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• On last day, Baldwin, Nesbitt file to run

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 13:42

  From Staff Reports Former Buncombe County Board of Education member Lisa Baldwin filed for a state Senate seat, while former county Republican Party Chairman Chad Nesbitt filed to run for county commissioners’ chairman on Dec. 21 — the last day of fi...

• Downtown melée involving 20 people ‘very uncommon,’ city police claim

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 13:42

  From Staff Reports  A brawl involving 20 people early Dec. 12 is highly unusual for downtown Asheville, according to city police Sgt. Evan Coward. However, a bar owner Ben Reese, who witnessed the melée, told local news media he sees late-night, a...

• 3 fights erupt at AHS; 17 students suspended

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 13:41

  From Staff Reports  Seventeen Asheville High School students were suspended after three fights broke out after school Dec. 16, officials said. No one was seriously injured in the fights, which started at 3:30 p.m., according to school system spokes...

• Duke Energy cited by N.C. for erosion at coal ash landfill

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 13:40

  From Staff Reports  State regulators on Nov. 30 cited Duke Energy for two violations in connection with erosion problems at a coal ash landfill at the Asheville Regional Airport. However, no coal ash was washed away, according to a spokeswoman for ...

• Council to fight 8-laning of I-240 in W. AVL

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 13:36

  From Staff Reports Asheville City Council voted 7-0 on Dec. 8 to tell officials at the N.C. Department of Transportation how it wants the new version of Interstate 26 routed through Asheville, including favoring six lanes — instead of the 8 lanes plann...

• Affordable housing situation? ‘A crisis’

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 13:34

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com The problem of finding affordable housing in Asheville and Buncombe County is getting progressively worse, the Council of Independent Business Owners was told during a Dec. 4 meeting at Chick-fil-A restaurant ...

• Huckabee focuses on Christmas sacrifices

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 13:33

  From Staff Reports Returning to his roots as a Baptist minister in Arkansas, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee reminisced about the first Christmas — and the Christmas he finally was given an electric guitar — during his Dec. 19 keynote...

• Panthers’ facts to confuse the masses

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 13:32

  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 Daily Planet's Opinion: January 2016

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 13:30

  We thank Duke Energy for listening to legitimate concerns from the public and having the wisdom to change its plan to run a 45-mile transmission line across environmentally sensitive areas of Western North Carolina.  The change also will eliminate t...

• Letters to the editor: January 2016

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 13:25

  U.S. is on path to oblivion unless big changes occur What do ISIS and the Khmer Rouge of 1970 Cambodia have in common?  The short answer is that both began as small obscure factions, destined to remain so without the catastrophic intervention ...

• The Candid Conservative: Picking a president

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 13:19

  By CARL MUMPOWER Special to the Daily Planet   “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” ― Winston S. Churchill •  Oh boy – here we go again. In less than a year, we’ll be trudg...

• Good for Nicholas Sparks, good for N.C.

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 13:15

  By D.G. MARTIN Special to the Daily Planet CHAPEL HILL — “My books are all different,” Nicholas Sparks, the No. 1 New York Times best selling author who lives in New Bern, told a group of 500 fans on Oct. 13 at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Alumni Center. ...

• Trump, evangelicals: strange bedfellows

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 13:12

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet  A mind-bending photograph has snaked its way around the Internet. It shows Donald Trump mobbed by visibly euphoric fans.  One woman is holding her baby up as though for a Trump blessing. A hand-prin...

• Fear or hope for GOP? You decide x

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 13:10

  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...

• Everyone is to blame (except the left)

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 13:06

  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...

• 2 ‘voices of the century’ aflame as Barbra, Frank

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 13:01

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  HENDERSONVILLE — “Barbra and Frank: The Christmas Concert That Never Was” was a stellar show featuring two long-time singers-impressionists — and it was greeted with a sustained standing ovation ...

• ‘Chasing Rainbows’ proves to be a sparkler

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 12:59

  FLAT ROCK — “Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz,” the show that traces the life of Judy Garland, sparkled in its world premiere Nov. 27 on the mainstage of Flat Rock Playhouse. The premise of the musical (which closed Dec. 19) is that, to understand ...

• Rhoda Weaver ascends with ‘At Last,’ ‘Chain of Fools’

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 12:57

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com BLACK MOUNTAIN — Rhoda Weaver and the Soul Mates proved to be a smash with Weaver’s lush vocal performance of the Etta James’ classic “At Last” during a Dec. 5 concert at White Horse music hall. Oth...

• Palm reading: Sexy subterfuge or diagnostic tool?

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 12:54

  By SHELLEY WRIGHT Special to the Daily Planet Show of hands: Who thinks taking someone’s hands in their own and asking if they want their fortune told is sexier than asking what their sign is? Palm reading, or chiromancy, is definitely sexy, but it�...

• ‘Simply Sinatra’ thrills crowd by channeling ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes’ (his way)

  Created: Tuesday, 05 January 2016 12:52

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  World-renowned Frank Sinatra interpreter Steve Lippia joined with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra for a dazzling “Simply Sinatra Christmas” concert on Dec. 11 at  downtown Asheville’s Thomas ...