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• Investigating in the field: Haunted New Orleans, Part one

  Created: Wednesday, 05 April 2017 10:09

  By SHELLEY WRIGHT Special to the Daily Planet When we planned our haunted excursion to New Orleans, we were going to do all the tours: vampire, cemetery, swamp, haunted.  The reality was we spent our whole trip totally drained from what I believe ...

• 'Black Faces, White Spaces' author to speak at UNCA on March 30

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 12:38

  From Staff Reports Carolyn Finney, author of "Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors," will speak at 6 p.m. March 30 in UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall. This event is free and open to ...

• District elections? System rigged, proponents claim

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 12:34

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com Accusations of a “rigged” system were voiced during “a panel investigation” into proposed district elections for Asheville City Council that drew about 50 people to an early-morning Feb. 1...

• Developer to fight city in court over hotel denial; city adds future hurdles

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 12:32

  From Staff Reports Asheville City Council likely will be challenged in court. a Raleigh developer said, after its recent 7-0 decision to turn down his company’s request for a permit to construct an eight-story, $24 million hotel downtown. Shaunak Pate...

• The Advice Goddess: March 2017

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 12:26

  Stare trek proves vexing By AMY ALKON Special to the Daily Planet Q: The 40-year-old guy I’m dating swivels his head to check out ladies everywhere. He even comments on those he finds attractive. I’ve mentioned that it bugs me. He ...

• Asheville ranks #10 in U.S. for satisfied single people, poll says

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 12:25

  From Staff Reports For singles who enjoy being single, Asheville ranked No. 10 among cities in the United States, according to a survey conducted by SmartAsset.com and released in early February. The survey found that most of the adults in Asheville are...

• Manheimer, Bothwell to run for re-election

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 12:24

  From Staff Reports Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer and Councilman Cecil Bothwell are the latest to announce their intent to run for re-election. As mayor, Manheimer will be seeking a second four-year term, while Bothwell will be seeking a third term on...

• New Asheville councilman’s residency called into question

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 12:23

  From Staff Reports Asheville City Councilman Keith Young has come under fire for his recent purchase of a home outside of the city limits for which the mortgage documents require that he make it his primary residence. Since members of council must, by c...

• 2 men running for BCGOP chair

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 12:22

  From Staff Reports The Buncombe County Republican Party had two announced candidates running to replace Chairman Nathan West, with a third candidate expected to announce soon. The candidates include tea party activist Fremont Brown, a reitired former bu...

• Cherokee chief fighting impeachment

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 12:21

  From Staff Reports CHEROKEE — Cherokee Tribal Chief Patrick Lambert is vowing not give up without a fight against his impeachment, after FBI agents on Jan. 31 collected files from the Qualla Housing Authority.  Lambert, 53, told reporters that so...

• Sylva’s spiked trails reopened in Pinnacle Park

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 12:20

  From Staff Reports SYLVA — After being closed since the previous weekend for public safety, Pinnacle Park reopened on Feb. 21. The closure was prompted by the discovery of more than 60 spikes found hammered into tree roots along 2 miles of forested pa...

• Letters to the editor: March 2017

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 12:15

  The world, according to President Trump .... Top adviser/counselor Kellyanne Conway looking a bit haggard as she defended President Trump’s bare-faced lie about the size of the inauguration crowd.  Looking like a pup...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion:March 2017

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 12:13

  Kudos to City Council for nixing 8-story hotel Congratulations to Asheville City Council for listening to its constituents’ concerns about seemingly out-of-control downtown hotel construction. Council not only listen...

• Segregationist NCAA demands others desegregate

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 12:10

  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...

• The Candid Conservative: Our future rests on family preservation

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 12:04

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet “Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquility of a lovely sunset.” — Ann Landers The Problem For a view into the underbelly of the progressiv...

• Emmett Till lives on ... in a new book

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 12:02

  By D.G. MARTIN Special to the Daily Planet   CHAPEL HILL —  “America is still killing Emmett Till,” writes Duke professor Timothy Tyson in his new book, “The Blood of Emmett Till.” Tyson revisits the 1955 kidnapping and brutal kill...

• New governor could rock N.C.’s ‘Kingdom of GOP’

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 12:00

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet I’m guessing that every one of us, at one time or another, has thought how nice it would be to live without restraints. No stupid boss. No mortgage.  No red lights. Imagine, doing anything you want with ...

• Patriotic irony in Lady Gaga’s dazzling Super Bowl show

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 11:59

  By JEFF MESSER Special to the Daily Planet Jeff Messer is the host of a daily radio talk show on Asheville’s WPEK (880-AM, The Revolution) that airs from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. This column features posts from his daily blog. • The fo...

• When swing was king ....

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 11:49

  ‘In the Mood’ show lovingly recaptures spirit of ’40s By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com The All-American “In the Mood: A 1940s Big Band, Swing Dance Musical Revue” was clicking on a...

• Spirited Beatles tribute show fueled with talent, love

  Created: Monday, 06 March 2017 11:47

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com HENDERSONVILLE — Flat Rock Playhouse opened its 2017 Music on the Rock series with a sparkling performance of “The Music of the Beatles” at its downtown Hendersonville venue. The performanc...