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• Asheville may hire civilians to investigate minor car crashes, in effort to free up short-staffed APD

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:34

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. — City police “are inching closer to launching a program that would free up officers from responding to fender benders by hiring civilians to investigate minor car crashes,” the Asheville Citizen Times reported on...

• Federal judge orders City of Asheville to pay more than $81K in legal fees in racial discrimination case

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:32

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A federal judge in the Western U.S. District ordered the City of Asheville on Dec. 2 to pay more than $81,000 in legal fees to the plaintiffs in a case of racial discrimination, according to a Dec. 3 press release f...

• Rep. Edwards, challengers Ager, Smith among candidates filing for election

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:31

  From Staff Reports  ASHEVILLE, N.C. — On the first day (Dec. 1) to file to run for political office, U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-Flat Rock, filed to run for re-election in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, his team announced in a Dec....

• Candidates file for seats in Asheville, Buncombe County

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:29

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. —  A number of early-bird candidates have filed for several open positions for the City of Asheville and Buncombe County — and those planning to run in the 2026 primary elections have until Dec. 19 to file in N...

• Early-bird candidates file to run for seats in Henderson County and Hendersonville

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:28

  From Staffb Reports HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — A number of early birds filed on the first day available — Dec. 1 — in the Henderson County’s Board of Elections.  First in line was former Henderson County Manager Steve Wyatt, who is running for ...

• Do some lives matter less?

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:25

    The return of the body of one Israeli hostage is national news in the United States. But what about the thousands of Palestinian children whose bodies lie buried beneath the rubble in Gaza, and whose mass graves are unceremoniously slated to beco...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: It’s a calamity that empty- souled ‘fangirl’ base adores both NYC mayor-elect and ‘good-looking’ alleged killer attract same

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:23

  We are shocked by the phenomenon of “educated” (but apparently empty-souled) young women expressing overwhelming support based mostly on physical attraction and other superflous qualities for both New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and the alleg...

• You will know him by his friends

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:21

  By BILL PRESS Syndicated Columnist Nothing was more important than family in the small town of Delaware City, Delaware, where I grew up.  Our extended family, the Cook Cousins, numbered in the dozens. And whenever the whole clan – grandparents...

• The Candid Conservative: Seasonal cheer is warranted

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:18

  “The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.”  — Jim Rohn • By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet Here’s hoping your Thanksgiving lived up to its namesake. There’s indeed a lot to be thankful for. ...

• Affordability: We need higher incomes, not lower prices

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:15

  By TED RALL Syndicated Columnist Everyone’s talking about affordability or, more precisely, unaffordability — and the issue is likely to drive U.S. politics for the foreseeable future. Affordability is subtraction. If your income is higher than y...

• The embarrassment of ideology

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:14

  By VICTOR DAVIS HANSON Syndicated Columnist   Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is a euphemism for a rigid racialist theology. It deductively postulates that a large percentage of the population is oppressed by racism and sexism, mostly by w...

• As Dems continue to fizzle out, their sedition will get more dire. They’ll (violently) cling to power.

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:12

  By ROGER BUCKNER Special to the Daily Planet There are three political stories presently: the sedition/mutiny speech, the National Guard shootings, and the Jeffrey Epstein releases, none of which look good for the Democrats.   It would be nice t...

• Violent crime in Asheville dropped in 2025, APD says

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:10

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The data shows Asheville’s violent crime dropped significantly in 2025, with city police recently reporting a roughly 28 percent decrease through early November, compared to the same period in 2024, marking a five...

• Ingles reports net income of $83.6 million for ‘24-’25; a 21% plunge after Helene

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:09

  From Staff Reports BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. — Black-Mountain-based Ingles Markets Inc. recently reported a net income of $83.6 million for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, marking a 21 percent decrease from the previous fiscal year, Progressive Grocer magazine r...

• Holiday show to feature Drifters, Coasters, Platters

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:08

  From Staff Reports NEWTON, N.C. — A Holiday Night With Legends: The Classic Drifters and The Coasters” — with special gusts The Platters — will provide a musical salute to the iconic rhythm and blues vocal groups in two shows — 3 and 7:30 p.m. ...

• Doo-Wop Project to sing at Opera House

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:07

  From Staff Reports  NEWBERRY, S.C. —The Doo-Wop Project will perform a musical salute to doo-wop groups and Christmas songs at 3 p.m. Dec. 18 in the Newberry Opera House at 1201 McKibben St., here.  A promotion added, “The Doo Wop Project ...

• Taylor Swift tribute concert set Dec. 12

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:06

  From Staff Reports   NEWBERRY, S.C. —Elizabeth Burnett plays the title role during a Taylor Swift tribute show at 7 p.m. Dec. 12 in the Newberry Opera House, 1201 McKibben St., here. Regarding the show, a promotion stated, “Celebrate the m...

• zA night of miracles? A sweet-talking cow leaves a lovely Christmas memory

  Created: Tuesday, 16 December 2025 00:02

  By DREW HINES Across the Mountains Special to the Daily Planet GREER, S.C. — Christmas Eve dawned in the Carolina Foothills, and it proved to be one of the coldest on record. Emma rolled out of her straw-filled tick bed and climbed down the loft lad...

• UNCA ranked 8th-best college in state

  Created: Sunday, 30 November 2025 14:49

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. — UNC Ashevillle recently was recognized as the No. 8 Best College in North Carolina in Research.com's prestigious 2026 ranking of top US colleges,UNCA announced in a Nov. 18 press release. "The r...

• Despite city officials’ warning, Asheville not ‘targeted’ by ICE... yet

  Created: Sunday, 30 November 2025 14:41

  From Staff Reports  ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Despite warnings on Nov. 14 by city officials that Asheville could be a target city of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as of the Daily Planet’s early mo...