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• Casting lighter-skinned Saldana as Nina Simone triggers backlash

  Created: Thursday, 07 April 2016 21:17

  From Staff Reports Climatologist Katharine Hayhoe, who readily admits she doesn’t believe in global warming, will visit Asheville for a series of events April 5-6. She is an associate professor and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech ...

• Casting lighter-skinned Saldana as Nina Simone triggers backlash

  Created: Thursday, 07 April 2016 21:14

  From Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — A fresh round of criticism erupted for the soon-to-be-released film “Nina” — starring Zoe Saldana — after the trailer, poster and April 22 release date were unveiled. Simone’s family and fans once ag...

• Advice Goddess: March 2016

  Created: Friday, 04 March 2016 12:39

  Really old men in the hood By AMY ALKON Special to the Daily Planet Q:  When I was in my youth, a lot of women I knew fell for bad boys. I’m now a man in my 60s, entering retirement. Amazingly, I’m finding that even women my age prefer bad b...

• Writers risk death voicing truth to power, Rushdie says

  Created: Friday, 04 March 2016 12:35

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com In a harsh world where ruthless dictatorships can reach someone virtually anywhere, writers who speak truth to powerful governments increasingly risk everything — including their lives — in doing so, accla...

• Body cam video should not be made public, city safety chair Bothwell says

  Created: Friday, 04 March 2016 12:30

  From Staff Reports Police body camera videos should not be available to the public for viewing, according to Cecil Bothwell, City Council’s public safety chairman and a former journalist, who recently took a firm stance in the national debate about the...

• UNCA chancellor gives update on looming bond referendum

  Created: Friday, 04 March 2016 12:29

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com A report on the Connect North Carolina bond referendum, specifically detailing how it would provide needed infrastructure improvements and repairs at UNC Asheville, was presented Feb. 5 during a 30-minute brea...

• City named a top pick for spring break

  Created: Friday, 04 March 2016 12:28

  From Staff Reports  Asheville was named a top choice for spring break travel for “up-and-comers” looking for outdoors adventures recently by the website CheapTickets.com. The so-called “Paris of the South” ranked No. 2 as an outdoors destin...

• ASO director to leave in 2018

  Created: Friday, 04 March 2016 12:28

  From Staff Reports  The conductor and music director of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra for 13 seasons will depart in 2018, David Whitehill,  ASO exectuive director, announced in mid-February. Meyer will conduct the full schedule during the 2...

• Metro AVL’s jobless rate falls to 4.2%

  Created: Friday, 04 March 2016 12:27

  From Staff Reports  Western North Carolina’s perennial leaders in the state for lowest unemployment rates — by county and metro area — again led the way in December, figures released Feb. 3 indicated. Buncombe County dropped to 3.9 percent fr...

• UNCA ranked No. 1 for ‘making an impact’

  Created: Friday, 04 March 2016 12:25

  From Staff Reports  UNC Asheville has earned top marks in the Colleges that Pay You Back: 2016 Edition, ranking No. 1 in the nation for “Best Schools for Making an Impact,” the university announced Feb. 2. The category recognizes schools with t...

• For 1st time, UNCA names a building after black backer

  Created: Friday, 04 March 2016 12:21

  Civic leader, ex-UNCA board chair Whitesides honored From Staff Reports  For the first time, UNC Asheville has named an academic building in honor of an African-American, Alfred J. Whitesides Jr.  The building, previously known as New Hall, w...

• Peace Corps rates UNCA 11th among small schools

  Created: Friday, 04 March 2016 12:19

  From Staff Reports UNC Asheville has been ranked by the Peace Corps as one of the top-producing colleges for alumni now serving as volunteers in the organization. Specifically, the university is rated No. 11 among small schools in the nation. “UNC As...

• UNCA lauded as top producer of Fulbright scholars

  Created: Friday, 04 March 2016 12:18

  From Staff Reports  The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has unveiled that UNC Asheville is among the U.S. colleges and universities with the highest number of Fulbright Scholars in 2015-16, UNCA announced Feb....

• Woman dies after being found in dumpster with screwdriver in skull in dumpster with screwdriver in skull

  Created: Friday, 04 March 2016 12:16

  From Staff Reports A woman was found fatally wounded with a screwdriver embedded in her skull and lying in a trash bin, late afternoon Feb. 12 in Asheville. Despite rescue efforts, she died shortly after being found. Ambulance crews briefly resuscitated...

• Letters to the editor: March 2016

  Created: Thursday, 03 March 2016 12:38

  Why do Hillary’s emails remain a huge problem?  Here’s why Hillary Clinton’s emails are a huge problem: • It’s not a conspiracy by the Republicans. • Clinton is accused of using her personal email server to hold classified material whi...

• The Daily Planet’s Opinion: April 2016

  Created: Thursday, 03 March 2016 12:36

  Kudos to UNCA for courage to host a talk by fatwa target Our terrific local university, UNC Asheville, really cranked it up a notch in its mission to promulgate the free exchange of ideas in the neve...

• The Candid Conservative We should not be PLS-D

  Created: Thursday, 03 March 2016 12:33

   By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”   ― Winston Churchill  The problem The...

• Coughs/sneezes on campus monuments/names

  Created: Thursday, 03 March 2016 12:27

  By D.G. MARTIN Special to the Daily Planet   CHAPEL HILL — “When America catches a cold, Britain sneezes — eventually.” Writing in The New York Times, Matthew d’Ancona, a graduate of Britain’s Oxford University and columnist for Briti...

• Social conservatives look silly years later

  Created: Thursday, 03 March 2016 12:24

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet   The 19th Amendment, the one that gave women the right to vote, was passed by Congress in June, 1919 and went out to the state legislatures for ratification.  Fourteen months later enough states had...

• What passing of Scalia means for U.S.?

  Created: Thursday, 03 March 2016 12:16

  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...