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• WCU to hold MBA information sessions for classes at casino

  Created: Tuesday, 09 April 2013 07:40

  By RANDALL HOLCOMBE WCU News Services CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University’s master’s degree program in business administration is offering information sessions in Cherokee for prospective students who are interested in atte...

• Mission named among top 100 U.S. hospitals

  Created: Tuesday, 09 April 2013 07:40

  Asheville-based Mission Hospital recently was named one of the nation’s Top 100 Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics, formerly known as Thomson Reuters, for the fifth consecutive year. The annual study evaluates hospitals across the nation as measures ...

• 2 suspects charged in March 20 armed robbery of UNCA student

  Created: Tuesday, 09 April 2013 07:38

  By Steve Plever UNC Asheville News Services   An investigation by UNC Asheville Police has resulted in the arrest of two suspects in an armed robbery that was reported in a campus parking lot the night of March 20. The...

• Buncombe GOP re-elects Henry Mitchell as its chief

  Created: Tuesday, 09 April 2013 07:37

   The Buncombe County Republican Party on March 23 re-elected Henry D. Mitchell as its chairman for a second term during the 2013 BCGOP County Convention.. Also elected were Patsy Gardin, first vice chair; Larry Harris, second vice chair; Loretta Rey...

• Buncombe County, A-B Tech wrangle over building plans

  Created: Tuesday, 09 April 2013 07:36

  From Staff Reports   Buncombe County officials are opposing an effort by Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College to construct a meeting room with 800 seats in a planned building, so that the school can host allied health and workforce de...

• The Daily Plant's Opinion: Downtown Bele Chere? RIP

  Created: Monday, 08 April 2013 23:18

  Asheville City Council recently showed wisdom in informally agreeing to stop funding the annual Bele Chere weekend after this summer’s festival. Bele Chere, which has been grown to rank among the largest outdoor event of its kind in the South during it...

• Letters to the editor: April 2013

  Created: Monday, 08 April 2013 22:55

  Irresponsible dog-owners unconcerned about others  I don’t understand people who have compassion for dogs, but little respect for people. Dog-owners often do not obey the local leash laws. I don’t think it’s cute to be jum...

• The Candid Conservative: Most Americans are socialists

  Created: Monday, 08 April 2013 22:51

  By CARL MUMPOWER Though few would claim the badge, most Americans are dedicated socialists. That label is not being tossed as a personal insult. It’s just a simple statement of fact. The dictionary defines socialism as, “Governmental ownership and ad...

• Lottery, drones spark bipartisanship

  Created: Monday, 08 April 2013 22:46

  By D.G. MARTIN  CHAPEL HILL — Are you tired of the partisan divisiveness that is poisoning the political environment of our state and nation? Do you wish that the politicians from the two parties would work together more often on issues of common...

• On the left: Save your ass(ets) and be AMAZED

  Created: Monday, 08 April 2013 22:45

  By CECIL BOTHWELL Last month in this column I discussed climate change, some of the likely and fairly dire effects that might ensue, and a little about steps we can take as a society to ameliorate those problems. In this essay I’ll address some ways y...

• What’s it mean to be a Democrat? Joyous

  Created: Monday, 08 April 2013 22:43

  By LEE BALLARD I start every day in my ageless yellow corduroy chair, by an open window when possible, hoping for birds singing in the nearby woods.  This is my time to think through issues and anticipate the day ahead.  It’s a peaceful time....

• A-B Tech wrangling followed by apologies

  Created: Monday, 08 April 2013 22:40

  From Staff Reports A-B Tech President Hank Dunn recently admitted that, earlier in March, he rushed the swearing-in of Madison County Commissioner Wayne Brigman to A-B Tech’s Board of Trustees. The move blocked Buncombe County Commissioner M...

• Review: Darius Rucker? An ingratiating maverick rocks

  Created: Monday, 08 April 2013 22:36

  By JOHN NORTH john@ashevilledailyplanet.com  CHEROKEE — With his gruff-but-comforting low-baritone voice, charisma galore and a “live-and-let-live” laid-back attitude, Darius Rucker, former frontman for Hootie and the Blowfish, sent much of t...

• Review: Lovin’ Spoonful keeps that ‘60s magic alive

  Created: Monday, 08 April 2013 22:35

  By JOHN NORTH john@ashevilledailyplanet.com  FRANKLIN — The Lovin’ Spoonful, featuring two of the members of the original four-man 1960s folk-rock band, performed a 90-minute concert — mostly of their hits from that much-touted era ...

• Spoonful’s N.C. native shares thoughts on legacy, today’s music

  Created: Monday, 08 April 2013 22:32

  By JOHN NORTH john@ashevilledailyplanet.com  There still are some bands performing high-quality music today comparable to that of the Lovin’ Spoonful in the mid-1960s, Steve Boone, bassist and songwriter for the group, said in a telepho...

• Advice Goddess: Stammer time

  Created: Monday, 08 April 2013 22:28

  I can’t talk to really pretty girls. If I’m talking to a girl I’m not that interested in — or a dude, I’m golden. But if I’m attracted to a girl, my thoughts get totally scrambled. After a party, I walked this sweet, gorgeous girl to her car. ...

• Carrie Newcomer concert date correction

  Created: Friday, 15 March 2013 12:14

  Carrie Newcomer was incorrectly listed in an advertisement in March's print edition of the Daily Planet as playing on Friday, March 22, at the Altamont Theatre in Asheville. The ad should have said Michelle Malone with Callaghan (8pm, $15) is playing on ...

• Gun rights touted at Pack Square rally

  Created: Saturday, 09 March 2013 17:09

  From Staff Reports   At “high noon” Feb. 23, Second Amendment supporters — some of them armed, including one with a loaded AR-15 —  gathered at Pack Square in downtown Asheville to take a stand for their right to own guns. The 35-...

• City erred in allowing guns at ‘picketing,’ Bothwell says

  Created: Saturday, 09 March 2013 17:00

  From Staff Reports Two hours after a Feb, 23 gun rights rally in downtown Asheville, City Councilman Cecil Bothwell issued a press release calling for “enforcement of Asheville’s ordinance banning the carrying of guns while picketing in the city.” ...

• Live off-the-grid, outside-the-box?

  Created: Saturday, 09 March 2013 16:57

  By JOHN NORTH john@ashevilledailyplanet.com SWANNANOA — His aspiration is to “live off the grid and outside the box” in harmony and balance, radical ecologist and graphic artist-author Aaron Birk said during a wide-ranging Feb. 6  talk at War...