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• Letters: February, 2010

  Created: Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:42

  Conservatives cautioned to give Brown some leeway The echo from the cheering following Scott Brown’s unexpected win in Massachusetts had not even died down before the mumbling began. “He’s a RINO.” “He does...

• ëBeer Cityí panel shares humor, information; says farmers could prosper by growing hops

  Created: Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:38

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports As Asheville’s craft breweries continues to multiply, local farmers probably will find it highly profitable to shift into growing hop, a key ingredient in beer, members of a panel agreed on Jan. 27. Hop, a...

• Environmental justice touted for minorities

  Created: Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:35

  Robert Bullard From Daily Planet Staff Reports Throughout much of its history, the United States as an entity has given minorities short shrift when it comes to environmental concerns and healthy living in ge...

• WCUís MLK speaker addresses Senate majority leaderís comments about Obama

  Created: Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:33

  L. Douglas Wilder CULLOWHEE – L. Douglas Wilder, the first African-American elected governor in the United States, told a group of Western Carolina University students, faculty and staff that there is still ...

• King celebration features include Pittsí speech, inmate talk, march

  Created: Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:31

  Leonard Pitts Jr. From Staff Reports Activities around Western North Carolina honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in January included an address by nationally syndicated columnist Leon...

• Going postal at age 14

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 12:17

  Helenka Campbell, 44, and her son Patrick, 14, of High Point examine some rare stamps as Richard Canupp (standing) assists during a Stamp and Postcard Show Dec. 12-13 at Comfort Suites on Brevard Road in Asheville. Canupp, who organized the show,...

• Pakistan, Afghanistan must be kept stable to avoid a world war

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 12:16

  William B. Milam From Daily Planet Staff Reports The United States has played a major role over the years in helping to militarize Pakistan and Afghanistan and never proved to be a reliable ally, but Americ...

• Economic concerns prompt move to launch local alternatives to dollar

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 12:12

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports Current and future economic uncertainty and concerns that the U.S. dollar could become worthless have prompted two separate groups to form systems that will offer alternatives in the Asheville area to the governmen...

• Protesters oppose escalation

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 12:02

  An emergency demonstration to protest the escalation of the war in Afghanistan was held in front of the Federal Building in downtown Asheville on the evening of Dec. 4. The protest, which drew about a dozen people, was hosted by the UNC Asheville chapter ...

• Republican hopefuls duke it out

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 12:01

  Dr. Dan Eichenbaum (right) speaks during a forum for congressional candidates and straw poll, hosted by the Buncombe County Republican Party on Dec. 9 at A-B Tech in Asheville. Other candidates (from left) include Ed Krause, Scott Stump and Kenny West. In...

• Reduce government, N.C. ag chief urges

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 12:01

  State Agricultural Commissioner Steve Troxler (left) gave the keynote address at the annual Charles H. Taylor Holiday Dinner on Dec. 12 in the Grand Ballroom at the Grove Park Inn. He focused on the state’s financial difficulties and the ...

• Police Blotter: January, 2010

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 11:55

  Tyler Kilpatrick smiles in Mexico before the attack in her Facebook picture. UNCA student stabbed in Mexico returns home Tyler Kilpatrick, the UNC Asheville student who was stabbed in Mexico, returned to her...

• 6.5% tuition jump, $112 fee boost recommended by UNCA trustees

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 11:50

  The UNC Asheville Board of Trustees on Dec. 7 agreed to recommend a 6.5 percent increase in proposed tuition and a $112 boost in fees for the 2010-11 academic year. The plan, which now go to the University of North Carolina Board of Governors for ...

• Bothwell starts council term with blast, winning atheistsí award for stance

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 11:40

    Cecil Bothwell From Staff Reports Asheville City Councilman Cecil Bothwell recently was named Courageous Elected Official of 2009 by the American Atheists Inc. Bothwell will speak and be honored at...

• Demise of New Worldís first lost colony termed pivotal in thwarting Spanish takeover of future US

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 11:38

  David G. Moore From Daily Planet Staff Reports Will the real first “Lost Colony” please stand up? While most people think of the “Lost Colony” at Roanoke Island as the first whi...

• Conquistadors brutality addressed by Warren Wilson prof in Q&A

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 11:34

  Andrea Glenn, a senior sociology and anthropology major at Warren Wilson College, works at the Berry Site. From Daily Planet Staff Reports David G. Moore, a Warren Wilson College professor of anthropology a...

• Cash-for-guns? Grand rhetoric, but too costly

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 11:31

  We think the Asheville Police Department does a good job in handling its duties, but we urge it to ditch the grand rhetoric and rethink the validity of its gun buyback programs. Paying residents to turn in their guns for a cash reward is a popular ...

• ëMuhammad problemí called widespread

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 11:30

    D.G. Martin CHAPEL HILL — “A lot of people are having a ‘Muhammad problem’ these days.” These opening words from a new book by a UNC Chapel Hill professor are about the le...

• Letters: January, 2010

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 11:28

  Burning any Bible termed blasphemous by pagan This is in response to the Bible-burners, or Christian who seeks to bash another over their scriptural preference. I first must admit I am not a Bible scholar, or even a Christian. I am pagan, and a p...

• If U.S. left Pakistan, serious trouble would ensue shortly, retired ambassador says

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 11:25

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports The ramifications of a United States pullout from Pakistan was among the issues fielded by William B. Milam, a former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, during a question-and-answer session following his Dec. 7 speech a...