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• Ghost Train to roll at Tweetsie RR through Oct. 28

  Created: Sunday, 15 October 2023 11:29

  From Staff Reports BLOWING ROCK  — Tweetsie Railroad’s annual Ghost Train Halloween event, touted as a “beloved fall family tradition,” is running every Friday and Saturday through Oct. 28. As usual, the park transforms fr...

• 2 bands to play salutes to the Eagles in area

  Created: Sunday, 15 October 2023 11:26

  7 Bridges band to play Oct. 20 at Walhalla PAC From Staff Reports  WALHALLA, S.C. — 7 Bridges: The Ultimate Eagles Experience will perform a salute to The Eagles at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20 and at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Walhalla Performing Arts C...

• Dirty Grass Soul, Main Event Band to perform Oct. 14 in Kings Mountain

  Created: Sunday, 15 October 2023 11:26

  From Staff Reports KINGS MOUNTAIN —The group Dirty Grass Soul, billed as “Cleveland County’s finest,” will perfrom at 6 p.m., Oct. 14 in the amphitheater at Partriots Park. “Formed in 2011, Dirty Grass Soul has earned a r...

• 'Black in Asheville' documentary to be screened at UNCA on Oct. 2

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 23:21

  From Staff Reports The documentary "Black in Asheville" will be screened during the Community Reparations Summit at 5 p.m. Oct. 2 in UNC Asheville's Mullen & James Humanities Hall. UNCA is hosting the program that also will feature the filmmaker, To...

• How can passenger rail service be extended to Asheville? ‘Grassroots support’ termed ‘critical’

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 23:00

  If approved, Amtrak estimates earliest startup date for Asheville would be 2035 By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  A return of passenger rail service to Asheville “is not just a distant dream anymore,” Asheville Mayor Esther ...

• Conservative comeback plan unveiled for Asheville, Buncombe by BCGOP chief

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 22:56

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com The only reason he was elected to lead the party— in an 80-50 landslide victory last April — was to “get conservative Republicans elected in Asheville and Buncombe County,” Doug Brown...

• ‘Invitation’ for Lt. Gov. Robinson to address Henderson commissioners triggers slam by local progressives

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 22:53

  But Robinson wasn’t ‘invited’ —  he asked to speak, board chair responds From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE —  North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson praised the state’s $3 billion budget surplus during h...

• Asheville OK’s tweaked panhandling ordinance

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 22:50

  From Staff Reports A revised panhandling ordinance specifying terms for panhandling solicitation in Asheville was approved unanimously by Asheville City Council during a second (and final) reading on Sept 12. “A federal law required the city to ch...

• Former Days Inn finishes conversion into permanent homeless housing

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 22:49

  From Staff Reports The completion of the conversion of the former Days Inn along Tunnel Road in East Asheville — to permanent housing for the homeless — was celebrated recently by some area officials. Specifically,  in a ceremony on S...

• Canton-based railroad to get $12.6M grant due to adverse impact from mill shutdown, U.S. Rep. Edwards announces

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 22:47

  From Staff Reports WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Blue Ridge Southern Railroad in Haywood County will be awarded $12.6 million in funding through the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements program, U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-Flat Rock, a...

• Letters to the Editor: Could it possibly be that ‘conservative’ towns save on costs because they need less policing?

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 22:29

  Regarding the letter from Alan Ditmore (in the Sept. 13-26 edition of the Daily Planet)... I’m not sure what to make of this rambling and disjointed missive.  The topic of budgeting for police bounces to wealth disparity, abortion, political ...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: Slovenly Sen. Fetterman shows contempt for his office (and U.S.)

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 22:27

  As of Sept. 18, “for the first time in centuries, lawmakers are no longer expected to suit up to conduct business on the U.S. Senate floor,” The New York Times announced in a Sept. 19 news story. Specifically, Senator Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. (a...

• Is Joe Biden too old to be U.S. president?

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 22:25

  By BILL PRESS Syndicated Columnist Republicans believe they’ve found the winning argument for 2024.  They can’t argue with President (Joe) Biden’s record, because most of his legislative victories had the help of Republican vo...

• The Candid Conservative: The American drug cartel continues to kill Mexicans ...

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 22:21

   â€œAvoidance has never been a great tactic in solving any problem. For most situations in life, not addressing what’s going on only makes matters worse.”  — Luvcie Ajayi   By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily P...

• The daunting physics of Bidenomics

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 22:18

  By TED RALL Syndicated Columnist Unemployment is low — lower than at any time since the Vietnam War. Real wages are increasing.  Inflation, voters’ top concern for the last several years, is slowing.  Democrats are confident en...

• If liberals voted their values, America would be saved

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 22:16

  By DENNIS PRAGER Syndicated Columnist The greatest reason for the existential threat to America posed by the woke/the progressive/the Left is that liberals vote for them. If liberals voted for their values, the Left-wing destruction of every America...

• ‘I am... He said’ celebration set Sept. 30

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 22:12

  Neil Diamond salute to feature Matt Vee & the Killer Vees in Franklin From Staff Reports FRANKLIN  — The group Matt Vee & the Killer Vees Celebrate the Music of Neil Diamond will perform in a salute to Neil Diamond at 7:30 p.m. Sept....

• The Platters to spin Sept. 30 at Newton concert

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 22:11

  From Staff Reports NEWTON — The Platters will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30 in the Newton Performing Arts Center, 60 W. 6th St., here.  “Considered the most romantic of all the early rock ‘n’ roll groups, The Pl...

• Diana Ross tribute to roll Oct. 6 at Opera House

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2023 22:10

  From Staff Reports  NEWBERRY, S.C.  —  The tribute show Diana Ross: Lady Supreme will be performed at 8 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Newberry Opera House, 1201 McKibben St., here “With period costumes and a palpable energy, at a Lady S...

• UNCA student-athlete roundtable set Sept 21

  Created: Saturday, 16 September 2023 14:12

  From Staff Reports Wiley Cash and several student-athletes will hold what is being billed as "a robust discussion about the pressures and expectations of life" as a student-athete at UNC Asheville at 7 p.m. Sept. 21 in the Manheimer Room at&nbs...