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• Issues, restructuring in APD questioned

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:35

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com ENKA — A presentation on “issues and restructuring” in connection to the embattled Asheville Police Department prompted several questions during a Jan. 9 meeting of the Council of Independent Business Ow...

• Development task force given praise for streamlining efforts

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:33

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com   ENKA — An update on Asheville’s development task force was followed by praise for the city’s efforts voiced by several local developers during a Jan. 9 meeting of the Council of Independent Busin...

• Interim police chief not certified in N.C.

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:32

  From Staff Reports  Steve Belcher, who began his new job as interim Asheville police chief on Jan. 20, will not be a sworn law enforcement officer. Belcher said he has explored getting the state certification, “but, as the same time, my job is no...

• Mayor says reporting ‘inaccurate;’ salutes city police for their service

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:32

  From Staff Reports  In response to newspaper articles critical of goings-on related to the Asheville Police Department, Mayor Esther Manheimer wrote recently that, while there are problems, there is much to appreciate regarding the APD. Her op-ed p...

• Study finds severe morale issues in APD

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:31

  From Staff Reports  The Matrix Consulting firm’s survey of Asheville Police Department officers indicates there are severe morale issues within the APD. On the positive side, of the 96 APD employees who completed the survey (more than half of the...

• Asheville makes top 10 list of sickest cities in America

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:30

  From Staff Reports  Asheville is among the top 10 sickest cities in the nation this week, according to WebMD’s Cold and Flu Map. Also making the list were Greenville and Spartanburg, both in South Carolina. The map ranks regions based on the lev...

• City ranked 2nd-best in U.S. startup listing

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:29

  From Staff Reports  Asheville recently was named one of the best cities in America in which to start a business. Specifically, the city has been rated the second-best in a ranking of “Startup Cities” in the country, based on its growing craft b...

• Asheville: It’s a ‘best place’ for filmmakers

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:28

  From Staff Reports MovieMaker Magazine, a national publication with a focus on art and the movie-making business, recently heralded Asheville as the second-best town to live and work in as a filmmaker. The national magazine named Asheville to its annual...

• Abortion clinic opens

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:27

  From Staff Reports  Planned Parenthood Asheville Health Center, which will be the only abortion provider in Western North Carolina, opened a $2.9 million health facility on Jan. 16. The clinic is located south of downtown Asheville on McDowell Stre...

• TEDxAsheville’s fate pending

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:25

  From Staff Reports  The organizers of TEDxAsheville, who said in mid-January that the local ideas conference’s future was in doubt, did a turnaround a week later and noted on their website, “Let’s keep it going.”  During a recent TEDxA...

• New district attorney presents his 2015 plan

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:24

  From Staff Reports  ENKA — Newly elected Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams outlined his ambitious plans for his first year in office in 2015 to the Council of Independent Business Owners in a Jan. 9 presentation at A-B Tech. “This...

• Woman hit, dies; protest staged at crossing

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:23

  From Staff Reports  Following the recent untimely death of pedestrian Yvonne Patricia “Patsy” Lewis, a protest was held amid speeding traffic in frigid weather Jan. 23 at Merrimon and Coleman Avenues. The rally, which drew about 45 participants...

• UNCA rated 3rd on ‘impact’ schools list

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:22

  UNC Asheville announced Feb. 4 that it has been ranked third nationally on the “Best Schools for Making an Impact” list, part of The Princeton Review’s new college rankings guide that had just been published. The guide,“Colleges That Pay You Back...

• Annual Anti-Valentine’s Day Pillow Fight protest set

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:21

  From Staff Reports  Asheville’s annual Anti-Valentine’s Day Pillow Fight protest rally likely will feature war paint — as well as pillows — from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in Pritchard Park, 67 Patton Ave., downtown. The event, which was ins...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: Hurray for Sunday bus service!

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:19

  What a wonderful step forward that Asheville has expanded its bus service to seven days a week, now including Sundays. The long-awaited improvement is the largest service addition since Asheville launched its transit master plan in 2012. As of the morni...

• letters to the Editor: February 2015

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:16

  CTS asked to show ‘love’ by cleaning up its pollution  On Valentines Day 2015, we’ll deliver over 1,200 signatures, handwritten letters, post cards, and video testimonials to CTS headquarters in Elkhart, Indiana (nicknamed the “City wit...

• The Candid Conservative: Racing toward stupidity

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:12

  “A squirrel runs around looking for nuts, hiding from foxes, listening for predators, and watching for other squirrels. The squirrel does this because that’s all it can do. All the squirrel has is a lizard brain.” — Seth Godin By CARL MUMPOWER ...

• Holding onto our humanity

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:11

  By D.G. MARTIN Special to the Daily Planet CHAPEL HILL —  “What is our tolerance for brutality?” A minister asked this question from the pulpit one Sunday morning recently and suggested that his listeners consider recent news stories relat...

• What if the South really did want out?

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:09

  By LEE BALLARD Special to the Daily Planet I read a column recently that suggested Democrats should forget the South.   Democrats, the columnist said, should go about building an enlightened society that meets the needs of our people.  He end...

• Pope’s comments likely to please Satanists

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:02

  EDITOR'S NOTE: 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. By PETE KAILER Special to the Daily Planet The follo...