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By SHELLEY WRIGHT
Special to the Daily Planet
This may come as something of a surprise, but I don’t have an altar at my house. Nor do my spells rhyme. I also have never danced naked under a full moon. Always wanted to try that, though!
I am c...
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From Staff Reports
The state Supreme Court issued a 5-2 ruling on Dec. 21 that allows Asheville to maintain control of Western North Carolina’s biggest water system.
The court overturned a Court of Appeals ruling favoring the state General Assem...
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From Staff Reports
The travel guidebook publisher Lonely Planet has selected Asheville as No. 1 on its top 10 U.S. travel destinations for 2017.
“The vibrant small city is known for its welcoming, creative spirit and eclectic architecture,” Lo...
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From Staff Reports
Following a Dec. 9 recount, Mike Fryar officially clinched a second term on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, elections officials confirmed.
The Fairview Republican nipped Democratic challenger Nancy Nehls Nelson by 317 vote...
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From Staff Reports
UNC Asheville was recognized at a meeting Dec. 7 as the “Green University of the Year” by the Wenoca chapter of the Western North Carolina Sierra Club.
The chapter cited UNCA’s “significant sustainability initiatives and appla...
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From Staff Reports
UNC Asheville has maintained its ranking as the nation’s eighth-best public liberal arts college in U.S. News & World Report’s new “2017 Best Colleges,” released online this past fall.
The Asheville university also r...
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UNC Asheville recently began site work at its 525 Broadway St. vacant acreage in the city’s Montford neighborhood in preparation for using it for overflow parking during construction projects that will begin in spring 2017.
Staff will mow brush, ...
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From Staff Reports
SWANNANOA — Warren Wilson College and local authorities are investigating what are described in an email to the campus community as “possible hate crimes” at the school.
Students and staff met Dec. 8 to discuss the incidents. Th...
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From Staff Reports
The historic wildfires in Western North Carolina were finally brought under 100 percent containment between late November and mid-December — thanks to a long-overdue deluge of rainfall and the diligent efforts of firefighters.
Howev...
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'It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing....'
From Staff Reports
Olive or Twist, an iconic downtown Asheville nightspot and arguably the most popular place in the center city for couples’ to kick up their heels with East Coast Swing, blues...
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Mothership of fools
This will sound crazy, but... should I tell my girlfriend, the love of my life, that I was abducted by aliens? It happened a long time ago, and I have no proof — just my own recollection. Yes, it could’ve been a dream,...
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City’s water win? We’ll drink to that
State Supreme Court justices voted 5-2 last month to strike down the 2013 law that would have transferred ownership of Asheville’s water system from the city to the Metropolitan Se...
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It’s a sad (United) state of affairs for America
The horrific scenes of death and destruction in Syria/Aleppo make me sad and outraged as I look to our do-nothing President (Barack) Obama and the equally do-nothi...
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By CARL MUMPOWER
Special to the Daily Planet
“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.”
— Thomas Sowell
The Problem
The church of my baptism has a new minister. His arrival is timely. The banes of most modern Christian sanctuari...
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By D.G. MARTIN
Special to the Daily Planet
CHAPEL HILL — The most important lawyer in modern North Carolina history finally has a biography.
In early December, UNC Press released “Julius Chambers: A Life in the Legal Struggle for Civil Righ...
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By LEE BALLARD
Special to the Daily Planet
Fake news used to be called propaganda, remember?
Jews caused Germany to lose WWI. Japan won a great victory at Midway (they lost four aircraft carriers). The media portrayed Vietnam battle...
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By CECIL BOTHWELL
Special to the Daily Planet
The Dec. 13 decision by Asheville City Council to continue a crackdown on proprietors of short-term rentals principally benefits the hotel industry. Period.
While some opponents of STRs cite threats to ne...
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Show delivers holiday warmth on chilly evening
By JOHN NORTH
john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com
Russ Wilson’s annual “Have Yourself a Swingin’ Little Christmas!” show succeeded splendidly in radiati...
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By JOHN NORTH
john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com
BLACK MOUNTAIN — The Asheville Jazz Orchestra received a much-deserved standing ovation after performing, as an encore, the 1948 Christmas classic “Sleigh Ride” on Dec. 10 at White Hors...
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By SHELLEY WRIGHT
Special to the Daily Planet
One of the strongest memories I have of my childhood is walking into bookstores and planting myself in the middle of the New Age section with all its books on ghosts and hauntings, ESP and psychic ph...
