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• The Sock Hops: The lion roars tonight

  Created: Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:00

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  FRANKLIN — The Sock Hops vocal group had the audience standing  to cheer and clap even before finishing its vintage doo-wop rendition of The Tokens’ 1961 No. 1 hit “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” ...

• ‘The Interview’ termed clumsy effort

  Created: Wednesday, 18 February 2015 23:56

  By KATHERINE NAGEL Special to the Daily Planet  The film “The Interview,” overall, predictably follows the formulaic stylings of Director-Actor Seth Rogen, whose projects are always irreverent and coarse, with several expected and gra...

• V-Day flame: ‘50 Shades of Grey’ film

  Created: Wednesday, 18 February 2015 23:53

  By AMY DANGELICO Special to the Daily Planet The film adaptation of the outrageously successful erotic novel “Fifty Shades of Grey” by British author E.L. James will premiere in U.S. theaters Feb. 13 — just in time for Valentine’s Day ...

• Splatter us once, shame on you....

  Created: Wednesday, 18 February 2015 23:50

  Young and In the Way puts blood on hold in rousing return to Asheville By AMY DANGELICO Special to the Daily Planet While the performance was certainly not lacking in grueso...

• Protests allege police brutality targets blacks

  Created: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 16:21

  From Staff Reports At least seven protest rallies have been held in the past month or so across Buncombe County over alleged police brutality targeting blacks.  The protests were triggered by two cases: • A Ferguson, Mo., grand jury decision on ...

• 2 conservatives catch flak from their own base

  Created: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 16:19

  From Staff Reports Two local conservatives said in mid-December that some of their support base was angered by the cancellation of their pro-police rally, planned for Dec. 11, after activists from the LBGTQ community announced that they would hold a coun...

• Interim APD chief named; sees no crisis

  Created: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 16:16

  From Staff Reports Asheville’s soon-to-be interim Police Chief Steve Belcher said Dec. 18 that he does not see the Asheville Police Department being in crisis, despite nearly one in four officers having signed a petition saying they had no faith in dep...

• Advice Goddess: You delete me

  Created: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 16:11

  Q: —  I’m trying to get over my ex, but I’m constantly checking his Twitter and Facebook pages, and I get really upset. I’ll see pix of women or see that he’s gone to some event and wonder whether he met anyone there. It’s crazy-making, b...

• DeLay on Obama: a Marxist, likely a Muslim

  Created: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 16:06

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com President Barack Obama is a Marxist and probably a Muslim, former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay charged during a Dec. 12 speech at Asheville’s Crowne Plaza Expo Center. “I thank God for Pre...

• GOP-led legislature’s successes touted by McCrory, Tillis at dinner

  Created: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 15:50

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com As a result of the Republican Party’s takeover of North Carolina’s legislature in 2012, the state government is clicking on all cylinders, according to speeches by Gov. Pat McCory and Sen.-elect Thom Til...

• Van Duynn named Senate minority whip for next two years

  Created: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 15:49

  From Staff Reports RALEIGH –  Sen. Terry Van Duyn of Biltmore Forest was chosen by Senate Democrats on Dec. 17 to serve as minority whip for the next two years and Sen. Dan Blue, D-Wake, was kept on as minority leader. Van Duyn was elected a sena...

• Homeless man bows out of council race

  Created: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 15:48

  From Staff Reports  The upcoming race for a seat on Asheville City Council dwindled by one, when a homeless man who planned to run dropped out on Dec. 15. James Bullman, 38, said that he would not run after all in the 2015 election. He has been hom...

• Councilman Bothwell pleads guilty to DWI as most effective legislator in Raleigh

  Created: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 15:46

  From Staff Reports Asheville City Councilman Cecil Bothwell pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in Buncombe County District Court on Nov. 23. Bothwell was given a 30-day suspended sentence with one year of unsupervised probation by Judge Calvin ...

• UNCA board OKs 5% tuition boost

  Created: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 15:44

  From Staff Reports  Tuition at UNC Asheville will increase by 5 percent for in-state and out-of-state of students, while room and board costs and mandatory fees will hold steady under the tuition and fee plan for the 2015-16  academic year appr...

• Best-values ratings rise for UNCA

  Created: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 15:43

  From Staff Reports  UNC Asheville is once again among the top 100 “Best Values in Public Colleges” in the 2015 rankings released online Dec. 17 by Kiplinger’s, advancing to number 51 nationally, up from number 58 last year. In creating its ra...

• Asheville named to ‘World’s Best Cities’ list

  Created: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 15:42

  From Staff Reports  National Geographic Travel recently named Asheville as an “up-and-coming” city in its new book, “World’s Best Cities: Celebrating 220 Great Destinations.” The book calls Asheville “a mecca of awesome mountain scenery...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: PerformanceCenter: Let's build it

  Created: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 15:40

  With the new year, the time has come for Asheville to move ahead with The Performance Center, a proposed state-of-the-art entertainment facility to support the growing cultural arts of the area. The 2,000-seat center is projected to cost $55 million, wit...

• Letters to the Editor: January 2015

  Created: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 15:37

  Ramsey, Moffitt thanked for their legislative efforts  Immeasurable thanks go to Representatives Nathan Ramsey and Tim Moffitt from thousands of us who appreciate their service. While cutting taxes for all, they reigned in N.C.’s wasteful spendin...

• Holding on to our humanity

  Created: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 15:35

  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 Sunday morning and suggested that his listeners consider recent news stories relating to “enhanced ...

• The Candid Conservative: The new champions of racism

  Created: Tuesday, 06 January 2015 15:30

  “The word ‘racism’ is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything.” — Thomas Sowell   The Problem Events in Ferguson, Mo., reveal America’s growing dedication to racism as permanent public policy.  That mission rests fir...