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• UNCA winter commencement set Dec. 16

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 13:01

  From Staff Reports UNC Asheville will hold its December 2016 Commencement at 4 p.m. Dec. 16 at Kimmel Arena in the Sherrill Center on campus. Some 240 students are expected to earn their degrees in December.  Featured commencement speakers will inc...

• Mayor slams hate speech in city

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:57

  From Staff Reports  Following the Nov. 8 election of Republican Donald J. Trump as president of the United States and some alleged comments and actions by his supporters in the aftermath, Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer, a Democrat, issued the foll...

• Wildfires? Mainly arson, officials say

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:54

  WNC blazes under control; Asheville's fall driest ever  From Staff Reports About 80,000 acres in Western North Carolina have been burned by wildfires that have forced residents to evacuate their homes and businesses to close to shut down temporaril...

• Gingerbread House viewing open after 3 p.m. Sun-Thurs.

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:50

  From Staff Reports The 24th annual National Gingerbread House Competition exhibit is open to the public through Jan. 5 at the Omni Grove Park Inn in North Asheville, with viewing times after 3 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays. The display of the entries o...

• New limits set on street music

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:49

  From Staff Reports Asheville City Council on Oct. 25 unanimously approved new limits on outdoor performances in a downtown area that is known for its lively arts scene. The action followed two years of conflict between street musicians and city official...

• Buncombe backs Clinton, but to no avail

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:47

  From Staff Reports Buncombe County voters supported Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over her Republican rival Donald J. Trump by 54 percent to 40 percent, in unofficial results — and Clinton also went on to win the popular vote by 2.2...

• Provisional, absentee ballots could alter Fryar/Nelson result

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:46

  From Staff Reports After two delays, the Buncombe County Board of Elections announced that it planned to certify election results at a public meeting at 2 p.m. Nov. 28. Moreover, provisional and absentee ballots could have an impact on the District 2 co...

• Buncombe’s 71% voter turnout tops 2012

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:45

  From Staff Reports  Buncombe County voter turnout in the Nov. 8 general election topped 71 percent, slightly above the state average, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections. The board reported on Nov. 9 that 139,029 out of 197,350...

• SPORTS COMMENTARY: Kaepernick flag flap? Nothing un-American about it

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:42

  By TANK SPENCER Special to the Daily Planet Tank Spencer is the host of a weekly sports talk show, “The Sports Tank,” on Asheville’s News Radio WWNC (570-AM) that airs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. Spencer also serves as WWNC’s news anchor...

• The Advice Goddess: December 2016

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:39

  Wuthering fights By AMY ALKON Special to the Daily Planet My friend says that you only find out who somebody truly is when you break up with them. He suggests that I pick a few fights with anybody I’m dating so I can see their true colors. I...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: December 2016

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:36

  Arson as cause of WNC wildfires? Say it ain’t so It is a sad commentary, indeed, that — at least according to the U.S. Forest Service and incident command teams — arson is suspected in most of the 21 fires ...

• Trump termed likely to trigger Democratic unity

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:34

  By D.G. MARTIN Special to the Daily Planet CHAPEL HILL —  Are there silver linings for North Carolina Democrats after Donald Trump’s sweep in our state on his road to victory in the presidential election? The apparent victory of Roy Cooper for...

• Letters to the editor: December 2016

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:28

  Mob-mentality man Trump should be given a chance  So the 2016 election is over.  How did we get president-elect Donald Trump? For years, both political parties were busy making promises but had no intention of keeping them. It too...

• The Candid Conservative: You’re walking through a minefield

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:25

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet “Stress is the demon in our society, stalking the cities and the countryside, striking down young and old and growing in strength daily.” — Srikumar Rao   The problem In my generation’s w...

• Plan needed to get through to Trump voters

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:23

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet All those thousands and millions of hours of pundits and pollsters telling us what was going to happen and what definitely wasn’t going to happen – and as it turned out, they didn’t know nuthin’. If I ...

• OMG! Trump won. Now what’s ahead?

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:21

  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...

• 2016: The election of rationalizations

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:18

  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...

• ‘A Christmas Carol’ sparkles

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:15

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com FLAT ROCK — The Flat Rock Playhouse’s production of the timeless holiday classic “A Christmas Carol” was well worth a revisit, especially with Peter Thomasson in the starring role of Ebeneze...

• Jump-blues band Virginia & the Slims? Smokin’ hot in concert

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:14

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com BLACK MOUNTAIN — The joint was jumping when Asheville-based band Virginia and the Slims performed at the White Horse nightclub on Nov. 5. The jump-blues band played a nearly two-hour first set, fo...

• Underhill Rose soars with instrumental mastery, rich, 3-part harmonies

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:12

  By DAVE ROWE Special to the Daily Planet If a Sept.19 performance at downtown Asheville’s Altamont Theater is any indication, the group did well during a recent jaunt. Underhill Rose, an Asheville-based female Americana trio, just completed...