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• Raleigh or Ralegh? It could cost millions

  Created: Sunday, 07 October 2018 11:25

  By D.G. MARTIN Special to the Daily Planet CHAPEL HILL  — Anna Beer could cost North Carolina taxpayers millions of dollars. How in the world could this British author and scholar cost us so money? Based on her comprehensive research, she arg...

• The Daily Planet’s Opinion: October 2018

  Created: Sunday, 07 October 2018 11:24

  While much of North Carolina, especially the coastal area, was lashed by Hurricane Florence in mid-September and beyond (with its after-effects), the Asheville area in the western mountains largely escaped the massive storm’s wrath and could count its b...

• Nothing’s checked, (and) nothing’s balanced

  Created: Sunday, 07 October 2018 11:22

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet   This November, we have a chance to save the reputation of the Founding Fathers. Their Constitution is looking old and worn these days. We hear pundits talking about a “constitutional crisis” when P...

• Swayze’s legacy endures, author says

  Created: Sunday, 07 October 2018 11:15

  EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the text of the speech that Sue Tabashnik, author of several books on Patrick Swayze and the film “Dirty Dancing,” gave Aug. 24 at the 9th Annual Lake Lure Dirty Dancing Festival. Her speech includes references to pho...

• ‘British Invasion’ salutes Beatles-led musical revolution

  Created: Sunday, 07 October 2018 11:09

  Dazzling show relives Brits’ 1960s takeover of U.S. charts By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com   HENDERSONVILLE— The Flat Rock Playhouse’s musical tribute show “British Invasion...

• Newman reviews priorities, audit/probe

  Created: Monday, 03 September 2018 11:36

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com   An update on Buncombe County’s strategic priorities, as well as an assessment of the federal investigation of an alleged kickback scheme and other legal issues stemming from Wanda Greene and other fo...

• Embrace ‘racial equity’ as way forward, 2 speakers urge

  Created: Monday, 03 September 2018 11:32

  The final Leadership Asheville Buzz Breakfast of the summer featured two speakers addressing the theme of “Racial Equity: How Do We Embrace It?” at Crowne Plaza  Resort’s Expo Center on Aug. 22. The first to speak was Darin Waters, an associat...

• The Advice Goddess: September 2018

  Created: Monday, 03 September 2018 11:23

  It’s a matter of too mush information Q: My friend was dying to tell her new boyfriend she loves him but waited till he said it first. She, in fact, makes that a rule. Now I have a new boyfriend. Should I just shamelessly ...

• Safety concerns trigger order to close new dorms at UNCA; agreement reached for reopening

  Created: Monday, 03 September 2018 11:21

  From Staff Reports An agreement was reached between UNC Asheville and the North Carolina Department of Insurance, allowing The Woods, five newly constructed UNCA dorms that were deemed by the agency as uninhabitable on late Aug. 16, to reopen ...

• Asheville’s Curate listed among 40 most important U.S. eateries

  Created: Monday, 03 September 2018 11:19

  From Staff Reports Curate, a Spanish tapas restaurant located at 13 Biltmore Avenue in Asheville, recently won the distinction of being included on the Food & Wine magazine list of the “40 Most Important Restaurants of the Past 40 Years...

• Forensic audit push meets resistance from officials

  Created: Monday, 03 September 2018 11:17

  From Staff Reports The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 21 was cautioned by its chair, Brownie Newman, against formulating policies with language too restrictive because, he said, nobody would have imagined some of the things coming out of ...

• City to pay $650,000 settlement to pedestrian who was beaten

  Created: Monday, 03 September 2018 11:15

  From Staff Reports  The City of Asheville reached a settlement on Aug. 3 in the beating case of unarmed black pedestrian Johnnie Rush. Specifically, Asheville will pay a total of $650,000 to Rush and his attorneys, according to the settlement and r...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: September 2018

  Created: Monday, 03 September 2018 11:12

  UNCA dorm fire hazards? N.C. agency drops the ball What in the world was the State Construction Office thinking when it ignored months of documented warnings about the fire hazards in The Woods, a new development o...

• Letters to the Editor: September 2018

  Created: Monday, 03 September 2018 11:06

  Voters need to use elections to replace commissioners The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners has a sacred trust to be accountable, transparent, exercise fiscal restraint, and to respect the hard-earned tax money of ...

• The Candid Conservative: The left’s worn out race card

  Created: Monday, 03 September 2018 11:02

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet “I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.” — Oprah Winfrey The Problem Allow me a declarative moment – The minute you ask someone to treat you as an ...

• Winston-Salem and Nigeria in the 1950s

  Created: Monday, 03 September 2018 10:59

  By D.G. MARTIN Special to the Daily Planet CHAPEL HILL  — Was there a connection between the 1950s Nigerian movement for independence and the civil rights movement in Winston-Salem? Elaine Neil Orr’s new novel, “Swimming Between Worlds,” i...

• Trump presidency ripped; Dems need to step up

  Created: Monday, 03 September 2018 10:55

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet   If Professor Harold Hill (“The Music Man”) were here today, we’d hear: “Ya got trouble here in America – Corruption with a capital ‘C,’ that rhymes with ‘T,’ that stands for ‘Trump...

• REVIEW: The Sock Hops prove dazzling vocally, visually

  Created: Monday, 03 September 2018 10:53

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com FRANKLIN— The Sock Hops, a Marietta, Ga.-based doo-wop and oldies male vocal quartet specializing in four-part harmony, brought back the hits of yester-year during a July 27 concert at the Smoky Mountain C...

• Swingin’ Medallions to be headliner at Hendersonville’s end of summer gala

  Created: Monday, 03 September 2018 10:52

  From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE— City Council here on Aug. 2 voted to approve a big party that organizers hope will attract tourists from the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games. The WEQ will run Sept. 10-23 at Tryon International Equestrian Center. Th...

• Dirty Dancing gala sizzles (literally)

  Created: Monday, 03 September 2018 10:47

  ‘80s nostalgia runs wild at homage to ‘87 movie By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com LAKE LURE — Despite blazing heat, the 9th Annual Lake Lure Dirty Dancing Festival, held Aug. 24-25, ...