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By CARL MUMPOWER
Special to the Daily Planet
“Fads are the kiss of death. When the fad goes away, you go with it..”
— Conway Twitty
Brutalizing our police
As regards angry attitudes toward law enforcement officers, may I suggest we’...
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By D.G. MARTIN
Special to the Daily Planet
CHAPEL HILL — An important author’s struggles can help his readers
You can’t go home again.
This is what Thomas Wolfe learned after his thinly disguised autobiographical novel cast some of his family ...
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By LEE BALLARD
Special to the Daily Planet
“I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct.”
— Donald Trump
I confess this particular national problem hasn’t made my Top 50. But I’m not without o...
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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.
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The fo...
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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.
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The following was ...
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By SHELLEY WRIGHT
Special to the Daily Planet
Rule #1: They always know you’re coming.
It was the week before Christmas and I was ready for a romantic getaway. But when my boyfriend Miles showed up at my door, he was different. Not quite hims...
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By JOHN NORTH
john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com
BLACK MOUNTAIN — The Motown Explosion Dinner Show proved to have some rough edges, but its best moments more than made up for them during a Nov. 14 show at White Horse music hall.
About 100 people att...
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By JOHN NORTH
john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com
Russell Wilson’s Big Band heated up the night Nov. 15 in the Sunday Showcase at Isis Restaurant and Music Hall in West Asheville.
More than 60 people attended the three-hour show, which celebrated Wil...
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By AMANDA SWAFFORD
We grab for our fall wardrobe at the first whiff of a crisp breeze carrying the scent of turning leaves and cinnamon. Eager to don all of the cozy things, we pile on layers to be peeled off as necessary throughout the day.
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From Staff Reports
The famous wedding costume worn by Meryl Streep in the 1985 film "Out of Africa" has been on exhibition since Oct. 1 at the Inn on Biltmore Estate in Asheville.
The will spend a few months as a preview of a larger exhibition of ...
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UNC Asheville will hold its annual Holiday Art Sale, featuring student work in ceramics and many other media, from 4-7 p.m. Nov. 20, and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 21, in UNCA's S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, located on the ground floor of Owen Hall.
The sale is ope...
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From Staff Reports
A new study from the N.C. Department of Transportation released a recommendation to widen Interstate 240 to eight lanes in West Asheville, if the state has the money to do the job.
The Bowen Bridge, which carries traffic east and west...
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From Staff Reports
A new study from the N.C. Department of Transportation released a recommendation to widen Interstate 240 to eight lanes in West Asheville, if the state has the money to do the job.
The Bowen Bridge, which carries traffic east and west...
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From Staff Reports
A West Asheville coffee shop that has been source of controversy and protests in recent weeks was taken over on Oct. 5 by new owners, who already run a successful downtown coffehouse.
Kristin and Ross Britton, owners for five years of...
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High ... I really think I love you
By AMY ALKON
Special to the Daily Planet
Q: Two friends of mine are in “love at first sight” relationships. (One went from chills at seeing the guy to moving in with him weeks ...
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From Staff Reports
The large field of Asheville City Council candidates was narrowed to six candidates for three available seats for the nonpartisan general election on Nov. 3.
The six candidates on the balllot include Brian Haynes, assistant mana...
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From Staff Reports
Asheville City Council voted 7-0 on Oct. 13 to appeal — to the North Carolina Supreme Court – a decision to strip the city of its water system.
The vote was cast during a closed session with City Attorney Robin Currin at the...
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From Staff Reports
Mission Health’s proposed 12-story, $400 million tower encompassing 681,000 square feet — the largest-ever contruction project for Asheville — received site plan approval on a 7-0 vote from City Council on Oct. 13.
With co...
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‘Father of prepper movement’ tells
of several frightening scenarios
Last in a series of two stories
By JOHN NORTH
john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com
SALUDA — After describing what he termed a pathway to “make America great, again”...
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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...
