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• Asheville’s hospitality sector sufferred ongoing Helene slump in summer, early fall

  Created: Monday, 17 November 2025 22:39

  From Staff Reports  ASHEVILLE, N.C. — While the Asheville area’s peak tourism season ends with the fall foliage in early to mid-November, recently released travel industry data from the summer and early fall indicates that the local tourism indu...

• Getting it right

  Created: Monday, 17 November 2025 22:38

  Because of a reporting error, the Daily Planet incorrectly stated in a story in its Oct. 29 edition that UNC Health Pardee filed for a Certificate of Need. The story should have reported that UNC Health and UNC Health Pardee have filed a plan with the st...

• HCR Men’s Club opens up meeting, hears goals, concerns, questions. Egolf barraged with questions on Edneyville sewer project, Edneyville development.

  Created: Monday, 17 November 2025 22:33

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — The scheduled speaker was a no-show at the the Henderson County Republican Men’s Club breakfast meeting on Nov. 8, but the club didn’t miss a beat as it called on various a...

• Socialism? No affordability

  Created: Monday, 17 November 2025 22:22

  Re: the alleged “socialist” takeover of the Democratic Party, what (Zohran) Mamdani and other Democrats won on on Tuesday (Nov. 4) isn’t socialism, it’s affordability.   Whenever I hear Republicans trying to scare voters away from Democratic...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: Zohran the moron? Yes, but so are most New York City voters A new slogan. ‘Where’s my free stuff?’

  Created: Monday, 17 November 2025 22:19

  “On your Marx, get set, Zo!” — The New York Post’s anti-Mamdani front page headline published on Nov. 6, just hours after  democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s win in  the New York City mayor’s race • Zohran Mamdani’s elec...

• It’s our house — and Trump’s demolishing it

  Created: Monday, 17 November 2025 22:18

  By BILL PRESS Syndicated Columnist Covering the White House, I believe, is the best job in journalism. For nine years — eight under President Obama and one under Trump — I was at the White House every day for the daily briefing. Even though it was ...

• The Candid Conservative: Moral mutiny vs. social chaos

  Created: Monday, 17 November 2025 22:14

  “No one has ever become poor by giving.”  — Anne Frank  • By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet At last glance, our national debt is in the neighborhood of $37 trillion.   Don’t even attempt to compute that num...

• I know Mamdani is too young. I don’t care!

  Created: Monday, 17 November 2025 22:12

  By TED RALL Syndicated Columnist In every election, the voters choose a candidate to do a job. In some races, they also have an opportunity to send a message. Sometimes, in a change election, voters pass over the best person for the job in favor of mak...

• Who are the real kings? Hypocritical Dems’ project onto Trump

  Created: Monday, 17 November 2025 22:09

  By VICTOR DAVIS HANSON Syndicated Columnist So-called King, Donald Trump, ran in two contested Republican primaries. He ran three times in a general election. He was elected twice, and his party recently won a Republican Congress. In contrast, in 202...

• Hypocritical Dems claim to be ‘independents’ while decrying ‘hate speech’ in a swirl of lies

  Created: Monday, 17 November 2025 11:06

  By ROGER BUCKNER Special to the Daily Planet The results of my column about the impotence (that is a great word — especially now at my age — of the “No Kings 2.0” rally on Oct. 18 must have hit a very “sore nerve” with my Democrat (now “in...

• Original ‘Jersey Boy’ to hit falsetto notes at Flat Rock

  Created: Monday, 17 November 2025 11:05

  From Staff Reports  FLAT ROCK, N.C. —The show “John Lloyd Young: Broadyway’s Jersey Boy” will be performed  by Young at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Greenville Highway, here. A third performance of  You...

• Atlanta Rhythm Section, Orleans to play Nov. 20 in Greeneville, Tenn.

  Created: Monday, 17 November 2025 11:04

  From Staff Reports  GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — The iconic bands Atlanta Rhythm Section and Orleans will perform in concert at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 in the Niswonger Performing Arts Center, 212 Tusculum Boulevard, here. The show is billed as featuring “two a...

• The Pacifica Quartet to perform in concert at Tryon FAC on Nov. 18

  Created: Monday, 17 November 2025 11:03

  From Staff Reports TRYON, N.C. — The Pacifica Quartet will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18 on the Veh Stage at the Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Avenue, here.  The Pacifica Quartet will perform in concert.  The group is “impe...

• Hendersonville makes ‘best of’ list for fall strolling

  Created: Monday, 17 November 2025 11:02

  From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — Hendersonville has once again made a “best of” list, this time as No. 34 among the top U.S. downtowns for fall shopping and strolling, the Hendersonville Lightning reported on Oct. 31. MarketBeat, a financ...

• UNCA awarded $1.3M federal grant for student support programs

  Created: Monday, 03 November 2025 09:38

  From Staff Reports UNC Asheville recently received a federal TRIO grant worth a total of $1.3 million, according to an Oct. 13 release from the university.This grant, the first of its kind for the university, aims to assist first-generation, low-income s...

• Mission Hospital placed under ‘immediate jeopardy’ following evaluation

  Created: Monday, 03 November 2025 09:30

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Asheville-based Mission Hospital has been placed under “immediate jeopardy” following an evaluation from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, a number of media sources reported on Oct. 17....

• 4 health systems vying to add more hospital beds in Buncombe County

  Created: Monday, 03 November 2025 09:28

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Four health systems are currently engaged in fierce competition for state approval over 129 acute care hospital beds in Buncombe County. Confirming that they filed applications with the North Carolina Department of...

• Study considered for I-40 toll lanes to ease congestion west of Asheville

  Created: Monday, 03 November 2025 09:26

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Members of the French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization “are considering a vote on whether to move forward on studying the feasibility of a 16-mile toll lane for east and westbound lanes of I-40, know...

• Asheville will not pursue proposed social district, city officials corroborate

  Created: Monday, 03 November 2025 09:25

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Asheville officials announced on Oct. 16 “that they will not be pursuing a downtown social district that was previously proposed,” Asheville television station WLOS (News 13) reported on Oct. 16. On Oct. 14, �...

• Ager outpaces Edwards in third quarter fundraising by wide margin

  Created: Monday, 03 November 2025 09:24

  From Staff Reports ASHEVILLE, N.C. — While candidates for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in 2025’s third quarter, Jamie Ager, a Buncombe County Democrat, raised the most money — more than $340...