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• Asheville activists’ mantra: ‘No more money for police’

  Created: Friday, 02 June 2017 10:32

  By PETE KALINER Special to the Daily Planet Pete Kaliner is the host of a daily radio talk show on Asheville’s WWNC (570-AM) that airs from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. This column features posts from his daily blog. • The following was po...

• FRP show gives sizzling salute to Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison

  Created: Friday, 02 June 2017 10:22

  Encore smoked with ‘Ring of Fire,' ‘Oh, Pretty Woman’ By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com HENDERSONVILLE —  A 90-minute show saluting influential musical artists Johnny Cash and Roy ...

• Film captures swing’s resurgence

  Created: Friday, 02 June 2017 10:19

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  Susan Glatzer’s debut documentary “Alive and Kicking” — about the rise, fall and resurgence of swing dancing in America — makes a viewer want to jump up and join the fun during this ...

• Investigating in the field ... multiple locations, Part 3

  Created: Friday, 02 June 2017 10:12

  By SHELLEY WRIGHT Special to the Daily Planet Wed, 3/15/17 -  Arrived at Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, La. Upon pulling up to the bed and breakfast known as The Most Haunted House in America, we noticed yellow caution tape barring our w...

• UNCA to celebrate commencement on May 13

  Created: Thursday, 04 May 2017 13:12

  From Staff Reports UNC Asheville will celebrate its spring commencement with the ceremony scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. May 13 on the University Quad, with Chancellor Mary K. Grant presiding. Alumna Ko Barrett will deliver the commencement address and re...

• Apocalypse now? Prepare now as cataclysm looms, preppers forewarned

  Created: Thursday, 04 May 2017 13:08

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com WAYNESVILLE — Two speakers warned that there is no time like the present to prepare for possible catastrophes during their speeches at Heritage Life Skills VI Weekend on the evening of April 21 at the Folkmo...

• Kapoor challenges Edwards to debate; shift to district system bill clears hurdle

  Created: Thursday, 04 May 2017 13:06

  From Staff Reports City Council candidate Vijay Kapoor has challenged state Sen. Chuck Edwards, R-Hendersonville, to hold a public debate with him on the pros and cons of Edwards’ bill to switch Asheville from at-large elections for city council seats ...

• The Advice Goddess: May 2017

  Created: Thursday, 04 May 2017 13:02

  Rubbin Hood Q: I grabbed my boyfriend’s phone to look something up, and I found a Google search for local massage places that offer “happy endings.” He says that he and his friends were just goofing off. Am I an idiot to believe him?  — Dis...

• Jeff Rose elected chairman of BCDP

  Created: Thursday, 04 May 2017 13:01

  From Staff Reports BLACK MOUNTAIN — Jeff Rose, a West Asheville resident and software developer, was elected chairman of the Buncombe County Democratic Party during the party’s annual convention on April 8 at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly. The conven...

• Sheriff to retire, touts possible successor

  Created: Thursday, 04 May 2017 13:01

  From Staff Reports After three terms as sheriff of Buncombe County, Van Duncan announced during an April 7 news conference that he will retire when his current term ends in January 2019. In addition, Duncan endorsed Lt. Randy Smart as his successor. How...

• Councilman keeps seat after voter registration challenge

  Created: Thursday, 04 May 2017 13:00

  From Staff Reports  Elections officials recently affirmed Asheville City Councilman Keith Young’s right to serve on Asheville’s governing body. The Buncombe County Board of Elections voted 3-0 on March 30 against a challenge to Young’s voter ...

• Required ‘covenant’ signing at Montreat prompts resigations

  Created: Thursday, 04 May 2017 12:59

  From Staff Reports Elections officials recently affirmed Asheville City Councilman Keith Young’s right to serve on Asheville’s governing body. The Buncombe County Board of Elections voted 3-0 on March 30 against a challenge to Young’s voter regist...

• Judge says council cannot suspend Cherokee chief

  Created: Thursday, 04 May 2017 12:58

  From Staff Reports CHEROKEE —  A tribal court judge on April 25 blocked a move to suspend the chief of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians pending impeachment proceedings against him. Sharon Tracey Barrett, the temporary associate judge pres...

• Buncombe’s jobless rate remains lowest in N.C., WNC improves, too

  Created: Thursday, 04 May 2017 12:57

  From Staff Reports For yet another month, the Buncombe County unemployment rate for  February ranked lowest in North Carolina, figures released on April 5 by the state Department of Commerce showed. Buncombe’s 3.9 percent rate was an improvement ...

• After flap over wording, jewelry store replaces billboard message do-over

  Created: Thursday, 04 May 2017 12:56

  From Staff Reports The jewelry store billboard in Asheville that sparked mostly negative reaction around the nation was replaced April 4 with a message that thanks the supporters of a downtown jewelry store. The billboard now says, “Asheville rocks,�...

• Letters to the editor: May 2017

  Created: Thursday, 04 May 2017 12:49

  Is it the Mickey Mouse administration running the U.S.?  Amidst the chaos, it’s like Goofy trying to call his Mickey Mouse administration to order!  That’s my impression of Washington, D.C. these days. HERB STARK Moor...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: May 2017

  Created: Thursday, 04 May 2017 12:46

  Asheville to keep its watersystem (forever, we hope) We are delighted that — at least for now and as favored by most citizens, Asheville — will be allowed to retain local control of its pristine water system instead...

• The Candid Conservative: Land of the free and home of the miserable

  Created: Thursday, 04 May 2017 12:42

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet “Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.” — Mahatma Gandhi • The Problem ave you noticed how many unhappy people there are in Asheville? Stepping into abo...

• Small towns, courts and independent thinkers

  Created: Thursday, 04 May 2017 12:41

  By D.G. MARTIN Special to the Daily Planet   CHAPEL HILL — “I have to vote to break a tie on town council’s votes all the time,” the mayor of a small North Carolina mountain town told a friend. “When they deadlock it is a 3 to 3 vote, w...

• Language theory helps to define Donald Trump

  Created: Thursday, 04 May 2017 12:38

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet   This column is about language.  It shouldn’t be taken as criticism of President Trump. You’ll see, he appears onstage here only as an inconspicuous prop.  If you hear someone say, “Dona...