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• The Advice Goddess: Disappear pressure ....

  Created: Saturday, 04 September 2021 15:25

  By AMY ALKON Syndicated Columnist I recently met this guy, and we’ve spent the entire past week together. Unfortunately, he’s moving across the country -- tomorrow. He asked whether I’d be open to dating after he moved. I panicked...

• APD given support in resolution by CIBO

  Created: Saturday, 04 September 2021 15:24

  From Staff Reports A resolution in support of the Asheville Police Department was approved Aug. 20 by the membership of the Council of Independent Business Owners, a press release from the conservative-leaning business advocacy group stated. “CIBO...

• N.C. Apple Festival to feature apples, fun, The Mighty Kicks

  Created: Saturday, 04 September 2021 15:22

  From Staff Reports  HENDERSONVILLE — The 75th Annual North Carolina Apple Festival, scheduled Sept. 3-6 with free admission, will feature a street fair, live music, a parade, a kids’ carnival, a recipe content, apple taste testing, foo...

• Parade to be Canton’s only Labor Day event

  Created: Saturday, 04 September 2021 15:22

  From Staff Reports  CANTON — All activities  at the 114th Canton Labor Day Festival — except for the Labor Day parade downtown at 10 a.m. Sept. 6 — have been canceled due to the recent deadly flooding suffered by the town a...

• N.C. Mtn. State Fair, running Sept. 10-19, offering 3 new acts

  Created: Saturday, 04 September 2021 15:21

  From Staff Reports  FLETCHER — After skipping a year as a safeguard against the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the 2021 N.C. Mountain State Fair is back and will run Sept. 10-19 at the WNC Agricultural Center in Fletcher. About 180,000 people typ...

• Grains of Sand Band set to rock

  Created: Saturday, 04 September 2021 15:20

  From Staff Reports  FRANKLIN —The Grains of Sand, a doo-wop group specializing in music from the 1960s and ‘70s with a touch of the ‘50s, will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing...

• UNCA, BMC Museum plan screenings First Wave Of workshops, talks, performances and film planned for inaugural event Oct. 13-16

  Created: Sunday, 15 August 2021 13:42

  From Staff Reports The Faith in the Arts Institute, intended to bring together artists, creatives and scholars to celebrate and explore the intersections of faith and arts, will hold a multi-day festival Oct. 13-16 as its inaugural event "in the h...

• Coup d’état attempt? Mask mandate triggers anti-maskers’ ‘takeover’ (briefly) of school board

  Created: Sunday, 15 August 2021 13:33

  From Staff Reports  Following outbursts from an unruly audience, the Buncombe County Board of Education called a recess during its Aug 5 meeting, at which point a group of parents opposing the district’s mask mandate voted to “overthrow...

• Big fight over Vance Monument looming

  Created: Sunday, 15 August 2021 13:31

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com   Attorneys for both sides of the case — in which the plaintiffs are seeking to preserve the Vance Monument in the heart of downtown Asheville from demolition by the defendants — are awaiti...

• With new twists, Ghost Town could be reinvented, developer says

  Created: Sunday, 15 August 2021 13:29

  From Staff Reports    MAGGIE VALLEY — Frankie Wood outlined the vision of the group of investors with whom he is associated to develop the Ghost Town in the Sky property, as well as a number of other properties around Haywood County, du...

• Letters to the Editor: Aug. 15-31, 2021

  Created: Sunday, 15 August 2021 13:23

  Will justice prevail? Time to put Trump in prison I wonder how history will judge our infamous 45th president, Donald J. Trump.   Four years of lies, hateful divisive rhetoric, misinformation, blatantly accepting the far right white supremacis...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: America’s old and young (and in between) need to roll up sleeves and go to work

  Created: Sunday, 15 August 2021 13:21

  The United States used to be known around the world as a nation of hard-working people, but in the past decade or so, that tradition has gone by the wayside in favor of narcissistic pursuits, leaving this nation in a predicament where there are ever-more ...

• Sexual assault: Only Democrats take it seriously

  Created: Sunday, 15 August 2021 13:19

  By BILL PRESS Syndicated Columnist Nobody feels sorry for Andrew Cuomo, and nobody defends him.  We knew the final report into allegations of sexual assault against him would be bad.  We didn’t know it’d be such a disaster: e...

• The Candid Conservative: We’ve swapped one narcissist for a nation of narcissists

  Created: Sunday, 15 August 2021 13:13

  "Every nation has the government which it is fit for." – Joseph de Maistre  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet In a land of the free and home of the brave, a healthy skepticism of those in charge is a good thing. When trus...

• ‘What’s ripping American families apart?’ Responses examined from the bizarre world of New York Times readers

  Created: Sunday, 15 August 2021 13:10

  By DENNIS PRAGER Syndicated Columnist In my last column, I published comments written by New York Times subscribers about how proud they were of their children for deciding not to have children of their own.  Though they acknowledged how much th...

• Here’s how to stop the next stupid war before it starts

  Created: Sunday, 15 August 2021 13:09

  By TED RALL  Syndicated Columnist Americans are politically fractured, but they agree that our longest war was a mistake.  Seventy-seven percent of Americans, including many Republicans, told a recent CBS News poll that they agree with Presid...

• Asheville City Schools might require teaching assistants, cust odians to double up as bus drivers

  Created: Sunday, 15 August 2021 13:06

  From Staff Reports   A policy that would require teaching assistants and custodians also to work as bus drivers was introduced during a work session of the Asheville City Board of Education on Aug. 2. The policy was presented by Mark Dickerson, su...

• Interim equity/inclusion director for city named named

  Created: Sunday, 15 August 2021 13:04

  From Staff Reports   Asheville City Manager Debra Campbell has appointed veteran city employee Brenda Mills as interim equity and inclusion cirector as the city continues its search for a permanent director, the city announced in a July 28 press re...

• Splasheville reopens

  Created: Sunday, 15 August 2021 13:04

  From Staff Reports    Splasheville, Asheville’s interactive splashpad located in Pack Square Park in downtown Asheville, has reopened to the public, the Asheville Parks & Recreation announced in a July 27 press release. “Spla...

• City returning to virtual meetings

  Created: Sunday, 15 August 2021 13:03

  From Staff Reports    Asheville City Council meetings, city-managed advisory boards, and City Council committee meetings will be held virtually until further notice, the city announced in an Aug. 5 press release. “This will include the ...