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• Sheriff leaving Dems; cites leftward shift, anti-police stance

  Created: Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:49

  From Staff Reports Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan announced in mid-October that he officially has left the Democratic Party, registering as “unaffiliated.” He noted that his departure was prompted by the party’s leftward shift and anti-law enf...

• Mid-term election set Nov. 6; sheriff’s race draws attention

  Created: Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:48

  From Staff Reports  Election Day 2018 is officially Nov. 6, with polls open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Early voting began Oct. 17 and ends Nov. 3. At stake are several key positions in the state and national legislature, including the U.S. House ...

• UNCA scores ‘green rating’ of 90 out of 99

  Created: Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:47

  From Staff Reports  UNC Asheville is growing greener this fall, with another consecutive year in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges. The 2018 edition was published Oct. 16 and includes 399 colleges in the unranked list. “There are ...

• AVL names first black city manager

  Created: Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:46

  From Staff Reports  Debra Campbell, assistant city manager for Charlotte, was named Asheville’s new city manager after a unanimous vote Oct. 17 by Asheville City Council . During the vote to hire Campbell, several council members voiced their ent...

• FRP to close HVL venue after a seven-year-run

  Created: Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:43

  From Staff Reports  HENDERSONVILLE — Flat Rock Playhouse’s venue in downtown Hendersonville is closing at the end of the 2018 season. Playhouse officials announced on Sept. 28 that, after a seven-year run, they are not renewing their lease at t...

• Letters to the Editor: November 2018

  Created: Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:32

  TDA should spend its funds for extra police, not for ads  Although hotels and short-term rentals don’t directly cause gentrification, the hotel tax does, by increasing housing demand via national advertizing. Thus, as long as ...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: November 2018

  Created: Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:29

  People vs. bears? Time to let common sense prevail The issue of bears coming into contact with human beings seems to be increasingly in the spotlight in the Asheville area and we are pleased to see the outpouring...

• The Candid Conservative: Why aren’t progressives progressing?

  Created: Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:26

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet “Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.” — Oscar Wilde The Problem Looking back, there’s little doubt that my generation’s pivot poi...

• Good news for New Bern? Sparks’ new novel

  Created: Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:24

  By D.G. MARTIN Special to the Daily Planet CHAPEL HILL  — Some good news for New Bern September’s flooding from Hurricane Florence brought such bad news to New Bern and its neighboring cities, towns and communities. There is a little bit of g...

• Will the new Supreme Court be Trumpist?

  Created: Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:23

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet James Buchanan, as president, was a free-wheeling, iconoclastic, vacillating, white supremacist Northerner.  Yeah, a lot like Donald Trump. And he made one gigantic misjudgment about the Supreme Court ...

• ‘The game is afoot:’ FRP to offer ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’

  Created: Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:21

  From Staff Reports FLAT ROCK – “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” which will be featured this month on the Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage, “promises audiences a thrilling, hilarious and nimble retelling of the classic crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan...

• 4 commissioners’ candidates joust during debate

  Created: Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:20

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com Four candidates squared off over two seats on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners during a candidates debate hosted by the Council of Independent Business Owners early morning on Oct. 5 in UNC Asheville...

• ‘Disco’ tribute: It was ‘burn, baby, burn!’

  Created: Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:13

  Fiery show ‘burns that mother down’ By JOHN NORTHjohn@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com HENDERSONVILLE — For one weekend only, the pitch for downtown Hendersonville was “Boogie on down to Funkytown,” circa the late 197...

• ‘18 Xmas Jam set Dec. 7-8; lineup unveiled

  Created: Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:11

  From Staff Reports The Warren Hayes 2018 Christmas Jam will feature Phish bassist Mike Gordon and contemporary-jazz instrumentalist Marco Benevento; Dave Grohl and friends; and Gov’t Mule, among others, on Dec. 7-8 at the U.S. Cellular Center...

• ‘Lost Chord’ songs to be given salute

  Created: Thursday, 01 November 2018 22:11

  From Staff Reports The Lost Chord, an Asheville-based  Moody Blues tribute band, will perform at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at Isis Music Hall in West Asheville. Doors open at 7 p.m. The concert, saluting the 50th anniversary of the release of the...

• 2 sheriff’s candidates square off for 1st time

  Created: Sunday, 07 October 2018 21:12

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com   Two of the three candidates for sheriff of Buncombe County held their first debate over the issues and fielded questions during an early-morning meeting of the Council of Independent Business Owners on...

• 4 candidates for House seats take jabs in debate

  Created: Sunday, 07 October 2018 21:09

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com SWANNANOA — The four candidates for two seats in the General Assembly thrashed it out verbally during a debate Sept. 20 during a luncheon meeting of the Council of Independent Business Owners at the Land o...

• The Advice Goddess: October 2018

  Created: Sunday, 07 October 2018 21:05

  Flirtatious woman has swarm feelings I’ve been flirting with two guys all year. I feel a connection and chemistry with both, but neither’s asked me out yet. This weekend, I’m attending a going-away party of a grad student we all...

• Mission Health signs definitive agreement to be acquired by HCA

  Created: Sunday, 07 October 2018 21:03

  From Staff Reports Mission Health’s Board of Directors announced in Asheville on Aug. 31 that Mission Health and HCA Healthcare have entered into a definitive agreement for HCA to acquire Mission Health.  The agreement will be sent to ...

• Getting it right

  Created: Sunday, 07 October 2018 21:02

  Because of a reporting error, the Daily Planet incorrectly stated in a story about the Lake Lure Dirty Dancing Festival in September’s edition that Patrick Swayze’s wife Lisa gave author Sue Tabashnik a blue baseball cap that Patrick had worn. The st...