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• Asheville Currency Project plans launch in September

  Created: Thursday, 07 January 2010 11:20

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports The Asheville Currency Project is aiming to launch its system of alternative money in September, according to its organizers. The project seeks to provide a grassroots community alternative to the government ...

• Church's Bible and book-burning prompts protest in Halloween rain

  Created: Tuesday, 01 December 2009 11:27

  By JOHN NORTH CANTON — In a closed service, as a contingent of protesters peacefully assembled outside in a pouring rain, the Amazing Grace Baptist Church celebrated Halloween by burning Bibles that aren’t the King James Version, as well as books,...

• Want world peace? Get off oil, develop fusion, scholar says

  Created: Tuesday, 01 December 2009 11:24

  Dr. Gerald Schroeder From Daily Planet Staff Reports MONTREAT —  To achieve world peace, every nation needs to end its addiction to oil, isolating and reducing the threat of violence from  i...

• Both sides air views in health-care debate

  Created: Tuesday, 01 December 2009 11:15

  Rep. Heath Shuler’s Asheville office — and Biltmore Avenue below it — were sites of at least two protests relating to the proposed health-care reform legislation during November. Proponents (above) of the bill gathered on a chil...

• Daily Planet's Opinion: To make economy hum, do everything differently

  Created: Tuesday, 01 December 2009 11:13

  To fix the U.S. economy, here are our solutions, based on the rock-solid economic philosophy of Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises over that of Great Britain’s John Maynard Keynes: • Stop the force-feeding of credit into our economy via...

• Coach Williams as a writer: How does he measure up?

  Created: Tuesday, 01 December 2009 11:11

    D.G. Martin CHAPEL HILL — What sets Roy Williams apart from his colleagues? Many fans would say simply that Williams is the best basketball coach in the profession today. But there is more. ...

• Letters to the Editor: December, 2009

  Created: Tuesday, 01 December 2009 11:10

  King James Bible-believer rips folks’ willful ignorance Concerning the recent news item which got national, if not worldwide attention, I who am a saved, King James Bible-believer, feel compelled to make the following observation of the th...

• Scientist-theologian fields wide-ranging questions

  Created: Tuesday, 01 December 2009 11:06

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports MONTREAT —  Following his Nov. 17 address on “Faith and Science” at Montreat College, Dr. Gerald Schroeder fielded questions from the crowd. A man asked about the pictures from the Hubble ...

• Will Citizen-Times still be in print in 10 years? ëDefinitely,í publisher says

  Created: Tuesday, 01 December 2009 11:04

  AC-T Publisher Randy Hammer hands a copy of his newspaper and issued a friendly challenge to a critic — who said if one eliminated the advertisements, there would only be about three pages of news — to prove that conte...

• Hammer nails questions about paperís changes from concerned citizens

  Created: Tuesday, 01 December 2009 11:00

  Bob Mellor laughs after being handed a copy of the Nov. 18 Citizen-Times, which he criticized as being thin on news and akin to a newsletter. From Daily Planet Staff Reports Despite admitting that he was not...

• City budget gap of $5.1M triggers ideas for cutbacks

  Created: Tuesday, 01 December 2009 10:56

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports Asheville City Council will be facing a $5.1 million budget deficit, prompting officials to consider slashing municipal services. These cuts could include parks, operations at the Civic Center and aid to festivals. ...

• 138 acres annexed by Woodfin

  Created: Tuesday, 01 December 2009 10:55

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports WOODFIN —  Protests were voiced by affected residents, but Woodfin Town Council still voted to annex 138 acres of wooded land on Nov. 23. The voluntary annexation was unanimously approved by council t...

• Police Blotter: December, 2009

  Created: Tuesday, 01 December 2009 09:01

  Three shootings reported in three days over holiday In the third shooting in three days over the Thanksgiving holiday, police charged an Asheville woman with shooting a man after a hit-and-run crash early Nov. 28. The latest shooting happen...

• Three liberal challengers win seats on Ashevilleís council

  Created: Tuesday, 01 December 2009 08:56

  Swannanoa incorporation bid fails From Daily Planet Staff Reports Three challengers who billed themselves as liberals won seats on Asheville City Council during the election on Nov.  3, as council’s lone conservative, Carl Mumpow...

• Ex-Ashevillian can come home again

  Created: Tuesday, 01 December 2009 08:54

  Roy Williams, the head basketball coach at UNC Chapel Hill who grew up in Asheville, will sign copies of his new book, “HARD WORK: A Life On and Off the Court,” from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at UNC Asheville’s Justice Center. ...

• Sports Calendar - December, 2009

  Created: Tuesday, 01 December 2009 08:52

  Friday, Dec. 11 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME, 7 p.m., Justice Center, UNC Asheville. UNCA will host Southern Wesleyan in women’s basketball. Admission is $8 reserved, $4 general admission and $4 children. Sunday, Dec. 13 BOOK-SIGNING, 1:3...

• Gingrich says Godís influence at root of U.S.

  Created: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 15:15

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports MONTREAT — Newt Gingrich explored the role of God in the founding of the nation during a speech before about 1,000 people Oct. 17 in Montreat College’s Anderson Auditorium. Gingrich, former speaker...

• Protest speakers demand U.S. leave war in Afghanistan

  Created: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 15:11

  UNCA SDS co-chair Katie Sue Campbell urges an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan at an Oct. 7 rally. Daily Planet Staff Photo From Daily Planet Staff Reports A series of scheduled and unsc...

• Ice cream truck, nearby store robbed

  Created: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 15:09

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports Asheville police reported two armed robberies within a four-hour period Oct. 22 and less than a half-mile of each other in or near the Montford area. Both incidents occurred within a mile of UNC Asheville&rsqu...

• Weaverville annexation adds 612 to its population

  Created: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 15:08

  WEAVERVILLE — Some residents protested taxes increases and a lack of representation, but Weaverville Town Council nonetheless voted unanimously on Oct. 19 to annex 279 parcels of property to the south, boosting the town’s population by 612 p...