went out of business 60 years ago, Black Mountain College.  Still today, educators prai...

• As history flips itself, N.C. Dems, GOP in transition

  Created: Wednesday, 01 November 2017 21:00

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet Sometimes history repeats itself.  Sometimes history flips. Sometimes history does both. This is the story of two North Carolina political parties in two different times and how they governed.  It’...