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• 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...

• The Advice Goddess: April 2020

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2020 11:28

  Use boyfriend to spark jealousy? By AMY ALKON Syndicated Columnist I’ve been dating this guy for a month. Things with him are really average. However, we met through a mutual guy friend, and I’m actually really int...

• Grateful Dead guitarist sizzles

  Created: Wednesday, 01 April 2020 11:27

  By DAVE ROWE Special to the Daily Planet Jerry Garcia probably would have enjoyed himself. In front of a packed Thomas Wolfe auditorium, Bob Weir, former singer, songwriter and guitarist of the Grateful Dead, dished out a selection of his blues-type ...

• ASAP to open Farmers Market on March 21 at A-B Tech

  Created: Thursday, 19 March 2020 11:30

  The new market will comply with strict public health restrictions and operate until further notice.   In response to farmers market closures due to the COVID-19 emergency, ASAP has organized an interim farmers market on the campus of A-B Tech in As...

• Climate change activist to speak April 2

  Created: Wednesday, 04 March 2020 00:36

  From Staff Reports Bill McKibben, one of America’s best-known advocates for action on climate change, will give a lecture on “Our Changing Climate: A Global Movement of Reform” at UNC Asheville’s Kimmel Arena at 7 p.m. April 2.&...

• Sheriff calls for action to tackle opioid crisis

  Created: Wednesday, 04 March 2020 00:32

  From Staff Reports Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller issued a call to action to put a knockout blow on the opioids crisis that continues to bedevil the Asheville area during a panel discussed of “Social Resilience” in the Winter Buzz Bre...

• Future of Nina Simone’s childhood home? Ideas shared, votes cast at birthday party

  Created: Wednesday, 04 March 2020 00:28

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com    TRYON —  Tryon native Nina Simone’s 87th birthday was celebrated with a big party on Feb. 22 at the town’s Roseland Community Center. While Simone’s birthday was...

• 6 of 9 City Council candidates speak at forum

  Created: Wednesday, 04 March 2020 00:26

  From Staff Reports Six of the candidates for three seats on Asheville City Council aired their views during a candidates forum hosted by the Council of Independent Business Owners on Feb. 7 at UNC Asheville’s Sherrill Center. About 55 people atte...

• Mike Fryar, Buncombe commissioner, dies at 72

  Created: Wednesday, 04 March 2020 00:25

  From Staff Reports  Surrounded by family and friends, Buncombe County District 2 Commissioner Mike Fryar, 72, died Feb. 2, according to a post from his family on his campaign Facebook page. “We lost a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, f...

• Earth Fare closes: The ‘heartbeat of Asheville’ shuts down after 45-yr. run

  Created: Wednesday, 04 March 2020 00:24

  From Staff Reports The Asheville-based chain Earth Fare announced Feb. 3 that inventory liquidation sales, including store fixtures, would begin at all of its stores as the company seeks to sell its assets “in whole or in parts.” ac...

• 6 council candidates field CIBO questions

  Created: Wednesday, 04 March 2020 00:18

  Turner, Rony, Turner voice opposition to property tax increase proposal By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  A number of pre-selected questions were asked of each of the six candidates appearing...