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• The ethics of magic....

  Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2016 12:09

  By SHELLEY WRIGHT Special to the Daily Planet Recently, I was involved in a car accident. Even though no one was hurt, we thought at the time, and we didn’t sustain much damage to our vehicles, we also thought at the time, the lady who hit me took eve...

• Trump, Kaine, Pence make visits

  Created: Monday, 07 November 2016 16:44

  ‘Your companies won’t be leaving NC,’ Trump vows By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com" data-mce-href="mailto:john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com">john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com FLETCHER — For the second tim...

• Where’s Hillary? A WNC no-show

  Created: Sunday, 06 November 2016 12:58

  From Staff Reports Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, is the only major candidate in the general election on Nov. 8 who has not campaigned in the Asheville-Western North Carolina area this fall. However, Chelsea Clinton did speak on h...

• Kaine compares Clinton, Trump during UNCA rally

  Created: Sunday, 06 November 2016 12:58

  From Staff Reports Unlike her Republican presidential rival Donald J. Trump, Democrat Hillary Clinton will work on critically important issues, ranging from education to climate change, Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine told a crowd of abo...

• Pence stays loyal to Trump

  Created: Sunday, 06 November 2016 12:51

  From Staff Reports FLETCHER —After the release of a video containing lewd comments about women made by GOP presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Trump’s vice presidential candidate, expressed his forgiveness of — and loya...

• Feminism, Islam top threats, alt-right provocateur claims

  Created: Sunday, 06 November 2016 12:29

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com CULLOWHEE — Security was tight as Breitbart News Senior Editor Milo Yiannopoulos, a self-proclaimed cultural libertarian, free speech fundamentalist and one of the top online leaders and provocateurs of the ...

• The Advice Goddess: November 2016

  Created: Sunday, 06 November 2016 12:23

  Q: -- My boyfriend and I have been together for a year and a half, and we really love each other. His parents adore me and are thrilled that he might not die alone. After his mom saw us being all cuddly in the supermarket, she warned him that we may be ge...

• Wolfe angel gets cleaned, re-evaluated

  Created: Sunday, 06 November 2016 12:19

  From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE —  The angel that inspired the title of Asheville-born author Thomas Wolfe’s classic coming-of-age novel “Look Homeward, Angel” was cleaned and assessed for repairs on Oct. 24. Conservator Kara Warren sai...

• UNCA to host presentation on child detention in Palestine

  Created: Sunday, 06 November 2016 12:15

  From Staff Reports Azadeh Shahshahani, legal and advocacy director for Project South, will present a discussion of detention of Palestinian children by Israeli security forces in a free public talk at noon Nov. 14 in the UNC Asheville Sherrill Center's M...

• Election on Nov. 8 features races, 3 referenda

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2016 14:27

  From Staff Reports A general election will be held Nov. 8 that will feature the presidential race between Democrat Hillary Clinton, Republican Donald J. Trump and others. Besides races between candidates, the ballots will ask three referenda questions o...

• I-26 widening? Public urges action

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2016 14:26

  From Staff Reports ARDEN – A public hearing Oct.13 on state plans to widen Interstate 26 to six and eight lanes prompted several area residents to attend and voice their desire for relief from traffic congestion on the highway as soon as possible. Sto...

• Nat Geo touts Asheville as ‘experimental epicenter’

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2016 14:25

  From Staff Reports Asheville artists are showcased in a recent National Geographic travel article, and the city itself was praised as “an experimental epicenter” of “visual arts, cool crafts, funky music, theater (and) film.” The article begins ...

• ‘We are a place for everyone,’ mayor says in annual address

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2016 14:24

  From Staff Reports Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer voiced  concern over national tensions of race and government in her annual State of the City address on Oct. 4.  Despite state roadblocks, including HB2, she said the city is more focused on...

• Letters to the editor: November 2016

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2016 12:05

  HB2 termed a distraction from more important issues Election season always brings on some crazy events and issues. North Carolina is experiencing one of those election seasons this year. We all thought this election, e...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: November 2016

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2016 12:03

  Asheville area proves to be big political draw Asheville is not a particularly large city in comparison to many others in the United States, but it certainly is the political, business, communications and cultural hub o...

• The Candid Conservative: Don’t let the nonsense get you down

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2016 11:57

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet “But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.” —  2 Timothy 3:13   The problem By the time you read this, America will have elected a new pr...

• N.C. has descended into the Third World

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2016 11:54

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet   "Third World” was originally used to describe countries that weren’t rich democracies and not Soviet bloc – mostly countries that had widespread poverty, ramshackle infrastructure, rich elites –...

• ‘Beehive’ buzzing with fun

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2016 11:51

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com FLAT RACK  — “Beehive: the ‘60s Musical,” a dance-happy tribute to the female singers of that iconic decade, sparkled with fun and talent during an Oct. 15 sold-out performance at its 506-s...

• Fleetwood Mac’s glory days celebrated in fiery tribute show

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2016 11:49

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com HENDERSONVILLE — A tribute show, “The Music of Fleetwood Mac,” recreated the rock band’s legendary persona and its youthful glory from 1975 to 1987 during an Oct. 1 performance at Flat Rock...

• Dead cell sets off years of mayhem

  Created: Saturday, 05 November 2016 11:46

  By SHELLEY WRIGHT Special to the Daily Planet You’ve all probably seen Stephen King’s mini-series “Rose Red.” It was about an extremely haunted house located where several disappearances of family and high-profile individuals occurred, as well a...