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• New Year’s Day ‘Hangover Party’ to offer big band

  Created: Thursday, 16 December 2021 11:35

  From Staff Reports  HENDERSONVILLE — Russ Wilson is hosting his fifth annual New Year’s Day “Hangover Party” at Continuum Art at 147-C 1st Avenue in downtown Hendersonville. Russ Wilson and His Famous Orchestra will be pro...

• John Denver to be saluted in yule show on Dec. 17 in S.C.

  Created: Thursday, 16 December 2021 11:34

  From Staff Reports  WALHALLA, S.C. —  The tribute show “A John Denver Christmas” with Chris Collins & Boulder Canyon will be preformed from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Dec. 17 at Walhalla Performing Arts Center at 101 E. North Broa...

• Theatre troupe to debut with holiday comedy

  Created: Thursday, 16 December 2021 11:32

  From Staff Reports  The Multiverse Theatre Collective, a new Asheville-based theater company, will make its local debut with a production of “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17 and 18 and at 3 p.m. Dec. 19 at Be Be...

• The Advice Goddess: Bed over heels?

  Created: Thursday, 16 December 2021 11:17

  I’m a 29-year-old guy with a “keep it casual” relationship history, but I can’t stop thinking about this new girl at work. Beyond not wanting her to date anyone else, I don’t want someone to hurt her or make her sad. No ot...

• 2 Asheville men given state's highest civilian honor

  Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:56

  Two Asheville men recently were named to the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest civilian honor bestowed by Gov. Roy Cooper and announced during a celebration ceremony at UNC Asheville on Oct. 18. Honored were Gene Bell...

• Cawthorn creates stir with plan to run for 13th Dist. seat

  Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:52

  From Staff Reports   Dual announcements by U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn and N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore have rattled the Republican establishment of Mecklenburg County — “potentially the new stomping grounds of North Carolina’s m...

• Going rogue: 'Be armed, be dangerous, be moral,' Cawthorn says after Rittenhouse verdict

  Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:49

  From Staff Reports Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-Hendersonville, celebrated the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on Nov. 19 on social media with colorful comments that have triggered outrage from some opponents. In an Instagram story on his account, Cawthorn ...

• ‘Biased’ tweets trigger call for firing of county equity officer — Local FOP says new hire abhors police; commissioners stay mum

  Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:44

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com   Based on copies he has of what he terms highly “biased” tweets against law enforcement by Rachel Edens, the new Buncombe County equity and human rights officer, local Fraternal Order of Pol...

• Asheville holiday parade rolls, again

  Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:42

  From Staff Reports Asheville’s 75th Annual Holiday Parade rolled, marched and danced through downtown for about two hours on Nov. 20. The parade featured nearly 100 entries, including marching bands, dance and cheer squads, nonprofits and busines...

• Progressive Rall’s viewpoint (surprisingly) ‘makes sense more often than not;’ too bad Dems won’t listen to him

  Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:26

  Thank you for your newspaper and accepting letters.   I have been reading Ted Rall’s missives (in the Daily Planet) with interest lately and am surprised to find how much I agree with him: Unnecessary wars, incompetent government bureaucracie...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: Cherokee raking in record profits with 2 casinos; we hope tribe keeps traditions

  Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:25

  We are pleased for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians who recently announced record casino profits and plans for expansion of the tribe’s Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino and Hotel in Murphy, following the approval of a $275 million l...

• For House Republicans, anything goes — even murder!

  Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:23

  By BILL PRESS Syndicated Columnist Let the record show. On Dec. 2, 2010, Democratic Representative Charles Rangel was censured by the House of Representatives for a range of financial irregularities.  The vote was 333-79, with 170 Democrats, inc...

• The Candid Conservative: Bias is a dangerous media addiction (part 2)

  Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:19

  “Treat your mind like a museum, not a warehouse.” — Ignassen Mather   By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet In our last commentary, we shared a look at the relentless harms of liberal media bias. Bad guys need good guys...

• Natural immunity vs. vaccine immunity?

  Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:17

  By DENNIS PRAGER Syndicated Columnist   You never know when something you say will go viral.  It has happened a number of times in my career, the latest being comments I made on my national radio talk show a few weeks ago when I had COVID-19...

• Inflation has been killing you for 40 years: Why are you noticing it now? Nothing new is happening

  Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:15

  By TED RALL Syndicated Columnist Far be it from me to carry water for the Biden administration or to downplay the impact of inflation on working families as White House officials did in June when they dismissed rising prices as merely “transitory....

• COVID-19 cases increasing in Buncombe — and ‘we still have the holidays to come,’ so be cautious, health chief urges

  Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:13

  From Staff Reports Cases and percent positivity are rising in Buncombe County, according to county Public Health Director Stacie Saunders. “The local case rate increased from 121 per 100,000 per week to 132 per 100,000 in the prior week,” Sa...

• Cawthorn says he can have more impact by running in District 13

  Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:10

  From Staff Reports WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R- Hendersonville and representing North Carolina’s 11th District, announced Nov. 11 that he will run for the newly drawn 13th Congressional District in North Carolina, which...

• Christmas salute to the Carpenters to be held Dec. 17

  Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:07

  From Staff Reports  FRANKLIN — The tribute show “Merry Christmas Darling: Carpenters’ Christmas” will be performed at 7 p.m. Dec. 17 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts at 1028 Georgia Road. The show will ...

• Beachin’ Christmas to offer yule beach music spin

  Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:07

  From Staff Reports MAULDIN, S.C. — Mauldin is putting a spin on its annual tree-lighting with its first Beachin’ Christmas gala featuring the Rhythm City Band from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 2 in the Mauldin Outdoor Amphitheater at 1010 E. Butler Roa...

• Ronstadt tribute to be performed Dec. 4 in Walhalla

  Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 14:05

  From Staff Reports  WALHALLA, S.C. —  The Linda Ronstadt Experience, featuring “American Idol” finalist Tristan McIntosh performing as Ronstadt, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at the Walhalla Performing Arts Center at ...