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• Despite pandemic, Halloween Bash offers ghoulish fun, dancing

  Created: Sunday, 01 November 2020 00:54

  From Staff Reports  HENDERSONVILLE — The Super ‘60s band performed for what was billed as a “BIG Halloween Bash” on Oct. 17 evening in the parking lot outside Firehouse Subs at 825 Spartanburg Highway.  The free event,...

• APD’s exodus surges to 40 officers

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 22:31

  From Staff Reports  Since June 1, the number of resignations accepted at the Asheville Police Department has jumped to 40 sworn and non-sworn police personnel, Asheville television station WLOS (News 13) reported on Oct. 7. APD’s police forc...

• Plan to offer bill to defund cities that defund police slammed, but expert says it’s possible

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 22:29

  From Staff Reports  HENDERSONVILLE — State Sen. Chuck Edwards, R-Hendersonville, has been slammed by his opponent for re-election after he said, following a vote Sept. 22 by Asheville City Council to defund the police by 3 percent, that he pl...

• Threat to UNCA over BLM mural probed

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 22:27

  From Staff Reports  An order to shelter in place at UNC Asheville was lifted about 7 p.m. Oct. 9, school officials said. The order came after a direct threat — demanding that the Black Lives Matter mural on University Heights on campus is pa...

• Nesbitt released from hospital; suspect sought

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 22:24

  From Staff Reports  LEICESTER — The chief and founder of SKYline News, Chad Nesbitt, has been released from Mission Hospital and is recovering at his Leicester home after being injured — and being diagnosed with traumatic brain injury ...

• Buncombe COVID-19 numbers plateau

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 22:22

  From Staff Reports  As of midday Oct. 8, Buncombe County has counted 3,371 cases of COVID-19 and 92 deaths related to the virus, unchanged from the day before. More than 80,000 tests have been collected. That data differs somewhat from the Johns Ho...

• Governor moves N.C. into Phase 3 until Oct. 23

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 22:21

  From Staff Reports RALEIGH — North Carolina will ease — “cautiously” — some restrictions as it moves into Phase 3 of reopening during the pandemic while continuing safety measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 as the s...

• NBA’s Lebron James is the black Donald Trump

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 22:18

  EDITOR’S NOTE: The following commentary was posted Oct. 9. • By JASON WHITLOCK Syndicated Columnist Tonight, viewers of ABC/ESPN’s NBA Finals Game 5 telecast will likely be subjected to two hours of LeBron James propaganda.  ...

• Letters to the Editor: Oct. 15-31, 2020

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 22:10

  For Joe Biden and Dems, it’s ... all about the lies oe Biden has been in government for 47 years.  He was right beside Barack “Hussein” Obama, destroying America during two terms of office. Joe Biden actually did what the Democr...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: How will Asheville prosper if its national rankings drop?

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 22:08

  A downtown Asheville merchant contacted the Daily Planet in early October to alert us that TripAdvisor.com had published — briefly — negative comments from recent visitors urging folks NOT to visit Asheville because of the protests that some...

• May our leaders guide us to happiness!

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 22:06

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet   "The left wants to…take us into socialism.  [They] will…close the Church down in many places. We see right now because of COVID, the government trying to tell the Church that they canno...

• The Candid Conservative: Get real, conservatives!

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 22:03

   â€œThe first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.”  â€” ...

• Burntshirt Vineyards to offer fall, Halloween activities

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 21:47

  From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE — Burntshirt Vineyards near Hendersonville will be offering fall — and Halloween — activities, the vineyards recently announced. Located at 2695 Sugarloaf Road, Burnshirt’s 30 acres...

• Waynesville apple festival set Oct. 17

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 21:47

  From Staff Reports WAYNESVILLE — The Haywood Chamber of Commerce recently announced that it will move forward with plans for its annual apple festival, which recently was renamed 2020 Apple Harvest Daze. The event will be held from 10 ...

• Nina Simone honored with newly painted mural

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 21:45

  From Staff Reports TRYON — A mural honoring Nina Simone, the late Tryon native who went on to dazzle the music world,  recently was painted by artist Scott Nurkin on the wall of the Sunoco station at U.S. 176 and N.C. 108 in Tryon....

• Love Bubble to perform oldies on Oct. 29

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 21:44

  From Staff Reports The Asheville-based, harmony-driven trio Love Bubble will perform oldies music at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 29 in the Concerts on the Lawn series at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall in West Asheville. All three band members, Peggy Ratu...

• Asheville Holiday Parade axed; free photos with Santa/wife set

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 21:43

  From Staff Reports The Asheville Holiday Parade is canceled for 2020 due to public health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asheville  Downtown Association announced Oct. 6. “The decision to cancel the parade was based...

• The Advice Goddess: Coddle herder ....

  Created: Friday, 16 October 2020 21:41

  My boyfriend’s enabling of his failure-to-launch 26-year-old son is seeming like a deal-breaker. Though his son’s very likable, he’s been fired from every job he’s had, including a well-paying delivery job I recently got him, a...

• UCNA's Darin Wanters named faculty fellow by Friday fellowship for human relations

  Created: Friday, 02 October 2020 14:30

  From Staff Reports Wildacres Leadership Initiative recentrly named Dr. Darin Waters as William C. Friday Faculty Fellow for the 2020–2022 fellowship class. Waters will join lead faculty Meredith Doster as a full partner in the work and practice o...

• Council axes $770K (or 3%) of APD budget

  Created: Friday, 02 October 2020 14:26

  From Staff Reports  Asheville City Council voted 5-2 on Sept. 22 during a 4.5-hour meeting to defund its police force by $770,000, a 3 percent cut, leaving a police budget of $29.3 million. Under the budget amendment, $770,000 would be reallocated ...