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• 3 sets of summer concerts axed by Hendersonville

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 15:01

  From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE — The Henderson County Tourism Development Authority stated in a July 28 press release that it “is disappointed to announce that the summer outdoor concert season held at the Visitor Center have been cancele...

• Letters to the Editor: Aug. 1, 2020

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 14:38

  Mixed-race woman strongly opposes city’s reparations EDITOR’S NOTE: The following letter to the editor originally was sent to Asheville’s mayor and all members of City Council. • I strongly disagree with the vote for rep...

• The Daily Planet’s Opinion: Time will tell wisdom of aggressive reopenings in fall by private schools

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 14:32

  Following the closure in March of schools in the state due the governor’s orders amid COVID-19 pandemic safety concerns, it will be interesting — after the upcoming school year is over — to compare the results between the more aggress...

• An insider’s view of Confederate monuments: when, which, why

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 14:30

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet   My hometown has a Confederate monument – a 76-footer right in the middle of downtown.   It’s got four generals around the base and generic Johnny Reb on the pinnacle. It’s a p...

• THE CANDID CONSERVATIVE: Diary of a mad protester

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 14:28

    “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.” — Martin Luther King Jr.    By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet The pr...

• Singer Roberta Flack honored with mural

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 14:26

  From Staff Reports A mural immortalizing singer Roberta Flack, a Black Mountain native, recently was painted on the side of the Black Mountain Brewing building off Broadway Avenue in Black Mountain. Flack, who is famous for the 1970s classic “Kill...

• Henderson commissioners endorse airport’s purchase of Broadmoor Golf Links

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 14:25

  From Staff Reports  HENDERSONVILLE — The Henderson County Board of Commissioners voted July 15 to endorse Asheville Regional Airport’s purchase of Broadmor Golf Links. In June, when the commissioners first considered its position on t...

• ‘People all over the world, join hands....’ Pandemic fails to stop summer fun

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 14:24

  From Staff Reports  LANDRUM, S.C. —Jack Roper and the Weatherman Band finished its performance with a bang with Kool & the Gang’s 1980 soul chart-topper “Celebration,” getting many in the socially distanced audience to ...

• 4-week series of music, movies looked at for downtown Saluda

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 14:23

  From Staff Reports  SALUDA — The Saluda Board of Commissioners — in considering the possibility of hosting music and movies at McCreery Park from mid-August to mid-September — heard on July 13 from Johnny Perez, who would provid...

• Dirty Dancing Festival ‘paused’ till 2021

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 14:22

  From Staff Reports   LAKE LURE — The annual Lake Lure Dirty Dancing Festival — scheduled Sept. 11-12 — has been postponed until next year (on Sept. 24.25) because of  COVID-19 safety concerns. The festival’s Fa...

• The Advice Goddess: Blurt force trauma

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 14:17

  By AMY ALKON Syndicated Columnist I became friends with this awesome guy who moved into my apartment complex. I can tell that he’s into me, but he’s not my type at all. What should I say to tell him I’m not interested? — U...

• Joint collaboration launches new reading initiative

  Created: Sunday, 19 July 2020 19:49

  From Staff Reports With nearly $10,000 in grant funding secured by UNC Asheville faculty members Tiece Ruffin and Agya Boakye-Boaten, a new reading initiative is being launched this summer. The initiative, “Relevant, Responsive & Fun Family L...

• Asheville council votes 7-0 for reparations to blacks

  Created: Sunday, 19 July 2020 19:46

  From Staff Reports Asheville City Council voted 7-0 to provide reparations to the city’s black residents and their descendants during its July 14 online meeting. Prior to the vote, council officially “apologized for Asheville’s histo...

• Governor: N.C. schools can reopen under limits on Aug. 17 in August

  Created: Sunday, 19 July 2020 19:44

  From Staff Reports RALEIGH —  Schools in North Carolina will open on Aug. 17 for in-person instruction under an updated Plan B that requires face coverings for all K-12 students, fewer children in the classroom, measures to ensure social dist...

• Project cost $18.5K, with $2,600/mo. scaffolding rent

  Created: Sunday, 19 July 2020 19:43

  From Staff Reports To enclose the Vance Monument in a shroud to shield the allegedly racist monument from public view, the City of Asheville reportedly paid a contractor $18,500 for his assistance with the project. What’s more, after the first 28...

• COVID-19 cases surge in Buncombe

  Created: Sunday, 19 July 2020 19:42

  From Staff Reports As of 11:30 a.m. July 14, there have been 928 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Buncombe County residents resulting in 40 deaths, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. “The total is 30 more th...

• New Buncombe public health director named

  Created: Sunday, 19 July 2020 19:41

  From Staff Reports Stacie Saunders has been selected to serve as the Buncombe County public health director, Buncombe County Health and Human Services announced on June 26. Saunders has extensive public health experience and comes to Buncombe County fro...

• Governor announces he will keep N.C. paused in Phase 2 until Aug. 7: Calls COVID-19 numbers ‘still high, but it’s steady’

  Created: Sunday, 19 July 2020 19:39

  From Staff Reports RALEIGH — North Carolina will stay in Phase Two of reopening for at least three more weeks, Gov. Roy Cooper announced during a July 14 news conference. Cooper’s plans had called for Phase Two possibly ending at 5 p.m. ...

• Biltmore permanently cuts nearly 400 jobs, citing lingering pandemic

  Created: Sunday, 19 July 2020 19:38

  From Staff Reports  The Biltmore Estate, the Asheville area's largest tourist attraction, is permanently eliminating about 390 jobs — nearly 15 percent of its workforce — because of the impacts on business resulting from the lingering ...

• Letters to the Editor: July 15, 2020

  Created: Sunday, 19 July 2020 19:31

  Vance Monument proposal: Renamed it MLK Jr. Memorial  Given the harsh reality of the City of Asheville’s seriously stressed current financial condition (which is millions of dollars in the hole and underwater due to City Council’s indu...