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• Primary election set March 3

  Created: Wednesday, 04 March 2020 00:16

  From Staff Reports North Carolina’s primary election will be held on March 3. Early voting was held on Feb. 13-29. Winners advance to the Nov. 3 general election. Not registered to vote? Prospective voters were offered the opportunity to registe...

• Letters to the Editor: March 2020

  Created: Wednesday, 04 March 2020 00:12

  Myth-busting the â€˜myth-busting’ of Mumpower So, let’s talk about Carl Mumpower and his relevance, or lack thereof.  I found his long-winded collumn that busted so-called “myths” disturbing, not ju...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: Mach 2020

  Created: Wednesday, 04 March 2020 00:09

  Earth Fare’s closing? A tragedy To our great sadness, Asheville-based Earth Fare, which touted itself as one of the largest natural and organic food retailers in the country, has closed all 50 of its stores, effective late Febr...

• A weasel in the conservative henhouse

  Created: Wednesday, 04 March 2020 00:07

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet I was intrigued by a headline in this Opinion section last December: “President Trump is right about today’s fake news climate.” It appeared over the “Candid Conservative” colum...

• THE CANDID CONSERVATIVE: The best liars lie to themselves first

  Created: Wednesday, 04 March 2020 00:04

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet “Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will.”  — Joseph Goebbels   The Problem A lie has one clear a...

• The Advice Goddess: March 2020

  Created: Wednesday, 04 March 2020 00:01

  Wane's world I have a challenging job I love, and lately, it’s really cutting into my time with my boyfriend. I tell him how much I hate this, but he’s been very understanding. Initially, this was great, but now I’m annoyed that he s...

• AJO performs finale that leaves patrons smiling

  Created: Wednesday, 04 March 2020 00:00

  BLACK MOUNTAIN — The 17-piece Asheville Jazz Orchestra finished its red-hot two-set concert with Oscar Hammerstein’s and Jerome Kern’s classic, “Ol’ Man River” (from the 1936 musical “Showboat), triggering a s...

• Civic center ‘rebranded;’ upgrade planned

  Created: Monday, 03 February 2020 12:45

  It’s now Harrah’s Cherokee Center-Asheville, under an up to $5.75M, 10-yr. pact From Staff Reports he City of Asheville and Harrah’s Cherokee held a grand opening of th...

• UNCA keynoter: MLK Jr.’s model provides ‘armor’ to survive, thrive

  Created: Monday, 03 February 2020 12:41

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com    Charlayne Hunter-Gault addressed a full house during her keynote speech that highlighted UNC Asheville’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Week on Jan. 21 in UNCA’s Highsmith Stu...

• Edwards unveils N.C.’s good (and bad) news

  Created: Monday, 03 February 2020 12:39

  From Staff Reports An “update from the state legislature” was presented by state Sen. Chuck Edwards, R-Hendersonville, to the Council of Independent Business Owners on Jan. 17 at UNC Asheville’s Sherrill Center.  About 80 people ...

• Love Bubble ripples with fun

  Created: Monday, 03 February 2020 12:35

  REVIEW: Stellar harmonies fuel trio’s dreamy toast to 1960s-70s HENDERSONVILLE — Love Bubble, billing itself as “the freshest harmony-driven trio in WNC” and as “a quintessentail m...

• New Asheville police chief to begin Feb. 4

  Created: Monday, 03 February 2020 12:34

  From Staff Reports  After an extensive national search, Asheville City Manager Debra Campbell announced that she “is happy to announce that David Zack will become the city’s next Chief of Police, effective Feb. 4,” according to a ...

• Specialist aims to help start 50 new businesses in 2020

  Created: Monday, 03 February 2020 12:33

  From Staff Reports   A presentation on the services offered by the North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center — with a goal to help launch at least 50 new businesses in the Ashevillea area in 2020 — was given ...

• UNCA’s MLK Jr. keynote speaker fields questions

  Created: Monday, 03 February 2020 12:31

  From Staff Reports Charlayne Hunter-Gault fielded questions from the crowd for about 25 minutes after giving the keynote address of UNC Asheville’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoratoin Week on Jan. 21 in UNCA’s Highsmith Center’s Blu...

• Developer pulls application, dropping Bear Creek project

  Created: Monday, 03 February 2020 12:30

  From Staff Reports  The developer of a controversial mixed-use development in West Asheville “has pulled the application for the project,” Asheville television station WLOS News 13 reported on Jan. 6. “Plans called for 802 units, ...

• Buncombe names new emergency services director

  Created: Monday, 03 February 2020 12:29

  From Staff Reports Following “a rigorous, nationwide search yielding many highly qualified candidates, Buncombe County is proud to announce that Van Taylor Jones will be our next director of emergency services, effective Jan. 21,” Buncombe Co...

• Letters to the Editor: February 2020

  Created: Monday, 03 February 2020 12:26

  Mumpower’s â€˜great intellect’ laps liberals around track  I enjoyed Carl Mumpower’s opinion piece, run in place of his monthly column (Daily Planet, Vol. 16, No. 2). His smug assertions of fact and ideology are u...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: February 2020

  Created: Monday, 03 February 2020 12:24

  Crossroads project defeat ranks as greatest win in WAVL history It was a red-letter day on Jan. 6 for the residents of traffic-clogged, overdeveloped, but nonetheless funky, artsy and eclectic West Asheville, ...

• A nation’s greatness can disappear quickly

  Created: Monday, 03 February 2020 12:22

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet Nothing has been the same since the Invasion.  We never recovered.  Over the years, historians have written about the “War of Wars” and how it was lost — and nobody has ever real...

• THE CANDID CONSERVATIVE: Myth-busting 102

  Created: Monday, 03 February 2020 12:18

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet “Emotional sickness is avoiding reality at any cost. Emotional health is facing reality at any cost.”  — Scott Peck   The Problem Mr. Webster defined “Myth” as a...