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• Spartanburg’s WestGate Mall to reopen May 1

  Created: Monday, 04 May 2020 11:18

  From Staff Reports SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Management at WestGate Mall said the mall will reopen on May 1, according to an April 28 report by Spartanburg television station FOX Carolina. The mall will operate on amended hours — from ...

• Columbus’ drive-through farmers market to debut May 2

  Created: Monday, 04 May 2020 11:17

  From Staff Reports COLUMBUS, N.C. —  The Columbus Farmers Market will reopen — for drive-through only — on Saturdays for the 2020 season from 8 a.m. to noon May 2 at Polk County High School at 1681 NC Hwy. “The ...

• The Advice Goddess: Opener sesame!

  Created: Monday, 04 May 2020 11:12

  By AMY ALKON Syndicated Columnist I’m a single woman. I’d love to get into a relationship. Often, when I’m at a bar, I see a guy I’d like to chat up, but I won’t even approach because I don’t know what to say....

• Letters to the editor: May 1, 2020

  Created: Monday, 04 May 2020 10:51

  Conservative â€˜parasites’ ripped I believe that ALL conservatives and Republicans in the USA should return their Relief Checks to the federal government so that they do not become “unproductive” ... and “lazy wel...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: Where art though, Corona beer?

  Created: Monday, 04 May 2020 10:49

  Among the many casualties of the coronavirus pandemic was the temporary closure of one of the world’s great beers, Corona, by its owner, Group Modelo, in early April in Mexico. The brewer posted an announcement on Twitter, stating that it was halt...

• 2 men who are ‘the right kind of strong’

  Created: Monday, 04 May 2020 10:47

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet My grandfather was born in Stewart County, Ga., in 1867. So I’m sure he would argue with me on the point I’m about to make here – that America, today, needs somebody with the core character...

• candid Conservative: Catastrophe is rarely an accident

  Created: Monday, 04 May 2020 10:43

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet “If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same….”  — Excerpt from “If” by Rudyard Kipling    We are in the...

• Trio to fuel Earth Fare restart

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2020 12:07

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com   Earth Fare, a health and wellness supermarket chain founded in Asheville in 1975 that grew to 50 stores before shutting down in bankrupty on Feb. 25, will reopen as a five-store, trimmed-down compa...

• Coronavirus pandemic strikes

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2020 12:03

  N.C. governor issues â€˜stay-at-home’ order through April 29 ... might extend it From Staff Reports  Gov. Roy Cooper announced March 27 a statewide “stay-at-home” order f...

• Tourism occupancy tax plan unveiled, questioned

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2020 12:00

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  Changes proposed to the Asheville-Buncombe County tourism tax and its structure were unveiled to the Council of Independent Business Owners during a March 6 breakfast meeting at UNC Asheville’s Sh...

• Asheville nurses’ rally draws local leaders

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2020 11:57

  Petition filed, nurses’ union election coming to Mission Hospital   From Staff Reports  A rally for nurses wanting to join a union at Asheville-based Mission Hospital drew “more than 100 pe...

• UNCA chancellor named to national higher education association board

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2020 11:56

  From Staff Reports  UNC Asheville Chancellor Nancy J. Cable was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the leading national association dedicated to advancing the vitality and excellenc...

• A-B Tech names new president

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2020 11:55

  From Staff Reports Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College announced March 19 that John D. Gossett, Ed.D., has been named the college’s seventh president.  Gossett currently serves as president of McDowell Technical Community College ...

• Bennet, Cawthorn to face runoff vote

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2020 11:54

  From Staff Reports The results in the U.S. House 11th District race for the Republican nomination was the most noteworthy result in Western North Carolina of the March 3 primary election.  The race for the seat, which is being vacated by...

• Jason Young, 48, Woodfin administrator for 18 years, dies

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2020 11:53

  From Staff Reports WOODFIN — Jason Andrew Young, Woodfin’s town administrator for nearly 18 years, died of cancer on March 10 in Woodfin.  According to his obituary, “He was born Dec. 20, 1971, a gift to his parents, ...

• Letters to the Editor: April 2020

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2020 11:48

  Bye, bye Bernie Sanders: Dems suffer Bern-out! Suffice it to say, the (Bernie) Sanders campaign is suffering from a severe case of Bern-out! HERB STARK Mooresville   ‘You Can Trust the De...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: April 2020

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2020 11:44

  Let’s flatten curve in pandemic Much has been said and written about the coronavirus pandemic besieging much of the world, but we especially commend those who invoke the wise words of the great Winston Churchill to inspire us t...

• Let’s lift the rug and check out that little bulge

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2020 11:43

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet   Reparations for slavery and segregation — an issue swept under everybody’s rug so long there’s barely a bulge. I don’t like the word “reparations,” and I donâ�...

• The Candid Conservative: The world just got a lot crazier

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2020 11:40

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet   Don’t look now, but life as we know it just got turned inside out.  Worse, there is no indication that those in charge of this catastrophic global event have the juice to get us back to n...

• Kapoor to leave council this summer

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2020 11:39

  From Staff Reports    Asheville City Council member Vijay Kapoor announced on March 16 that he will be resigning his position to spend more time with his family. The move comes before the end of his first term, which runs through 2022. Kapoo...