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• Horoscope, April 2014

  Created: Wednesday, 02 April 2014 10:47

  By MARYANNE MORRIS Special to the Daily Planet Aries (March 21 - April 19) This month is going to be full of spring splendor for you, Aries, so enjoy the flowers!    Taurus (April 20 - May 20)  This is your month to let go of old ...

• Crystal Ball XXX set April 17 at UNCA

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 21:54

  Crystal Ball XXX will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 17, at UNCA's Lipinsky Auditorium (near the Ramsey Library).  This is the same location as the last five years. The event, which will be preceded by a reception from 6:15 to...

• Gun rights defended at city rally

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 21:21

  From Staff Reports Some people wore empty holsters, but the Daily Planet saw no guns openly carried during the hour-long second annual Second Amendment rally for gun rights held at “high noon” on a mild Feb. 22 at Pack Square in downtown Asheville. ...

• City man finds connection in Israel

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 21:14

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com Asheville native and businessman John Maltry and his wife Maria returned recently from a trip to Israel with a tour group led by former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee, a possible Republican candidate for president wh...

• Montreat College’s future still in limbo with merger rejection, cash flow woes

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 20:55

  From Staff Reports MONTREAT — Montreat College, which has experienced  financial challenges in the recent past, got another jolt when the board of trustees of Point University, a Christian school located near Atlanta, voted Feb. 24 to discontinue ...

• ‘Beyond Coal Initiative’ stirs debate

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 20:54

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com ENKA — A presentation on the Beyond Coal Initiative by Kelly Martin drew a number of questions and a few criticisms during a Feb. 7 breakfast meeting of the Council of Independent Business Owners at A-B Tech...

• Asheville’s Caleb Johnson advances on ‘American Idol’

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 20:52

  From Staff Reports  Young Asheville rock singer Caleb Johnson learned during the Feb. 27th “American Idol” show that he has survived another contestant cut on the TV talent show, and next will return to sing again March 5 on Fox (WHNS/Channel 21...

• Hilton hotel proposed for former Tripps site

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 20:51

  From Staff Reports  Plans to build a six- or seven-story hotel in the lot where the Tripps Restaurant used to operate in downtown Asheville are described as “tentative.” Preliminary plans were presented for review at the Feb. 14 meeting of the ...

• Decision pending on controversial project near WWC

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 20:49

  By LESLEE KULBA news@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com Consideration of a controversial development for the old Coggins farm property in Riceville, near Warren Wilson College, slid off the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners’ agenda. In meetings leading to...

• ‘New’ Citizen-Times? It’s about giving ‘more’ to readers, 2 execs say publisher, editor say

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 20:44

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com The new publisher and new editor of the Asheville Citizen-Times unveiled their strategy of sweeping changes for the newspaper during a Feb. 27 Critical issues luncheon address at the Country Club of ...

• Concert review: The Spinners spin a web in Spindale with ‘Philly Soul’ gold

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 16:20

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com SPINDALE — The Spinners, billed as the most popular soul vocal group of the 1970s and touring since the 1980s as a nostalgia act, gave the Spindale audience a musical spin on the joyous Philadelphia Soul tra...

• CONCERT REVIEW: Jones & Dap-Kings? A ‘funk-alution’

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 16:17

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com Sharon Jones promised less and delivered more — much more — during her charismatic Feb. 14 performance as the lead singer fronting the fabulous funk-soul revivalist group the Dap-Kings at a sold-out Orange...

• The Daily Planet’s Opinion: March 2014

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 16:07

  Despite the woes Montreat College is facing, we think the community and future generations would benefit from figuring out a way to keep the unique educational institution financially viable. As of this writing, the fate of Montreat College, founded in 1...

• letters to the Editor: March 2014

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 15:57

  Abortion subsidies called responsible way forward I have previously believed that, for the abortion rights leadership, making abortion more accessible was the primary objective and centralizing power an unfortunate side effect; but now I think ...

• The Candid Conservative: Leaders vs. personalities

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 15:54

  Man has this curious love-hate thing with higher authority. We love to worship, but we also love to resist. That’s not to say we’re worshiping God. As evidenced by where our energy goes, most of us worship food, work, sex, money, personal vanities, or...

• Age 90 is the new 60 (or 50)

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 15:51

  By D.G. MARTIN CHAPEL HILL — Famed Chapel Hill author Elizabeth Spencer has proved a North Carolina rule again. “Ninety is the new 60.” Or 50. Spencer, like academic leader William Friday and historian John Hope Franklin a few years earlier, sho...

• On the left An urban vision test

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 15:49

  By CECIL BOTHWELL As I write this column, the City of Asheville is about to commence demolition of its decrepit buildings on Haywood Street (i.e. the Haywood Street Property, or HSP), across from the Civic Center. I don’t know anyone who thinks removal...

• Tyranny in Raleigh? GOP leadership decried

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 15:47

  By LEE BALLARD In September 1972, I was a luncheon guest (with others) of President and Mrs. Ferdinand Marcos at Malacañang Palace in Manila.  Coincidentally, that same week, Marcos declared martial law.  The power grab was perfectly orchestr...

• Horoscope, March 2014

  Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2014 15:44

  By MARYANNE MORRIS Aries (March 21st-April 19th)         My dear Aries spring is on it’s way and it’s time you make some plans to enjoy the rays of the sun... Start planning your garden, maybe plant some exotic plants, too. Be th...

• I-26 link? Maybe 2020 for start up, official says

  Created: Friday, 07 February 2014 16:36

  By LESLEE KULBA and JOHN NORTH news@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com  Six lanes or eight lanes for the Interstate 26 connector through Asheville? The question has pushed back highway upgrades for the congested road system for more than two decades. Some i...