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• The Candid Conservative: There is normal

  Created: Monday, 06 June 2016 11:23

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet “The next generation of Saints will be those who can be normal in an abnormal world.” — Vatican Priest The problem Bet you don’t know many Baptists who own a Catholic Church.  The Chur...

• Finding our way out of a locked bathroom

  Created: Monday, 06 June 2016 11:22

  By D.G. MARTIN Special to the Daily Planet CHAPEL HILL — What can we do about House Bill 2? Polls show North Carolinians divided about the new law. Answers to polling questions depend upon how the questions are asked. Most North Carolinians, even sup...

• Working people scammed by Republicans

  Created: Monday, 06 June 2016 11:20

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet My mother wasn’t known for surprises. She lived on a straight line that went back to her South Georgia roots. But, oh my, did she spring one on us in the fall of 1980. That year, it was Carter versus Reaga...

• What’s next for N.C.? Maybe the potty police

  Created: Monday, 06 June 2016 11:14

  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...

• In taking embarrassing stance, N.C. on wrong side of history

  Created: Monday, 06 June 2016 11:12

  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...

• High-energy California Honeydrops create a vibe

  Created: Monday, 06 June 2016 11:09

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com The California Honeydrops had the crowd swinging and swaying to its high-energy, infectious, horn-driven, dance-party vibes during a three-hour concert May 6 at Isis Restaurant & Music Hall in We...

• Eagles tribute show hits peak with ‘Hotel California’

  Created: Monday, 06 June 2016 11:06

  HENDERSONVILLE — The Music of the Eagles, a tribute concert performed as part of Flat Rock Playhouse’s Music on the Rock series, provided a trip down memory lane for a mostly older audience. The concert ended with “Already Gone,” but the crowd cl...

• ‘Million-Dollar Quartet’ shakes, rattles and rolls

  Created: Monday, 06 June 2016 11:04

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com FLAT ROCK — The “Million-Dollar Quartet,” based on a true story, proved to be a crowd-pleaser for the Flat Rock Playhouse during its recent run that ended May 21 on the mainstage. A number of ...

• ‘Million-Dollar Quartet’ shakes, rattles and rolls

  Created: Monday, 06 June 2016 11:04

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com FLAT ROCK — The “Million-Dollar Quartet,” based on a true story, proved to be a crowd-pleaser for the Flat Rock Playhouse during its recent run that ended May 21 on the mainstage. A number of ...

• Investigating in the field (and thinking ‘there are lots of ways to die in here’)

  Created: Monday, 06 June 2016 10:56

  By SHELLEY WRIGHT Special to the Daily Planet The weather was perfect. By perfect, I mean tsunami winds and rain and a temperature dip that hit the mid-40s at night.  By the time we entered the grounds, the storm had mostly passed, leaving the...

• After losing Deschutes, blame cast, sparks fly

  Created: Monday, 09 May 2016 22:25

  From Staff Reports Verbal sparks are flying — along with fingerpointing — between two factions (splitting along party lines) on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners over just who is to blame for the March 22 decision by Deschutes Brewery to cho...

• Asheville council calls for HB2 repeal; considers anti-bias LGBT ordinance

  Created: Monday, 09 May 2016 22:19

  From Staff Reports Asheville City Council is calling for the repeal of the state Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act (commonly known as House Bill 2 or just HB2) and is working collaboratively with other local governments and plans to work within ...

• The Advice Goddess: May 2016

  Created: Monday, 09 May 2016 22:14

  The mummy’s cursor Q:  I’m a woman in my 20s, and female friends and I find that, generally speaking, once a guy gets into a relationship, his texting dwindles into brief news bites, like “fell asleep!” or “phone died.” Why do ...

• ‘Dirty Dancing’ remake moves ahead despite furor over HB2 goes forward

  Created: Monday, 09 May 2016 22:13

  From Staff and Wire Reports The television remake of the film “Dirty Dancing” is twirling and spinning ahead in Western North Carolina, even as North Carolina’s business reputation has suffered setbacks following controversy over passage of House B...

• Katey Sagal joins ‘Dirty Dancing’ cast

  Created: Monday, 09 May 2016 22:12

  From Staff and Wire Reports Another name was added in early April to the list of stars who have taken up residence in Western North Carolina for the filming of the remake of “Dirty Dancing” which is now in progress. Katey Sagal, star of “Married w...

• Trapeze gear stolen, delaying May opening

  Created: Monday, 09 May 2016 22:10

  From Staff Reports  The season-opening of Dare to Fly Trapeze at its new location at 254 Swannanoa River Road in Asheville has been delayed because someone stole company equipment critical for the net set up.  In the theft, someone broke into&...

• County, city budget plans to include no tax boosts boost

  Created: Monday, 09 May 2016 22:08

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com Neither Buncombe County nor Asheville will include a tax increase in their budget plans for the next fiscal year, the Council of Independent Business Owners were informed at an April 8 issues meeting at Chick-...

• Tasting room at New Belgium to open May 2

  Created: Monday, 09 May 2016 22:07

  From Staff Reports New Belgium brewery will open its sparkling new “Liquid Center” tasting room on May 2 at 21 Craven St. in West Asheville,  Beer fans will be able to taste locally brewed New Belgium beers for the first time at the brewery’s...

• City project to radically alter RAD

  Created: Monday, 09 May 2016 22:06

  From Staff Reports  The city of Asheville in early April began acquiring an estimated $6 million worth of land rights in the River Arts District as part of a $50 million transportation infrastructure project. Funded by a combination of local, state...

• 12 Bones RAD location to be demolished

  Created: Monday, 09 May 2016 22:05

  From Staff Reports  The flagship location of 12 Bones Smokehouse, located in the River Arts District, will be at least partially demolished soon so that Riverside Drive can be straightened as part of Asheville’s improvement plan for the River Arts...