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• Prince tribute band Purple Xperience to perform Jan. 29 Jan. 29

  Created: Thursday, 20 January 2022 18:14

  From Staff Reports  GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The Prince tribute band, Purple Xperience, featuring Marshall Charloff, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29 at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center at 212 Tusculum Boulevard here. The show is billed a...

• Tab Benoit, bayou guitarist, to play Jan. 28 Jan. 28

  Created: Thursday, 20 January 2022 18:13

  From Staff Reports  NEWBERRY, S.C. — Singer-guitarist Tab Benoit will perform at 8 p.m. Jan. 28 at Newberry Opera House at 1201 McKibben St. here. “One of the most impressive guitarists to emerge from the rich bayous of Southern Loui...

• Hawley Magic show to dazzle S.C. on Jan. 22

  Created: Thursday, 20 January 2022 18:12

  From Staff Reports  WALHALLA, S.C. — The Hawley Magic Show will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22 at the Walhalla Performing Arts Center, at 101 E. North Broad St. here. Hawley Magic, featuring husband and wife duo Jonathan and Trisha Hawley...

• The Advice Goddess: Needy Gonzales

  Created: Thursday, 20 January 2022 18:08

  By AMY ALKON Syndicated Columnist I've saved some of your columns about how women evolved to seek successful men who seem commitment-minded (more likely to stick around and provide). I’ve noticed that women in pop culture (movies and books Iâ...

• UNCA Education Department earns accreditation extension

  Created: Sunday, 02 January 2022 18:22

  The Education Department at UNC Asheville recently announced that tit has earned an extension of national accreditation status from CAEP— the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. "To receive CAEP accreditation, UNCAâ�...

• Asheville makes NPR’s ‘worst place to live’ list: ‘The Paris of the South’ lands on ‘lowest standard of living’ lists for 3 groupings of workers

  Created: Saturday, 01 January 2022 15:59

  From Staff Reports Asheville, which in recent years has become a regular atop — or near the top — of “best of” lists for livability and the area’s scenic beauty among cities across the nation and basking in being fondly c...

• ‘Rogue DA’ needs to be removed for dismissal of so many cases, FOP leader says x

  Created: Saturday, 01 January 2022 15:56

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com   Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams’ proclivity to dismiss as many as all — to nearly all — court cases in some crime categories (at times) is an indicator he is acting...

• Asheville Police Department to spend $225K on recruitment firm to help fill its 60 vacancies

  Created: Saturday, 01 January 2022 15:55

  From Staff Reports  Asheville City Council on Dec. 14 approved a plan for the Asheville Police Department to enter into a $225,000 contract with a national recruiting firm to help boost APD staffing. “‘Asheville Police Department is exc...

• Daily Planet to publish more often as it goes biweekly with next edition

  Created: Saturday, 01 January 2022 15:52

  From Staff Reports Based on burgeoning reader and advertiser demand, the Asheville Daily Planet will convert to a biweekly print schedule, meaning it will be published every other Wednesday, beginning with the next edition on Jan. 19, resulting in 26 edi...

• letters to the Editor: Jan. 01-18-22

  Created: Saturday, 01 January 2022 15:07

  Where will Rittenhouse’s mother drive him to next? Top 10 things Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother is going to drive him to next: (Title is Bill Burr’s invention; the rest (below) is mine) 1.)  A country music concert in Las Vegas. ...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: City in 2022 entangled with APD/DA/crime, homeless campers, underpaid workers

  Created: Saturday, 01 January 2022 15:05

  While 2022, a new year, dawns on Western North Carolina, the situation in the region’s biggest city, Asheville, feels more like a scene out of the 1993 comedy-fantasy film “Groundhog Day,” except that the grim outlook for the local metr...

• Throw the book at Mark Meadows!

  Created: Saturday, 01 January 2022 15:04

  By BILL PRESS Syndicated Columnist   Now that the House has voted to hold former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt for refusing to appear before the January 6 Select Committee, Washington insiders are gripped in a typical, inside...

• The Candid Conservative: The left rarely gets it right ....

  Created: Saturday, 01 January 2022 15:02

  “Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.” — William F. Buckley Jr.   Joe Biden is on the fast-track to becoming the least popular preside...

• Differences between a secular and a religious upbringing?

  Created: Saturday, 01 January 2022 15:00

  By DENNIS PRAGER Syndicated Columnist   Anyone who thinks about the current civil war in America comes to realize that it is, in large measure, a war between the religious and the anti-religious. The left has contempt for evangelical Protestants,...

• APD deputy chief accused in cover-up of sex-trafficking at previous job in Va.

  Created: Saturday, 01 January 2022 14:59

  From Staff Reports Asheville Police Deputy Chief Jim Baumstark has been accused of a cover-up involving a sex-trafficking ring in which he allegedy was trying to protect two police officers who worked for him during his time at the Fairfax Co...

• Say you ain’t running again, Joe

  Created: Saturday, 01 January 2022 14:57

  By TED RALL Syndicated Columnist Democrats need to stop playing cute about the president’s reelection plans.  Asked in March whether he’s going to run in 2024, President Joe Biden’s answer was, shall we say, less than unqual...

• Buncombe COVID rates jump by almost 50%: Hospitalizations also continue to rise, county public health chief warns

  Created: Saturday, 01 January 2022 14:08

  From Staff Reports   After a short period of leveling, cases are on the rise again in Buncombe County, according to Stacie Saunders, the county’s public health director. “The local case rate grew to 232 new cases per 100,000 per week ...

• Cawthorn announces divorce after 8 mos. of marriage

  Created: Saturday, 01 January 2022 14:07

  From Staff Reports  HENDERSONVILLE — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-Hendersonville, announced on Dec. 22 that he and his wife, Cristina, are seeking a divorce after eight months of marriage. Cawthorn, 26, was the youngest member of Congress w...

• Police chief, DA clash over why so many cases being dismissed

  Created: Saturday, 01 January 2022 14:06

  From Staff Reports Asheville Police Chief David Zack and Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams — during a recent join appearance on an Asheville radio station — wrangled over a recent memo that Zack sent to Williams regarding the ...

• Little River Band aims on ‘reminiscing’ Jan. 22 to

  Created: Saturday, 01 January 2022 14:04

  From Staff Reports    GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The Little River Band, billed as returning “armed with an arsenal of memorable songs, superb musicianship and fantastic harmonies,” will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22 at N...