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• Buncombe schools to go mostly remote

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 15:06

  From Staff Reports The Buncombe County Schools’ Board of Education — at a special called board meeting on July 28 — voted to implement an enhanced version of Return to Learn Plan B as an updated plan for a return to school on Aug. 17...

• Asheville schools to resume classes with remote model

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 15:05

  From Staff Reports Asheville City Schools’ officials announced on July 23 that they will begin the 2020-21 school year on Aug. 17 with at-home, remote learning for at least nine weeks for K-12 grades, according to a news release. Originally, ACS ...

• Henderson schools to go with fully remote model

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 15:05

  From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE — Following a 6-1 vote on July 20 by the Henderson County Board of Education, the county’s public schools will begin the school year on Aug. 17 under a fully-remote learning model, This currently applies to...

• COVID-19 fears trigger limiting of alcohol sales

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 15:04

  From Staff Reports RALEIGH — Given that actions to slow the spread of COVID-19 are beginning to have impact, Gov. Roy Cooper announced July 28 that he is “doubling down on prevention measures” with Executive Order 153 stopping the sale...

• Asheville, Buncombe report 250 new coronavirus cases as hospitalizations set record

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 15:03

  From Staff Reports Record Bumncombe County coronavirus hopitalizations — once again — were reported at Asheville-based Mission Hospital during the week of July 19-25. In addition, 250 new cases were identified in residents during that peri...

• Kapoor urged to quit early to allow voters to pick successor

  Created: Saturday, 01 August 2020 15:02

  From Staff Reports Asheville City Councilman Vijay Kapoor has said he will resign on Aug. 8, but if he resigned a few days earlier, it would — possibly — allow the voters an opportunity to chose a successor to fill his unexpired terms inste...

• 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...