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• The Candid Conservative: A COVID tale

  Created: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 21:56

  “Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick.” — Adam Driver   By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet The day COVID hit me, I did 75 pushups and 18 chin-ups without stopping, ran for 30 m...

• New York Times chooses passover and Easter to mock God and the Bible

  Created: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 21:54

  By DENNIS PRAGER Syndicated Columnist On the eve of Passover, on Good Friday (April 15), The New York Times published an opinion piece on God, the Bible and Passover.  This would not be noteworthy except for the fact that the piece mocked all thre...

• Biden is making a fool out of progressive Dems

  Created: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 21:53

  By TED RALL Syndicated Columnist Like a lepidopteran Charlie Brown drawn to Lucy van Pelt’s flaming football, congressional progressives keep falling for corporate Democrats’ pathetically predictable, and transparently self-serving, pleas ...

• The science of the lambs: Use science only for benefit of mankind

  Created: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 21:51

  What speaks to the soul, escapes our measurements.” ― Alexander von Humboldt   By DAVE EVANS Special to the Daily Planet The title of this article is a play on the title of the powerfully disturbing 1991 movie “The Silence of ...

• Buncombe’s DA needs to be replaced with Doug Edwards, FOP president says

  Created: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 21:49

  Part two of two stories   EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the second part of a story for which the first part ran in the March 30 edition of the Daily Planet. The first part was headlined “How to solve violent crime surge? Back law-and...

• Asheville man calls Mayfield’s tax plan devious

  Created: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 21:48

  From Staff Reports North Asheville resident Sidney Bach, a retired attorney, is going public — at least somewhat — with his accusation that state Sen. Julie Mayfield is using her connections in Raleigh to foist a tax increase on Asheville r...

• Honeycutt participates in ribbon-cutting

  Created: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 21:37

  From Staff Reports U.S. congressional candidate Rod Honeycutt attended a ribbon-cutting that recently was held at the Giving Heart Inc., during which the board of directors (above) presided. The board members include Brenda Swann, president and executi...

• Sen. Edwards endorsed by N.C. police group

  Created: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 21:26

  From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE — State Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-Hendersonvlle who is seeking a seat in U.S.  Congress stated in a press release, dated March 9, that “we are racking up new endorsements each week, but I can think of none ...

• Vinyl Junkies to rock May 7 in Travelers Rest

  Created: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 21:23

  From Staff Reports  TRAVELERS REST, S.C. — The Vinyl Junkies band — billed as rocking “it out with everything from Chicago to Chaka Kahn, Michael Jackson to Bruno Mars” — will open the 2022 Music in the Park Concert ...

• ‘Material Girls’ aims to create glow on May 8

  Created: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 21:22

  From Staff Reports  NEWBERRY, S.C. — “Material Girls,” billed as “a high-energy musical production,” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. May 8 at Newberry Opera House Performing Arts Center at 1202 McKibben St. here. The m...

• Biltmore celebrating 200th birthday of estate’s designer

  Created: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 21:21

  From Staff Reports  Biltmore Estate will celebrate Frederick Law Olmsted’s impact on the development of Biltmore, and the lasting legacy that remains of his work in Western North Carolina with the unveiling of “Olmsted’s Biltmore...

• The Advice Goddess: Meat cute....

  Created: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 21:18

  By AMY ALKON Syndicated Columnist In using dating apps, I go by who looks cute in photos (followed by a call). But I keep going on dates and finding I have zero physical attraction to the guy. No spark. Big depressing waste of time. How do I prevent t...

• 2 UNCA faculty members receive NIH award

  Created: Wednesday, 13 April 2022 23:03

  From Staff Reports 2022-2027 GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Professor in Molecular and Chemical Biology Amanda Wolfe and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ryan Steed are combining their individual research specialties of Medicinal Chemistry and Biomolecula...

• Vance Monument case to be appealed to N.C. Supreme Court

  Created: Wednesday, 13 April 2022 22:41

  N.C Court of Appeals affirms City of Asheville’s right to demolish landmark By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  The board of directors for the plaintiffs seeking to preserve the Vance Monument in downtown Asheville voted on April...

• Vance Monument case to be appealed to N.C. Supreme Court

  Created: Wednesday, 13 April 2022 22:41

  N.C Court of Appeals affirms City of Asheville’s right to demolish landmark By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  The board of directors for the plaintiffs seeking to preserve the Vance Monument in downtown Asheville voted on April...

• Ruling vindicates its actions, city says

  Created: Wednesday, 13 April 2022 22:38

  From Staff Reports Following a state Court of Appeals decision on April 5 affirming  the City of Asheville’s right to remove a downtown monument honoring a Civil War ex-governor, the city officially proclaimed victory in its battle with the H...

• NCDOT says it will render decision on Merrimon narrowing proposal in early May

  Created: Wednesday, 13 April 2022 22:37

  From Staff Reports Several questions from the Daily Planet about the status of a plan to narrow a 2.3-mile portion of Merrimon Avenue in North Asheville — from four lanes to two lanes with a passing lane in the middle and a bicycle lane on each si...

• 3 Buncombe DA candidates air views, differences in forum

  Created: Wednesday, 13 April 2022 22:34

  From Staff Reports Three of Buncombe County’s candidates for district attorney appeared and exchanged views — and a few verbal jabs — during an hour-long early-morning forum hosted April 1 by the Council of Independent Business Own...

• Cawthorn tells of seeing officials inhale cocaine, invitations to sex orgies in ... D.C.: Congressman seeking re-election catches flak from top GOP leaders

  Created: Wednesday, 13 April 2022 22:33

  From Staff Reports WASHINGTON — Once again, U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-Hendersonville, has ignited major national controversy with remarks on a conservative podcast, wherein he talked about watching people do cocaine and about sexual perversion...

• For 3rd straight week, Buncome records stable low-level COVID-19 case rate, health chief says

  Created: Wednesday, 13 April 2022 22:31

  From Staff Reports The COVID-19 case rate in Buncombe County has remained low and stable for about three weeks (ending April 1), county Public Health Director Stacie Saunders said April 5 during her weekly Buncombe coronavirus community update.  ...