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• Letters to the Editor: December 1-14, 2020

  Created: Monday, 30 November 2020 19:58

  Memo to President Trump: Man up, congratulate Biden The great New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra once said: “It ain’t over til it’s over.” Mr. President, trust the will of the vast majority of voters. It’s over! N...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: Hold on to your land, Biltmore!

  Created: Monday, 30 November 2020 19:57

  The Biltmore Estate was formed by the far-sighted George Washington Vanderbilt II, who first visited Asheville in 1887 and, reportedly, was captivated by the area’s natural beauty and decided to build, and live in, his dream country home here. Van...

• The United States is not united ... again

  Created: Monday, 30 November 2020 19:56

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet   One morning recently, as I sat with my dog and my coffee, my great-great-grandparents came to mind.  During the Civil War, Asbury and Ridley Ansley were living in Rising Fawn, Dade County, Georgia...

• The Candid Conservative: The rusty legitimacy of the LGBTQ movement

  Created: Monday, 30 November 2020 19:53

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet “Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson   LGBTQ advocacy began on credible ground – a...

• Franklin Graham: Hatred toward Christians ‘incredible’ now Franklin Graham says

  Created: Monday, 30 November 2020 19:52

  From Staff Reports Asheville native Franklin Graham, widely considered to be one of the world’s most controversial evangelists, discussed recent attacks on his Samaritan’s Purse charitable efforts, in particular, and on Christianity, in g...

• Asheville Mall owner files for bankruptcy protection

  Created: Monday, 30 November 2020 19:51

  From Staff Reports   The company that owns the Asheville Mall recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which gives it an opportunity to recapitalize the company and restructure its debt. Mall owner CBL Properties, owner of dozens of malls around ...

• Ingles buys Innbruck Mall site for $8.3M; hotel eyed

  Created: Monday, 30 November 2020 19:50

  From Staff Reports   A subsidiary of Ingles Markets on Aug. 17 purchased the Innsbruck Mall property on Tunnel Road in East Asheville for $8.3 million. The mall property was transferred to Sky King Inc., a company that lists its address at 2913 U....

• Feeling ‘Glad All Over’ on a moonlit (and mild) evening

  Created: Monday, 30 November 2020 19:49

  From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE — The Super ‘60s band played two 75-minute sets featuring hits of the 1960s on the evening of Nov. 21 during an outdoor concert/dance on the veranda outside the main building on a relatively mild evening. ...

• Gingerbread House Competition viewings offered to public only on virtual basis in 2020

  Created: Monday, 30 November 2020 19:48

  From Staff Reports The Omni Grove Park Inn, based in North Asheville, is “revolutionizing the National Gingerbread House Competition – the largest in the world! – for the 2020 holiday season to ensure that the competition’s leg...

• The Advice Goddess: Son of clam....

  Created: Monday, 30 November 2020 19:44

  By AMY ALKON Syndicated Columnist Getting my boyfriend to talk to me about his feelings seems impossible. I know guys tend not to be super emotive, but trying to get a read on what he’s feeling is like trying to understand a foreign language. H...

• Black pride religion ordained by white liberals taking black people and America straight to Hell

  Created: Monday, 30 November 2020 19:41

  By JASON WHITLOCK Syndicated Sports Columnist EDITOR’S NOTE: The following commentary was posted on Nov. 18 and updated the next day. • The objection is to the culture, not the people. The objection is to the people manipulating and con...

• UNCA, Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos announce scholarship opportunity for WNC students

  Created: Thursday, 19 November 2020 21:07

  From Staff Reports UNC Asheville and the Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos have established the Tribal Casino Gaming Enterprise Scholarship Endowment to award undergraduate scholarships to students from Western North Carolina, UNCA and HCC announced recen...

• Governor limits indoor gatherings to 10 people to slow COVID-19

  Created: Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:49

  Cooper keeps N.C. in Phase 3 restrictions until Dec. 4 From Staff Reports  RALEIGH — Governor Roy Cooper announced on Nov. 10 that North Carolina’s indoor mass gathering limit will be l...

• 49 APD officers quit since beginning of 2020

  Created: Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:48

  From Staff Reports    The Asheville Police Department, which has experienced a surge in resignations this year, recently acknowledged that the exodus of offiers is continuing as 14 more resignations have been received since Sept. 16.  â...

• 17 Asheville firefighters test positive for COVID-19; eight others quarantined

  Created: Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:47

  From Staff Reports  The Asheville Fire Department has 25 firefighters in quarantine as of mid-month, with 17 testing positive for COVID-19 and eight others quarantined for close contact with someone testing positive for coronavirus, Asheville Fire C...

• N.C. gets Red Zone COVID 19 status; cases hit a record, holidays looming

  Created: Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:45

  From Staff Reports RALEIGH — As of Nov. 14, according to state health officials, at least 309,118 people in North Carolina have tested positive for COVID-19 and 4,756 have died,  the Raleigh News & Observer reported. “The N.C. Depa...

• Mission Health reports its highest-ever number of coronavirus cases on Nov. 12

  Created: Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:44

  From Staff Reports Following the state trend, Asheville-based Mission Health system experienced a record of COVID-19 hospitalizations durng the second week of November. “We’ve seen increased numbers in our regional hospitals. We’ve s...

• Trump stumps pollsters by winning swing state of N.C.

  Created: Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:43

  By RICK HENDERSON Editor, Carolina Journal   RALEIGH — Democrats wildly outspent Republicans in North Carolina’s federal races.  But they apparently were not able to prevent Republicans from again delivering President Donald J....

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: What if APD disappeared?

  Created: Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:41

  The Asheville Police Department continues to hemorrhage officers, as recent reports show that “Asheville’s finest” has lost — so far — 49 of its 238 officers in 2020. In our view, the fault does not lie with our new Polic...

• Letters to the Editor: Right back at you: 'Biden won, Trump lost! Get over it'

  Created: Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:32

  To Trump supporters everywhere: Remember when Hillary lost to Trump back in 2016?   Republicans taunted Democrats for four years with “Trump won, Hillary lost! Get over it!” To coin a well-worn phrase, “Biden won, Trump lost! Get ...