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• New N.C. governor visits WNC ... first

  Created: Sunday, 10 February 2013 17:33

  From Staff Reports   WOODFIN — Pat McCrory delivered on his promise to make the Asheville area the site of his first out-of-town visit on Jan. 7, following his inauguration as North Carolina’s 74th governor . McCrory, a Republican, address...

• Buncombe school chief opposes arming teachers

  Created: Sunday, 10 February 2013 17:31

  From Staff Reports  While adding armed security at local public schools makes sense if the funding is available, Buncombe County School Superintendent Tony Baldwin opposes calls to arm teachers and other school personnel. “We’ve had a lot of su...

• Mars Hill College marks S. Asheville site opening

  Created: Sunday, 10 February 2013 17:31

  About 200 people attended the Jan. 7 grand opening of the new South Asheville site for Mars Hill College on Airport Road.   Two ribbon-cutting ceremonies involving officials from MHC as well as the Asheville and Henderson County chambers of commerce...

• Sides square off on concealed carry for teachers in schools

  Created: Sunday, 10 February 2013 17:29

  From Staff Reports Two men debated “Conceal Carry for Teachers in Schools?” at Biltmore Village’s Double Tree Hilton on Jan. 29. Squaring off were Ned Ryan Doyle, who has been active in sustainable issues for more than 40 years; and Dr. William R....

• KC and the Sunshine Band serves up warm, albeit uneven, disco show

  Created: Sunday, 10 February 2013 17:22

  By JOHN NORTH  CHEROKEE — A strobe light pulsed and a mirrored disco ball glittered in its slow, seemingly timeless rotation high above the stage, while the crowd of 3,000 fans waited below in keen anticipation for the appearance of KC and the Sun...

• Obesity called area’s ‘big’ health threat

  Created: Sunday, 10 February 2013 17:16

  By JOHN NORTH john@ashevilledailyplanet.com   “I see our health director and the publisher of the Asheville Citizen-Times are here, so we can begin,” Dr. Dave Gardner said with a laugh as he opened “The Weight of the Nation” event Jan. 15 ...

• Surf, stomp combo wows pub crowd

  Created: Sunday, 10 February 2013 17:14

  The Carvers, an eclectic young five-man band from Wilmington, revved up a standing-room-only crowd on Jan. 19 at Jack of the Wood pub in downtown Asheville. Judging from the audience response, the group appeared to live up to a promotion that stated: “...

• Advice Goddess: Vroom with a view

  Created: Sunday, 10 February 2013 14:45

  I’m a 34-year-old woman, dating a 27-year-old guy for three months. We have a great time together, but he’s balking at making an official commitment, meaning he doesn’t want to call us boyfriend and girlfriend. He says he feels we have long-term pot...

• Daily Planet’s Opinion: McCrory scores hit with WNC visit

  Created: Sunday, 10 February 2013 14:43

  Following his inauguration in Raleigh, it is highly noteworthy that North Carolina’s new Gov. Pat McCrory made his first out-of-town visit to the Asheville area. At the Jan. 7 event, held at the Crest Center in Woodfin, McCrory was joined on stage by A...

• letters to the editor: February 2013

  Created: Sunday, 10 February 2013 14:31

  Disturbing aspects cited in two Merriman projects You may be surprised to learn that City Council lacked review authority over the new Merrimon Avenue Harris Teeter and Trader Joe’s projects. Another disturbing fact: the ...

• The Candid Conservative: Conservative opportunists?

  Created: Sunday, 10 February 2013 14:28

  By CARL MUMPOWER We can now all breathe a sigh of relief.  The fiscal cliff has been avoided.  That it was more a curb than a cliff and that disaster has been postponed, not averted, is conversation for another time. Today we’re going to look...

• Disfranchisement — then and now

  Created: Sunday, 10 February 2013 14:25

  By D.G. MARTIN CHAPEL HILL — They “disfranchised us, and now we intend to disfranchise them.” It sounds like what North Carolina Republicans might have said behind closed doors while they were gerrymandering legislative and congressional districts...

• On the left: The net-zero economy

  Created: Sunday, 10 February 2013 14:23

  By CECIL BOTHWELL We are in a pickle.  The natural resources that undergird our economic and social systems are being used up at an accelerating rate due to the combined pressure of population growth and global industrialization. We’re all aware...

• Republicans’ fixations show selfishness

  Created: Sunday, 10 February 2013 14:21

        By LEE BALLARD I think I understand why Republicans have the negative attitudes they do toward global warming, environmental protection and other “green” things.  What I don’t understand is WHY.  What I mean is,...

• Case against women in combat? Here goes

  Created: Sunday, 10 February 2013 14:18

  By Bill Fishburne Let’s get two things straight. First, I write this with some qualifications. When I was young, I had the privilege of serving as an Army Special Forces A-Team Leader. Between March 1969 and September 1970, I was assigned to the best...

• Landmark UNCA tree collapses

  Created: Friday, 04 January 2013 00:34

  One of two crab apple trees that have for decades been the Quad’s best place to perch, was felled by high winds during winter break. “This was a unique tree, a companion to so many people for so many years,” said Melissa Acker, UNC Asheville grounds...

• City, county managers cite changes

  Created: Friday, 04 January 2013 00:27

  By JOHN NORTH john@ashevilledailyplanet.com   Updates on recent activities and problems — and plans for 2013 — were unveiled by managers of the City of Asheville and Buncombe County during a breakfast meeting of the Council of Independence Bus...

• 2-mile RAD plan given positive public response

  Created: Friday, 04 January 2013 00:26

  From Staff Reports    About 80 people examined a proposal to make changes to a 2-mile stretch of land in Asheville’s River Arts District during a Dec. 6 workshop at the Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Center. Featured were six stations that ...

• Link between entrepreneurs, investors urged

  Created: Friday, 04 January 2013 00:23

  By JOHN NORTH john@ashevilledailyplanet.com AdvantageWest’s Venture Local conference for entrepreneurs and investors drew a large crowd on Dec. 7 to downtown’s Renaissance Asheville Hotel. The focus of the all-day event was on local, social and s...

• A-B Tech to offer training for beer, wine industry jobs

  Created: Friday, 04 January 2013 00:21

  From Staff Reports Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College announced Nov. 28 that the Craft Beverage Institute of the Southeast could hold classes at the school as early as fall 2013. Pending approval from the state, the proposed curriculum wil...