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• Hands Off health-care rally draws 100

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 04:15

  Dallas Woodhouse (with microphone) addresses a crowd of about 100 people who attended an Aug. 3 early-evening protest rally titled “Hands Off Our Health Care” at Ryan’s steakhouse at 1000 Brevard Road in West Ash...

• Dancing in the street

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 04:14

  The Bele Chere crowd gets into the swing of things, as a group of drummers at the Asheville Drum Circle Tent triggers spontaneous dancing from attendees on July 26 on North Lexington Avenue. An estimated 300,000 people — about average — at...

• Residents voice plan to challenge Woodfin at annexation hearing

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 04:13

  Woodfin Mayor M. Jerry VeHaun, flanked by the Woodfin Board of Aldermen, calls for order, threatening to toss out “You people” who fail to behave civilly during the annexation hearing. At least two protesters were esco...

• Buncombe GOP chair steps down to focus on his N.C. vice chair post

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 04:10

  Tim Johnson Robert Malt Timothy F. Johnson, chairman of the Buncombe County Republican Party, resigned his post, effective July 31. Stepping up to replace Johnson is Robert Malt, who was first ...

• UNCA slashes jobs, closes two research centers

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 04:08

  UNC Asheville announced plans on July 13 to eliminate 43 positions, which will result in the loss of jobs for eight staff members. The university was acting on instructions from the UNC General Administration to plan for a 10 percent permanent bud...

• Police Blotter: August 6, 2009

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 04:07

  Deputy to be suspended after road rage accusation A Buncombe County sheriff’s deputy who has been implicated in a  July 9 traffic altercation — while off duty — with a female driver in West Asheville will be suspected, Sher...

• Donít fritter away liberty

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 04:02

  Americans, notable for their short attention spans, appear to be so obsessed with celebrities — as evidenced by the recent wall-to-wall media coverage of singer Michael Jackson’s death to the exclusion of nearly all other news — that t...

• Big Governmentís next target? ëBadí food taxed as new tobacco

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 04:01

  By D.G. Martin CHAPEL HILL — You don’t need to read all of this column to get its message. For North Carolinians it is simply this: Food is the new tobacco. Here’s why. We have known all along that using tobacco product...

• Letter: Nationalized health care? It will ensure less freedom

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 04:00

  EDITOR’S NOTE: The following letter is in response to a July 29 missive from the White House titled “What Health Insurance Reform Means to You.” Mr. President, with all due respect... No. Nationalized health care means more l...

• Letter: Departing GOP leader praised for his successes

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 03:59

  Dr. Tim Johnson leaves the Buncombe County Republican Party in a much better shape than ever before. He managed to pull together a diverse group of people that would stick to principles. One of those principles was not to go along to get along...

• Letter: Citizen-Times accused of violating ethics policy

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 03:58

  Asheville Citizen-Times reporter Leslie Boyd has violated the code of journalistic ethics by participating in partisan political events as an advocate while also covering the story for her employer. Boyd is pictured on the WNC for Change Web site a...

• Letter: AC-T reporterís bias raises ethical, fairness questions

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 03:58

  Recently, I was made aware of a breach of ethical standards taking place at the Asheville Citizen-Times. It seems that the health reporter at the AC-T is also a local nationalized health-care activist. She has organized rallies in support of nation...

• Letter: Magnolia tree defender decries latest outrage

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 03:57

  A year ago I was in the midst of a three-month long tree-sit protecting two over-100-year-old, entwined twin magnolia trees in front of City Hall from felling by the ax of condo developer Stewart Coleman. (Read all about it at: http://www.oldenwilde.org...

• Letter: Environmental Quality Institute axing ripped

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 03:55

  EDITOR’S NOTE: The following letter is in response to UNCA’s July 13 announcement of a 10 percent permanent budget reduction for fiscal 2009-10, resulting in the loss of jobs for eight current staff members. Also, UNCA is closing of the camp...

• UNCA names Tom Smith as new baseball coach

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 03:47

  Tom Smith takes the helm as UNCA’s baseball coach. Tom Smith will take over the helm as UNC Asheville’s new head baseball coach, Bulldogs’ Director of Athletics Janet R. Cone announced July 6. ...

• Audience members question, challenge economists

  Created: Friday, 07 August 2009 03:45

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports Two economists fielded questions for the final 20 minutes of the 2009 Annual Asheville Economic Outlook on July 15 in downtown Asheville. The economists included Dr. James F. Smith, chief economist for Parsec ...

• 300 rally in support of health care reform

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 16:05

  About 300 people, many waving political signs and cheering the comments of speakers who favored health care reform, gather for a mid-morning rally on June 27 at Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville. Daily Planet Staff Photo ...

• Pulse of the local economy? Imminent recovery forecast

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 16:00

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports The local economy appears to have hit bottom and will rebound — gradually — in the near future, especially if there is a loosening of credit, according to most of the speakers at the first Asheville Are...

• A savings surge, at last

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:53

  Known worldwide as big-spenders, Americans deserve praise for their savvy adaptation to changing circumstances in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. To our delight, the U.S. savings rate is surging, reducing the na...

• Hiking the Appalachian Trail: Rates as serious matter for one Asheville writer

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:52

  By D.G. Martin CHAPEL HILL — Could anyone angrier with South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford than his wife? A North Carolina woman is pretty upset with him — not because he went to Argentina to visit his love interest. She is disturbed ...