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• Super ‘60s’ show ends with explosion of hits by Tommy James & the Shondells

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 21:34

  From Staff Reports    EDNEYVILLE — The Super ‘60s band finished its three-hour outdoor concert with a bang — delighting the crowd of several hundred as it performed a string of 1960s’ hits by Tommy James and the Shon...

• Tweetsie Railroad reopens on April 2 with... restrictions

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 21:33

  From Staff Reports BLOWING ROCK  — After what it termed the “most challenging'” year in its 64-year history, Tweetsie Railroad is gearing up to open to the public beginning April 2. For its first opening weekend since closing f...

• Confederate Railroad to chug into Paint Fork for season-opener 2021 season

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 21:31

  From Staff Reports   BARNARDSVILLE — Billed as “music legends,” Confederate Railroad will open the 2021 season at 6:30 p.m. April 3 at The Barn at Paint Fork. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. “Performing their hits like â€�...

• The Advice Goddess: Stalk of shame

  Created: Wednesday, 31 March 2021 21:28

  By AMY ALKON Syndicated Columnist I’m a 34-year-old woman seeking a relationship. Last week, I went to dinner with a man. We had an instantaneous connection and ended up having sex. I haven’t heard from him since. I’ve always beli...

• Author, retired UNCA official/lecturer given Order of the Long Leaf Pine award

  Created: Monday, 15 March 2021 11:08

  From Staff Reports Author, former executive director of the Great Smokies Writing Program and retired lecturer in UNC Asheville’s Master of Liberal Arts and Sciences program Tommy Hays has been named to the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, ...

• I-26 detours, road closures to begin March 15 in WNC: Henderson-Buncombe portion of project could take 6 mos. (or longer)

  Created: Monday, 15 March 2021 11:04

  From Staff Reports   RALEIGH — The major construction project on Interstate 26 in Western North Carolina is entering a new phase with two significant impacts to drivers, starting in mid-March. The project requires closing Butler Bridge Road...

• LBGTQ activist seeks to unseat Rep. Cawthorn: Challenger nets $100K on 1st day

  Created: Monday, 15 March 2021 11:02

  From Staff Reports    Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, who is both an Asheville LGBTQ activist and a member of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, announced March 3 that she will challenge U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-Hendersonville, for his se...

• Edwards’ new bill would require all N.C. sheriffs to work with ICE

  Created: Monday, 15 March 2021 11:01

  From Staff Reports    RALEIGH — State Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-Henderson, is sponsoring yet another bill to force North Carolina sheriffs to assist ICE, The Associated Press reported March 10. “ICE,” aka the U.S. Immigration a...

• Weinert elected chair by BCGOP: All incumbent officers sought re-election — and all were defeated

  Created: Monday, 15 March 2021 10:59

  From Staff Reports The Buncombe County Republican Party elected Glenda P. Weinert as its new chair during its convention on March 6 at Brookstone Church’s Merrimon  Avenue campus in North Asheville. Also elected at the convention were Cindy ...

• Buncombe COVID-19 cases plunge to pre-surge values, county health director says

  Created: Monday, 15 March 2021 10:58

  From Staff Reports The number of new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 per week has plunged to 98 per 100,000 per week in Buncombe County and, with about 37 new cases per day, “the numbers are more similar to pre-surge values,” county Health Directo...

• Governor receives COVID shot

  Created: Monday, 15 March 2021 10:57

  From Staff Reports Gov. Roy Cooper received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on March 3, the first day frontline essential workers were eligible to get it. The governor received a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at WakeMed Raleigh Campus. Co...

• Frontline essential workers to get vax

  Created: Monday, 15 March 2021 10:57

  From Staff Reports    RALEIGH — Additional frontline essential workers in Group 3 are eligible for vaccinations beginning March 3, Gov. Roy Cooper and  Dr. Mandy K. Cohen, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Hu...

• Order issued to connect unemployed with jobs

  Created: Monday, 15 March 2021 10:56

  From Staff Reports RALEIGH — The Department of Commerce will increase efforts to help North Carolinians who file for unemployment benefits return to work, according to an executive order issued March 1 by Gov. Roy Cooper. Specifically, the order ...

• Letters to the Editor: March 15-31, 2021

  Created: Monday, 15 March 2021 10:37

  The real liar is not Rush Limbaugh, it’s Bill Press According to a recent column by the Great Liar Bill Press, Rush Limbaugh should be denigrated because, among other things, he is the master of “The Big Lie?” Well, let’s â€...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: Lets avoid making latest phase of I-26 project 'hell on wheels'

  Created: Monday, 15 March 2021 10:35

  We urge all area drivers when possible to remain calm as, beginning today (March 15), the project to widen Interstate 26 to four lanes will  — at least, for motorists — shift into low gear as it enters “a new phase with two signif...

• Beware: Republicans want to cancel your vote

  Created: Monday, 15 March 2021 10:32

  By BILL PRESS Syndicated columnist Republicans are desperate. Their chances of winning keep getting slimmer and slimmer. They haven’t won the popular vote for president in 33 years. In 2020, even with the Orange Man at the top of the ticket, the...

• The Candid Conservative: Fake conservatives can’t beat the collective

  Created: Monday, 15 March 2021 10:30

  “A wolf is no less a wolf because he’s dressed in sheepskin and the devil is no less the devil because he’s dressed as an angel.” — LaCrae By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet  Since the inauguration, th...

• The case against reparations, Part 2

  Created: Monday, 15 March 2021 10:27

  This column was posted on March 4. By LARRY ELDER Syndicated columnist With reparations, there is the issue of who pays.  Do African countries owe reparations to black Americans?  After all, Harvard’s director of the Hutchins Cen...

• Don’t hate Rush Limbaugh. Copy him, fellow lefties

  Created: Monday, 15 March 2021 10:25

  This column was posted on Feb 27. By TED RALL Syndicated columnist My death will make some people giddy with joy. That’s cool. I like to make people happy.  In the unlikely event that I’m somehow able to witness the gleeful grin...

• Cawthorn slams PRO Act on House floor

  Created: Monday, 15 March 2021 10:23

  From Staff Reports WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-Hendersonville, “slammed the PRO Act on the House floor” on March 9, “arguing that the legislation places union bosses over the American worker,” according to a ...