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• Thereís a thin line between love and Haight

  Created: Friday, 09 July 2010 12:36

  The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon After my boyfriend and I returned from a teaching stint abroad, he broke up with me. I was devastated but eventually started seeing somebody else. He got really jealous and fl...

• Asheville retains title as ëBeer Cityí

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:23

  Inaugural Beer City gala packs Pack Square Park From Daily Planet Staff Reports Asheville learned on May 24 that it had won the national Beer City USA online poll to take the title — uncontested this year — from much bigger Portlan...

• Magic touch

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:22

  Children enjoy having their faces painted during the 7th Annual Montford Music & Arts Festival on May 22 in Asheville’s Monford neighborhood. Hundreds of people attended the event, which was held on a closed-off portion of Montford Avenue,...

• Moog to relocate near downtown, offering draw to musical tourists

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:20

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports Moog Music, in conjunction with the City of Asheville and the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville and Buncombe County, announced May 21 that it is investing $2.5 million in a new Asheville company headquarte...

• Skinny Legs rockiní out

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:20

  The young band Skinny Legs and All performs during the “milestone” event that opened Pack Square Park on May 28 in downtown Asheville. The event drew hundreds of people to a celebration that included a number of officals who spoke. ...

• Police Blotter: June, 2010

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:18

  Drug bust termed one of largest in Bunbombe More than 35 pounds of cocaine were seized by authorities, who arrested a Texas woman during a traffic stop in Buncombe County on June 1. It is one of the largest drug seizures in county history, th...

• UNCA SDS chapter stages protest against aid to Israel

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:16

  UNC Asheville’s chapter of Students for a Democratic Society featured six participants holding Palestinian flags and signs with statements such as “End all U.S. Aid to Israel Now” during a protest staged downtown on June 7. Chants...

• Ex-NCDP chairman agrees to stop billing

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:16

  David Young, the former chairman of the state Democratic Party, recently announced that he will discontinue billing customers for water in a mobile home park he owns in Weaverville until a water filtration system can be installed to remove iron. Yo...

• Obamasí Asheville trip cost taxpayers $1.6M, BCGOP chief charges

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:15

  Chad Nesbitt Local news media accused of ‘cover-up’ From Daily Planet Staff Reports The weekend trip by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle cost the taxpayers $1.6 million, accordi...

• Dr. Eichenbaum concedes race

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:14

  Dan Eichenbaum Jeff Miller However, he and ATPAC decline to endorse Miller, who will challenge Shuler Dr. Dan Eichenbaum, the Murphy opthalmologist who finished a close second in...

• Montfordís festival proves to be a blast

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:11

  The 7th Annual Montford Music & Arts Festival on May 22 drew hundreds of people who enjoyed the music and art throughout the day and into the night. During the appearance of WestSound (left and bottom left), a number of attendees (other photo...

• Pack Square Park holds ëmilestoneí

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:09

  Under threatening skies that turned into a full-fledged, albeit short, thunderstorm, Pack Square Park celebrated its opening as a “milestone” event rather than a “grand opening” on May 28 in downtown Asheville. After five ...

• Ex-U.S. Rep. Taylor to sell 8,000 acres to conservation groups

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:06

  Charles Taylor From Daily Planet Staff Reports Former U.S. Rep. Charles Taylor, R-Brevard, is selling 8,000 forested acres in Transylvania County to the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and The Conservati...

• Funding woes at URTV in Buncombe could kill operation by September

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:03

  Unless it is able to solicit more funding, the local public acces television channel URTV will have to close this year, according to the organization behind URTV. The Rev. Jerry Young, head of the board of Western North Carolina Community Media Cen...

• U.S.í $13 trillion debt to top GDP as it follows in steps of Greece

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:02

  “President Barack Obama is poised to increase the U.S. debt to a level that exceeds the value of the nation’s annual economic output, a step toward what Bill Gross called a ‘debt super cycle.’” — Bloomberg.com, June ...

• N.C. history viewed through Jewish eyes

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:01

    D.G. Martin CHAPEL HILL — What is the best way for me to learn about North Carolina history? I get this question all the time, especially from new North Carolinians who want to learn about the sp...

• Letters to the Editor: June, 2010

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 10:59

  To save U.S., Obama needs to pull troops out of 2 wars The Iraq war was a monstrous mistake built upon falsehoods. Our Afghanistan war remains a mismanaged attempt to bring a few criminals to justice. We must ponder why our leadership never seems t...

• City lands SoCon tourney projected to give $12 million boost to local economy

  Created: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 10:55

  Terry Bellamy Talk-show host takes issue with mandate that taxpayers ante up $3.2 million for Civic Center upgrades From Daily Planet Staff Reports Asheville has been chosen as the site for the Souther...

• Crystal Ball duo predicts rev-up of economy next year

  Created: Friday, 07 May 2010 14:38

  James Smith, chief economist for ParsecFinancial, addresses the audience at UNCA. From Daily Planet Staff Reports Following slow-but-steady growth this year, the United States’ economy next year will ...

• Radio host grills UNCA scribes on editorial slam

  Created: Friday, 07 May 2010 14:27

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports The “Monster of Talk Tour”hit the road and its first stop was at UNC Asheville, where Matt Mittan, host of “Take a Stand” on WWNC-AM (570), with producer sidekick Agnes Cheek, interviewed va...