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• 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...

• Old candidates? They’re cool now

  Created: Thursday, 03 March 2016 12:12

  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...

• James Hunter Six revs up

  Created: Thursday, 03 March 2016 12:07

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com   The James Hunter Six played hard and well — and all-too-briefly — during a soul-fueled concert on a snowy, icy, 20-degree night Feb. 9 at the Grey Eagle Music Hall in Asheville’s River Arts D...

• Little Anthony & the Imperials still can charm

  Created: Thursday, 03 March 2016 12:04

  “You don’t remember me, but I remember you it was not so long ago, you broke my heart in two Tears on my pillow, pain in my heart  Caused by you, you....” — “Tears on My Pillow” lyrics • FRANKLIN — One of the very few doo-wop gr...

• The Santa Claus experiment — Part 2

  Created: Thursday, 03 March 2016 12:01

  By SHELLEY WRIGHT Special to the Daily Planet In last month’s column, we were discussing the making of a tulpa, a thought-form that can be seen by others and interact with them. Since a tulpa is the sum of whatever characteristics are given to it, I ...

• Manilow tribute scores V-Day hit

  Created: Thursday, 03 March 2016 11:59

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  HENDERSONVILLE — For Valentine’s weekend, a surprisingly riveting and romantic performance of “The Music of Barry Manilow” was featured by the Flat Rock Playhouse at its downtown Hendersonville s...

• Manilow tribute scores V-Day hit

  Created: Thursday, 03 March 2016 11:59

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  HENDERSONVILLE — For Valentine’s weekend, a surprisingly riveting and romantic performance of “The Music of Barry Manilow” was featured by the Flat Rock Playhouse at its downtown Hendersonville s...

• Media’s war on football escalates

  Created: Thursday, 03 March 2016 11:56

  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, reporter and afternoon producer. This column f...

• Sock Hops quartet wows audience with vocals, moves

  Created: Thursday, 03 March 2016 11:54

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  FRANKLIN — The sweet-singing vocal quartet, The Sock Hops, billed as “Georgia’s premier oldies group,” wowed the crowd with tight, four-part harmonies on Jan. 30 at the Smoky Mountain Center for ...

• The last Bee Gee still gets around

  Created: Thursday, 03 March 2016 11:53

  MIAMI, Fla. — Barry Gibb, the lone surviving member of the iconic rock-disco group the Bee Gees, recently was spotted in attendance of a Miami-area charity fundraiser. Since the recent deaths of his two brothers, Robin and Maurice Gibb, who rounded out...

• I-26 work gets earlier start date

  Created: Saturday, 06 February 2016 18:12

  I-40 interchange in Black Mountain also accelerated From Staff Reports The initial construction date for part of the I-26 Connector through Asheville has been advanced — by a year, the North Carolina Board of Transportati...

• Council votes to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Asheville

  Created: Saturday, 06 February 2016 18:10

  From Staff Reports Asheville City Council voted unanimously on Jan. 12 to adopt Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a replacement for Columbus Day locally. The proclamation states that Asheville was built on the homelands and villages of native people who live...

• The Advice Goddess: February 2016

  Created: Saturday, 06 February 2016 18:03

  By AMY ALKON Special to the Daily Planet   Shove hurts Q: I’ve spent hundreds of dollars on a relationship coach, who instructed me to cut off all sex and even all contact with the guy I was dating until he agreed to marry me. I knew he loved m...

• Salmon Rushdie, writer, provocateur to speak at UNCA

  Created: Saturday, 06 February 2016 17:53

  From Staff Reports Salmon Rushdie, a novelist who spent nearly a decade in hiding after his controversial novel prompted death threats from Iran, will speak about his experiences at 7 p.m. Feb. 18 in UNC Asheville’s Kimmel Arena. Rushdie will address ...

• Mount Mitchell’s 66-inch snowfall sets a record rere

  Created: Saturday, 06 February 2016 17:52

  From Staff Reports Mount Mitchell, the highest peak in the Eastern United States, amassed the highest snowfall total in the massive storm that swept through Asheville — and up the East Coast — on the weekend of Jan. 22-24. With 5 more inches added b...

• The ‘state of downtown?’ More parking a top priority

  Created: Saturday, 06 February 2016 17:51

  From Staff Reports  Downtown Asheville has made major progress in its transition from a largely deserted, decaying area to one of the nation’s most popular city centers, but there remains much room for improvement, especially adding more parking, ...

• Vance Monument vandalism prompts police investigation

  Created: Saturday, 06 February 2016 17:50

  From Staff Reports  Asheville police were investigating a case of vandalism at Vance Monument after someone spray-painted what appeared to be a noose above blue, block-lettered words, “Black lives matter.” The noose and words were found about 11...

• City’s jobless rate remains lowest of N.C. metro areas

  Created: Saturday, 06 February 2016 17:49

  From Staff Reports  The Asheville metro area – a U.S.-government designated region comprising Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Madison counties – again had the lowest unemployment rate of the state’s 15 metro areas in November. Asheville reco...

• Buncombe crime drops 14%, sheriff says

  Created: Saturday, 06 February 2016 17:48

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com The crime rate in Buncombe County dropped significantly in the last year, the Council of Independent Owners was told during a Jan. 8 presentation at Chick-fil-A restaurant in North Asheville. Presenting the B...

• Proposed S. AVL apartment complex delayed; developer seeks April vote

  Created: Saturday, 06 February 2016 17:46

  From Staff Reports Developer Rusty Pulliam on Jan. 26 received unanimous approval from Asheville City Council on his request for a delay on council’s vote on his proposed 272-unit apartment complex proposed for Mills Gap Road in South Asheville. Pulli...