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• Chihuly art exhibition to grace Biltmore gardens

  Created: Wednesday, 07 March 2018 11:04

  Dazzling display to be featured May 17-Oct. 7 From Staff Reports Chihuly at Biltmore will soon represent the first art exhibition in Biltmore’s historic gardens, and the first garden exhibition of Dale Chihuly’...

• Vintage Carolina gala combines fun, ‘giving’ to others

  Created: Wednesday, 07 March 2018 11:02

  From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE —  Vintage Carolina will hold its annual gala fundraiser for the Community Foundation of Henderson County from 6 to 9 p.m. March 5 at Hendersonville Country Club.  “There is an incredible passion...

• The dead make great neighbors

  Created: Wednesday, 07 March 2018 10:58

  By SHELLEY WRIGHT Special to the Daily Planet Part one of two parts Recently, I had the opportunity to get away for a few days. Even paranormal investigators get the wintertime blues and I felt the urge to go someplace warm, with palm trees and umbre...

• Opioid crisis in Buncombe termed severe

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 12:07

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  The alarming state of Buncombe County’s opioid abuse and the steps to address it was discussed by County Commissioner Ellen Frost at the Jan. 12 meeting of the Council of Independent Business Owners at...

• Confederate monuments opposed by panelists at UNCA

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 12:03

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  A panel addressed the topic of “Confederate Monuments and Their Future”  — and was unanimous in its opposition — during a 90-minute panel discussion on Jan. 26 at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Ce...

• For AVL-HVL passenger rail to profit, entertainment urged

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 12:01

  From Staff Reports Train enthusiast Larry Morton continues to advocate for passenger rail between Hendersonville and Asheville, but exactly what that means continues to evolve.  Morton has been on a crusade, making presentations to local groups to ...

• The Advice Goddess: February 2018

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 11:53

  The burden of ‘poof!’ Q: — Out of the blue, my boyfriend of two years broke up with me. Not long afterward, I saw pix on Facebook of him with some other girl. It’s been two months since our breakup, and he wants to reconcile, so whatever he got i...

• Following uproar, gym owner apologizes for posting photos of women clients’ posteriors

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 11:49

  From Staff Reports  FLETCHER — The owner of Blue Ridge CrossFit, Tom Tomlo, apologized for posting pictures focusing on the posteriors of female clients on the gym’s Instagram account on Jan. 12 — a move that triggered hundeds of women express...

• 2nd woman’s march for equality draws 7K

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 11:48

  From Staff Reports  The Asheville Police Department estimated 7,000 people participated in the second annual Women’s March on Jan. 20 in downtown Asheville. Organizers claimed about 10,000 people attended, noting that it is difficult to estimate ...

• Merrimon Avenue widening plan sparks opposition

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 11:47

  From Staff Reports  Members of Asheville City Council added to their agenda at the last minute a discussion of plans the North Carolina Department of Transportation recently unveiled for Merrimon Avenue.  Mayor Esther Manheimer, who has lived ...

• $1.6K profit from property sale expected

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 11:46

  From Staff Reports  The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to unload the very complicated Ferry Road property and net a profit of $1.6 million from the sale. The 137-acre parcel has been on the market for two years. It recentl...

• Hoteliers to raze downtown building; council to fight it

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 11:45

  From Staff Reports Parks Hospitality Group has applied for a demolition permit for the former Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office on Haywood Street in downtown Asheville.  In turn, city leadership has responded with a request for a stay on...

• $45K mixed-used development (with housing) planned at Asheville Mall

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 11:40

  From Staff Reports It seemed unthinkable, but the Asheville Mall is stepping into the new economy. As Amazon eats its way into market share formerly owned by brick-and-mortar establishments, Kmart and Sears continue to announce store closings. What is re...

• County given clean audit despite probe

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 11:39

  From Staff Reports Buncombe County, while in the midst of a federal investigation concerning fraud allegedly perpetrated by a former county manager, received a clean audit in late January. County CFO Tim Flora took it upon himself to explain that, due t...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: February 2018

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 11:36

  Passenger train between AVL and HVL? A great idea We heartily encourage Hendersonville train enthusiast Larry Morton  — and his supporters — in his efforts to promote the bold idea of launching passenger rail service between the Hendersonville d...

• Letters to the editor: February 2018

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 11:29

  Audit panel chief clarifies  internal control comments I wanted to take the opportunity to clarify the comments as reported in the January 2018 article regarding my response to Mr. (Mac) Swicegood’s question “How far are you going back to balanc...

• The Candid Conservative: Are you a useful idiot?

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 11:08

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet “A lie told often enough becomes the truth.” — Vladimir Lenin  The problem  Though routinely cited, Marxist despot Vladimir Lenin never used the term “useful idiots.” He didn’t have...

• We need another monument

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 11:04

  By D.G. MARTIN Special to the Daily Planet CHAPEL HILL — Maybe, instead of taking down monuments to our past, we should be building new ones. No, I am not suggesting that we fill the courthouse squares with more images of Confederate soldiers. Howeve...

• In dream, Madison warns of Trump threat

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 11:01

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet The James Madison who met me in Barley’s did not appear as the great man of history. He was more a character from Charles Dickens. Old now, his long, stringy, grey hair thankfully distracted from his pinched...

• Glenn Miller band swings at Big Band Weekend

  Created: Sunday, 11 February 2018 10:53

  By JOHN NORTH john@ashevilledailyplanet.com  Big band leader Glenn Miller may have died when the airplane in which he was a passenger disappeared over the English Channel in 1944, but appreciation for the man and his top musical compositi...