Filter  MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Year20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 5101520253050100All Filter

• Update provided on N.C. legislation to CIBO by Turner

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 16:17

  From Staff Reports Rep. Brian Turner, a recently elected Asheville-area official, provided an update of new and pending legislation in the state General Assembly during the June 5 meeting of the Council of Independent Business Owners About 60 people att...

• Asheville hires its 1st female chief of police

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 16:16

  From Staff Reports Asheville hired its first female police chief — and its third police chief in four years — in an appointment announced by the city on May 29. Tammy Hooper is a deputy chief of police in Alexandria, Va., and a 26-year veteran of la...

• City’s odds improving to become Charlotte Hornets’ D League team

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 16:14

  From Staff Reports  With two cities dropping out early, Asheville’s opportunity to become the home of the NBA Charlotte Hornets’ D League franchise has improved. In May, the Hornets sent out a request for proposal to seven North Carolina and So...

• Despite complaint, use of ‘The Kite Runner’ backed

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 16:12

  From Staff Reports  Buncombe County schools should continue to use the novel “The Kite Runner” in the classroom, a committee recently recommended. On June 16, the committee voted to recommend that the county school board uphold an earlier decis...

• A-B Tech cutting budget, 10 jobs

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 16:09

  School also closing Enka campus building From Staff Reports  As Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College tries to balance its budget and make up an expected shortfall in state dollars, the school announced plans in ea...

• Rep. Meadows reinstated as subcommittee chairman

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 16:08

  From Staff Reports  WASHINGTON — Rep. Mark Meadows, R-Cashiers, who had been stripped of a subcommittee chairmanship after voting against his party’s wishes on trade legislation, was reinstated in late June. Meadows said June 25 that he greatly...

• Prepper event termed sucess

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 16:07

  From Staff Reports  WAYNESVILLE — The Heritage Life Skill IV weekend drew a number of preppers (aka “survivalists”) May 29-31 at the Haywood County Fairgrounds. A food truck was on site for meals and snacks. In addition, Blue Ridge BBQ set up...

• Vance Monument restored, rededicated

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 16:06

  From Staff Reports The restored Vance Monument was rededicated during a June 6 ceremony that drew more than 100 attendees, with a sizable contingent of Masons, to Pack Square in downtown Asheville. The 75-foot-tall granite obelisk bears the name of 19th...

• UNCA students call for Vance Hall renaming

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 16:04

  From Staff Reports Confederate Governor and Colonel Zebulon Vance’s name is on the campus police station at UNC Asheville and students say it’s time for that to change. A group filed an online petition this week as leaders across the South debated r...

• City council candidates roundup

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 15:48

  From Staff Reports There are three seats up for grabs on the seven-member Asheville City Council this year. As of late June, there were nine known candidates. The election process will include an Oct. 6 primary, along with the Nov. 3 general election. ...

• The Daily Planet’s Opinion: July 2015

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 15:44

  African-American marker needed  We think the time has come for a monument to be erected in Pack Square, downtown’s centerpiece, to recognize under-represented contributions to Asheville. Indeed, the African-American Heritage Commissio...

• Letters to the editor: July 2015

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 15:31

  Duke substation relocation would force cuts for payoff  Since Duke Power (Duke Energy Progress) appears to have the right to build their substation next to the (Isaac Dickson Elementary) school, the operative question for council is: what other city...

• The Candid Conservative: Solomon was a conservative

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 15:27

  By CARL MUMPOWER  Special to the Daily Planet “Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.”  — William F. Buckley Jr. The problem The smartest ma...

• Why we lost the war on terrorism

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 15:25

  By D.G. MARTIN Special to the Daily Planet CHAPEL HILL — “I am a United States Army general, and I lost the Global War on Terrorism.” These are the opening lines of retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Daniel P. Bolger’s book, “Why We Lost: A General�...

• Military-minded serve a valuable purpose

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 15:23

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet A Washington Post survey last March asked people what concerned them about a possible U.S. involvement against ISIS in Iraq —  that we would go too far or that we wouldn’t go far enough. Republicans r...

• 3rd party? How about a 4th! GOP, Dems, Rand and Bernie\

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 15:17

  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...

• People in darkness have seen a great light

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 15:14

  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...

• ‘Jacksonland’ offers harsh portrait of former president

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 15:10

  By DAVE ROWE Special to the Daily Planet      For the man on the 20-dollar bill, the night of June 1 at downtown Asheville’s Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café was not a good one. Andrew Jackson is a main character in the new book  “J...

• Stars Ball competition draws hundreds of dancers

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 15:08

  The Asheville Stars Ball dance competition on June 6 drew hundreds of dance competitors in pro-am, solos, ballroom, Latin, smooth, rhythm and country events at the Asheville Ballroom and Event Center. The competition was organized by Zeki Maviyildiz, who...

• The courage award meme lie exposed

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2015 15:05

  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...