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• General election planned Nov. 4

  Created: Friday, 07 November 2014 22:14

  From Staff Reports  This year, North Carolina voters will elect a U.S. senator,  U.S. representatives, state legislators, a majority of the state Supreme Court, and numerous county officials and school board members. These people enact and enfo...

• Citizen-Times touts plan to stay No. 1 in news

  Created: Friday, 07 November 2014 22:10

  First in a series of two stories By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com   The questions from the audience came fast and furious from the very opening of the program, but, undeterred, Jon Ostendorf finally managed to get through his Fab Fri...

• Letters to the Editor: November 2014

  Created: Friday, 07 November 2014 22:07

  Turnout at polls termed vital to avoid cut in benefits Early this year, the Supreme Court with its McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission decision further freed donors with massive wealth, such as the politically ambitious Koch Brothers to pour d...

• The Daily Planet’s Opinion: November 2014

  Created: Friday, 07 November 2014 22:06

  Downtown Asheville is widely credited with having a top-notch architectural heritage compared to other similar-sized cities — and it now appears to be at a crossroads in preserving its unique character. A looming explosion of building activity is on th...

• Cecil Bothwell: On the left — Any way you look at it, you lose

  Created: Friday, 07 November 2014 22:03

  By CECIL BOTHWELL The media and pollsters and politicians like to sort us out into neat piles. There are liberals and conservatives, and people in the middle.  There are progressives and tea partiers and boomers and millennials and GenXers and wha...

• D.G. Martin: North Carolina’s last liberal?

  Created: Friday, 07 November 2014 22:01

  By D.G. MARTIN CHAPEL HILL — What was the greatest political upset in North Carolina political history? Old-timers will tell you that it was Kerr Scott’s victory in the Democratic primary for governor in 1948. Scott, a dairy farmer from Alamance Cou...

• Carl Mumpower/The Candid Conservative: Vets are fast becoming another selfish interest group

  Created: Friday, 07 November 2014 21:53

  By CARL MUMPOWER “Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.”  — Erich Fromm The Problem        Recent trouble at the Veteran’s Ad...

• Lee Ballard: Wrong path? Was headline intended as joke?

  Created: Friday, 07 November 2014 21:50

  By LEE BALLARD The Daily Planet’s front-page headline read:  “County headed on wrong path, GOP’s poll says.” “Dadgummit,” I said (or something similar), “I’m going to write a column on that.” OK, I admit I read it as “country�...

• Christmas Jam sparklers to include Vince Gill

  Created: Friday, 07 November 2014 21:47

  From Staff Reports Warren Haynes will bring his 26th Annual Christmas Jam to Asheville’s U.S. Cellular Center on Dec. 13 — and Vince Gill is expected to be among the show’s top attractions.  Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m...

• City’s ‘American Idol’ winner to appear in Holiday Parade

  Created: Friday, 07 November 2014 21:46

  From Staff Reports    The holiday season in Asheville officially will be launched the week before Thanksgiving with the 68th Annual Asheville Holiday Parade, presented by Bojangles, on Nov. 22, beginning at 11a.m. The Asheville Downtown Assoc...

• 2 writers to speak at Malaprop's

  Created: Saturday, 11 October 2014 16:48

  Novelist Tommy Hays, director of UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program, will team with first amendment advocate Pam Scales for a discussion of Hays’ middle-grades novel and issues facing children’s authors and young readers at 3 p.m. Oct. 12...

• UNCA series to present 'Meet Mack the Knife'

  Created: Saturday, 11 October 2014 16:36

  Musicology scholar Naomi Graber and piano and voice duo Vance Reese and Amanda Horton will present Meet Mack the Knife at 7 p.m. Oct. 14 in UNC Asheville's Reuter Center. Graber will explore the Jewish influences on the compositions of Kurt Wei...

• County headed on wrong path, GOP’s poll says

  Created: Saturday, 11 October 2014 16:31

  From Staff Reports The Buncombe County Republican Party recently commissioned a poll and the results — released Sept. 12 — show that most voters believe Buncombe County is headed in the wrong direction, with only 28 percent of likely voters believing...

• Terrorists will ‘bring it here,’ focusing on ‘soft targets,’ author-prof predicts

  Created: Saturday, 11 October 2014 16:27

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  SALUDA — Sporting suspenders, newly engaged to be married and having finally released the follow-up to his New York Times best-seller, “One Second After,” William “Bill” Forstchen predicted a s...

• Speakers mainly oppose fracking in WNC

  Created: Saturday, 11 October 2014 16:26

  CULLOWHEE – Fracking would would pose a serious threat to the environment in Western North Carolina and proposed state rules are inadequate to prevent problems, speakers said repeatedly during a public hearing here Sept. 12. The hearing about hydraulic...

• City intersection rated among worst

  Created: Saturday, 11 October 2014 16:24

  From Staff Reports   Asheville’s crossing at Patton Avenue and New Leicester Highway is one of the nation’s 12 most dangerous intersections, according to TIME Magazine. The nation’s most dangerous intersection is where Knights Road cross...

• A-B Tech’s new chief unveils his ‘vision’

  Created: Saturday, 11 October 2014 16:23

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  A-B Tech’s new president Dennis King discussed plans for the school’s future during a Leadership Asheville Forum meeting Sept. 24 at Country Club of Asheville. About 60 people attended the luncheon....

• Caleb Johnson to be city’s holiday parade marshal

  Created: Saturday, 11 October 2014 16:21

  From Staff Reports The Asheville Downtown Association  recently announced that “American Idol” winner Caleb Johnson will serve as grand marshall for the Asheville Holiday Parade, presented by Bojangles, on Nov. 22. About 25,000 people are expec...

• Readers name Asheville nation’s ‘quirkiest town’

  Created: Saturday, 11 October 2014 16:18

  From Staff Reports  Travel + Leisure readers have named Asheville the quirkiest town in the United States, according to the magazine’s September edition. The magazine noted, “Asheville, N.C., for instance, ranked highly for its booming craft be...

• Mission Health axes 130 workers; plans to add 147

  Created: Saturday, 11 October 2014 16:17

  Asheville-based Mission Health System announced at the end of September that is has cut 130 jobs in what it is calling a reorganization that, it says, will ultimately add more workers. the company next year will end up with an increase of 147 jobs to han...