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• Letters to the Editor: June 30, 2009

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:51

  Southern conservatives? Inoculated at birth South Carolina’s Gov. Mark Sanford is contrite about his extramarital affair. He plans to tour the state asking constituents for forgiveness. In South Carolina, he will probably get it. In Sout...

• Blues band entertains throngs

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:43

    The Big Ron Hunter Blues Band played for two hours during an outside concert on the evening of June 29 during the Concerts on the Quad series at UNC Asheville. The concert drew several thousand people, who savored the music and relaxes in lawnch...

• Protesters allege ABC giving Obama ëinfomercialí

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:42

  Under tough questioning from WLOS-TV newscaster Holly Hedrick, protest spokesman Robert Malt (left) voices some critical comments about ABC programming that, he alleges, gave President Barack Obama a virtual “infomercial” on June 23. Hedri...

• Local Republicans celebrate election of leader as N.C. GOP vice chairman

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:39

  City Councilman Carl Mumpower (right) congratulates Tim Johnson. Following his election as vice chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, Buncombe County GOP Chairman Timothy Johnson was treated to a June 1...

• Business: Casino payments to tribe dip as downturn cuts gambling

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:16

  CHEROKEE — Economic troubles have taken a toll on gambling at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino, resulting in a dip in casino payments to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The tribe issued members per capita checks on June 1 for $3,892, down...

• Business: Home prices drop 7.2% in Asheville metro area

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:16

  Home prices in the Asheville metropolitan area fell 7.2 percent in April compared with the same month a year ago, according to real estate data firm First American CoreLogic. The drop was an improvement over March, when the company said prices were...

• ASU-ECU opener to be on TV

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:15

  GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina athletics announced on June 15 that Appalachian State University’s football Sept. 5 season-opener at ECU will kick off at noon and be televised regionally on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network. ...

• UNCA coaching aide to leave

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:15

  UNC Asheville women’s basketball coach Betsy Blose announced on June 8 that assistant coach Summer Erb is leaving to pursue other career opportunities. Erb, a former N.C. State standout, has worked with the UNCA program for the past three ...

• Touristsí manager named to leagueís Hall of Fame

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:14

  Asheville Tourists manager Joe Mikulik was named to the South Atlantic League Hall of Fame on June 25. Mikulik, who has either played or managed in professional baseball for 24 years, is the franchise’s all-time leader in games and victories....

• Police Blotter: June 30, 2009

  Created: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:03

  Priest faces obstruction charge in child porn case The pastor of St. Eugene Catholic Church resigned June 9 after he was charged with allegedly deleting hundreds of child pornographic images from the home computer of his music minister in an effor...

• Recovery forecast in 2010 at Crystal Ball Forum

  Created: Tuesday, 02 June 2009 09:06

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports The recession should be over by the end of this year and U.S. economy will show signs of recovery in 2010, economists David W. Berson and James F. Smith predicted during the 25th annual Crystal Ball Seminar in UNC ...

• Thriller

  Created: Tuesday, 02 June 2009 09:03

  Who’s Bad, a Michael Jackson cover group from the Chapel Hill area, performs for students during a lawn party on the quad at UNC Asheville recently. Despite a hot spring day, the band exerted much energy and effort to honor the music of Jack...

• Detroit held back electrics, prof charges

  Created: Tuesday, 02 June 2009 09:01

  Dave Erb The Detroit-based American car industry, particularly General Motors, deliberately dragged its heels in the development of electric cars, Dave Erb, a hybrid electric vehicle engineer, said at an April 21 ...

• Buncombe confirms 1st swine flu case

  Created: Tuesday, 02 June 2009 08:59

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports A Mission Hospital nurse was confirmed by health officials on May 29 as Buncombe County’s first known case of swine flu, or the novel H1N1 virus. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Lab and ...

• Police Blotter: June, 2009

  Created: Tuesday, 02 June 2009 08:57

  After cross-county chase, suspect in critical condition Following a cross-county car chase on May 30, a suspect in a Buncombe County breaking-and-entering apparently shot himself. He later was hospitalized. The Buncombe County Sheriff’s...

• Reggae by the lake

  Created: Tuesday, 02 June 2009 08:55

   The annual Music by the Lake Series for 2009 began on May 31 featuring Reggae Infinity at Blue Ridge Community College in East Flat Rock. The concert began 45 minutes late because of a mixup with the group’s sound man. The crowd of 200...

• Will swine flu sweep area?

  Created: Tuesday, 02 June 2009 08:53

  Will swine flu sweep through Buncombe County, now that the first case was confirmed recently involving a nurse at Mission Hospital? As usual we hope for the best and prepare for the worst. To that end, we urge everyone to wash their hands frequent...

• New book shows why Hoover failed ó and why we might, too

  Created: Tuesday, 02 June 2009 08:50

  By D.G. Martin CHAPEL HILL — “But as it happened, the banks took the taxpayer money and just sat on it.” This quote comes from an article by Michael Lewis and David Einhorn in a January edition of The New York Times that expl...

• Guest Editorial: Limbaugh, Powell, Chaney: Who is a real Republican

  Created: Tuesday, 02 June 2009 08:49

  By CARL MUMPOWER “In the latest round of the increasingly heated intra-GOP feud, former Secretary of State Colin Powell recently defended his Republican credentials and fired back at radio host Rush Limbaugh and former Vice President Dick Ch...

• Letter: Challenge issued to Tea Party protesters

  Created: Tuesday, 02 June 2009 08:47

  This is in regard to your cover story in your April 2009 issue concerning the Tax Day Tea Party demonstrations in downtown Asheville. Instead of their lame tea parties, which are not even remotely constructive, why don't those involved in such activiti...