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• Art Pope targeted in protest

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 23:25

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com WEAVERVILLE — Amid bone-chilling winds, about 30 people staged a one-hour informational picket here Dec. 15 against North Carolina Budget Director Art Pope, contending that the owner of Variety Wholesalers...

• Biased media aims to ruin him, Meadows claims

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 23:23

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com In no uncertain terms, U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-Glenville, said in Asheville on Dec. 7 that his position in the recent partial federal government shutdown was highly overstated by what he termed a mainstream ...

• Clarifications and corrections

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 23:20

  TO REPORT AN ERROR The Asheville Daily Planet strives to be accurate in all articles published. Contact the News Department at news@ashevilledailyplanet.com, (828) 252-6565, or P.O. Box 8490, Asheville, N.C. 28814-8490. • As a matter of clarification...

• Apodaca touts N.C. legislative achievements

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 23:18

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com Touting progress in the past year that, he contended, has been under-reported or omitted by much of the news media, state Sen. Tom Apodaca, R-Hendersonville, presented a highly positive North Carolina legislat...

• Ex-UNCA official aims to unseat Moffitt

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 22:59

  From Staff Reports  Brian Turner, a former assistant vice chancellor at UNC Asheville, announced Dec. 10 that he is going to run against the legislator Ashevillians love to hate — state Rep. Tim Moffitt, R-Arden. Moffitt, the two-term incumbent s...

• Katuah Market begins business with soft opening

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 22:58

  From Staff Reports Katuah Market, Asheville’s newest natural foods grocery store and café, opened its doors for business with a “soft opening” at noon Dec. 18. Located in historic Biltmore Station in Biltmore Village, the 14,000 square-foot store...

• Kiplinger again ranks UNCA among tops

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 22:55

  From Staff Reports  UNC Asheville announced Dec. 12 that it is included once again among the top 100 “Best Values in Public Colleges,” in rankings recently released by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. Beginning with a pool of almost 600 public i...

• UNCA fees raised, along with tuition for out-of-staters

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 22:54

  From Staff Reports  Tuition will hold steady in the 2014-15 academic year for in-state students at UNC Asheville, as part of a tuition and fee plan approved unanimously by the university’s Board of Trustees at its Dec. 6 meeting. For North Caroli...

• To go beyond hope, go to work, theologian says

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 22:51

  Last of two stories By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com Sometimes people ask him if he is optimistic about or hopeful for the future of humanity, internationally known rebel theologian Matthew Fox said during his Nov. 16 evening address at Jubi...

• 25th Christmas Jam? A beauty x

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 22:47

  By DAVE ROWE Special to the Daily Planet It was Friday the 13th and the U.S Cellular Center in downtown Asheville was home for the first in a two-night run of the 25th annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam. The Dec. 13th show featured artists collaboratin...

• A review: ‘Swingin’ Little Christmas’ show leaves the stars twinkling

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 22:43

  By JOHN NORTH john@AshevilleDailyPlanet.com   Russ Wilson’s “Have Yourself a Swingin’ Little Christmas” show was, musically, a marvel, and Wilson’s repartee with his guest singers, bandmates and the crowd hit more than it missed the mark...

• The Daily Planet’s Opinion: January 2014

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 22:39

  Cellphone-free zones? Modest plea unveiled Around the world, some of the more contemplative societies boast  businesses, especially restaurants, which offer cellphone-free zones. In such case, roped off areas with signs emphasiz...

• Letters to the Editor: January 2014

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 21:25

  Billy Graham, really, Cecil? Last month (in the Daily Planet), Cecil Bothwell’s article was yet another attack on Billy Graham and his association. The accusations he made have no roots, unless you have a liberal bias. Most of us know what Billy Graha...

• The Candid Conservative: Comfort food comes in many addictive forms

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 21:21

  By CARL MUMPOWER Fully 30 percent of Americans are obese. For comparisons, in Japan that figure rests at 3 percent. This obesity epidemic validates a cultural dedication to food as a primary source of comfort. On average we eat 156 pounds of sugar, 200 p...

• Where is Waldo? Where is Wolfe?

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 21:19

  By D.G. MARTIN CHAPEL HILL — Do people in North Carolina remember Thomas Wolfe, their once famous son, author of “Look Homeward Angel,” whose books helped many of us get through the transformation from childhood to adulthood and opened the door to ...

• On the left: A roof over our heads

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 20:47

  By CECIL BOTHWELL Water, food and shelter are non-negotiable needs for human beings seeking a shot at long term survival. We can endure some thirst, some hunger and some exposure to the elements, but few would argue that those three, together with air t...

• U.S. still ‘the land of Opportunity,’ but....

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 20:45

  By LEE BALLARD My last column on this page was about American exceptionalism: how we aren’t necessarily. This column is about American exceptionalism: one way we still are, so far. The one thread that runs through American history from Jamestown to no...

• Horoscope January 2014

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 20:42

    By MARYANNE MORRIS  Special to the Daily Planet   Aries (March 21-April 19) The next year is going to bring great sales! Especially in January on Christmas items.   Taurus (April 20-May 20) The number one step in ma...

• Advice Goddess: What about flesh prince?

  Created: Sunday, 05 January 2014 20:38

  Q: -- My boyfriend of two years has always disparaged gentlemen’s clubs. I truly believed him until he visited his family and I searched Google Maps on his computer for something in his hometown. The text box predicted “strip clubs” there. I confron...

• Power restored to UNCA campus

  Created: Tuesday, 03 December 2013 16:27

  Power to the UNC Asheville campus has now been restored and campus buildings are operational at this time, UNCA spokesman Steve Plever said Dec. 2. At approximately noon today (Dec. 2), Duke Energy Progress completed the replacement of a&n...