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• Lincoln speaks

  Created: Friday, 17 October 2008 18:50

  John Mansfield portrays America’s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, during “A Celebration of Lincoln” on Sept. 27 at the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in Flat Rock. The commemoration was in recognition of Sandburg’...

• Depression classicís lessons termed timely now

  Created: Friday, 17 October 2008 18:49

  Nancy Lewis By JOHN NORTH WEAVERVILLE — “The Grapes of Wrath,” a literary classic by John Steinbeck that focuses on the troubles of a family of poor sharecroppers during the Great Depressi...

• Moped driver, 18, charged with drug, knife possession

  Created: Friday, 17 October 2008 18:41

  The UNC Asheville Campus Police charges Forest Trevor Pivirotto about 10:19 p.m. Oct. 9 with possession of less than one-half ounce of marijuana and possessing a knife on campus. Pivirotto, 18, lives at 10 Alexander Drive in Asheville, also was cha...

• Ex-Beatles drummer hits rimshot

  Created: Friday, 17 October 2008 18:23

  Could it be possible that that long-time exponent of peace and love, former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, no longer wants to hear from his fans? To the shock of almost everyone, in mid-October Starr suddenly declared that any letters he receives fro...

• Letters: October 17, 2008

  Created: Friday, 17 October 2008 18:21

  55-mph ‘governors’ urged for drivers About 50 percent of the people in American really care about the well-being of America. Fifty percent could care less. A large majority of our elected officials really care about America. Small ...

• American financial crisis: lessons in American history

  Created: Friday, 17 October 2008 18:18

  By DR. LLOYD V. STOVER I remember a thought-provoking Corporate Finance course I took in law school after WWII. Professor McKenna reviewed how we got to where we were than, and he made some amazing predictions about potential risks in the future....

• Audience fires barrage of questions at former strike specialist

  Created: Wednesday, 17 September 2008 17:59

  Osama Bin Laden By JOHN NORTH Marc Garlasco, the senior military analyst for Human Rights Watch, fielded questions for 35 minutes on Sept. 15, following his address on “Acts of Conscience” in UNC Ash...

• Bombing specialist now sets sights on peace

  Created: Wednesday, 17 September 2008 17:42

  Marc Garlasco By JOHN NORTH The United States went to war with Iraq on flimsy — if not manufactured — evidence of Saddam Hussein’s links with al-Qaeda, according to Marc Garlasco, who is now...

• Judge signs ruling to block condo project on parkland

  Created: Wednesday, 17 September 2008 17:36

  A judge signed a ruling on Sept. 15 that blocks plans for a hotly debated condominium project on land in a park near City Hall. Superior Court Judge Marlene Hyatt’s ruling prohibits private uses of a small parcel that developer Stewart Colema...

• Rocking out at apple fest

  Created: Monday, 01 September 2008 16:34

  Among the headliners at the three-day Apple Festival 2008 in downtown Hendersonville were The Mighty Kicks! (above), who performed on the evening of Aug. 30; and Too Much Sylvia (below), who entertained a crowd of hundreds on the night of Aug. 31...

• Goombay grooves

  Created: Monday, 01 September 2008 16:28

  The Goombay! 2008 Festival, which was held Aug. 22-24 around The Block — Eagle and Market streets in the former African-American commercial district in downtown Asheville — included a parade, concerts, worship service, crafts, food an...

• Buncombe debaters

  Created: Monday, 01 September 2008 16:26

  The Leadership Asheville Forum featured a luncheon debate in Asheville on Aug. 27 between Republican Nathan Ramsey and Democrat David Gantt, the two candidates running for chairman of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Ramsey is the incu...

• No McCain shirts seen anywhere at Goombay!

  Created: Monday, 01 September 2008 16:24

  The Goombay! 2008 Festival in downtown Asheville on Aug. 22-24 offered a wide array of merchandise promoting the Democratic candidacy of Barack Obama, who is hoping to become the first African-American president. No paraphernalia was spotted anyw...

• Concert, car show prove to be people-pleasers

  Created: Monday, 01 September 2008 16:22

  The finale of Music on Main Street summer concert series drew hundreds of people to downtown Hendersonville on Aug. 22. Also featured was a classic cruise-in car show. Atop page, the band Tuxedo Junction plays oldies and top 40 variety mus...

• Man tells protesters they have no right to stage their march

  Created: Thursday, 21 August 2008 07:17

  From Daily Planet Staff Reports Just prior to the start of an Aug. 16 march at Vance Memorial in downtown Asheville, local resident Aaron Penland boldly walked into the gathering and voiced his opposition to the march. The march, which protest...

• Marchers, speakers protest bust of undocument workers

  Created: Thursday, 21 August 2008 07:16

  About 130 protesters march past Flying Frog Café on Battery Park Avenue in downtown Asheville on late afternoon Aug. 16 on a winding route from Vance Memorial on Pack Square to Pritchard Park. They were protesting the recent arrest by immi...

• Now thatís a winner

  Created: Thursday, 21 August 2008 07:14

  Les Stevenson (seated) of Stevenson Rare Coins & Jewelry examines a coin during the Buncombe County Coin Club Show on Aug. 17 at Holiday Inn West on the Smokey Park Highway in Enka. Dozens of people attended the two-day show that began Aug. 16. The ...

• Jazzing it up

  Created: Thursday, 21 August 2008 07:13

  Ahora Si, a local Latin jazz quartet, entertain around 100 people early on the evening of Aug 18 in the Baker Exhibit Center at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville. The concert, part of the Twilight Tuesday series, featured music from Cuba, Puert...

• Rocking the city

  Created: Thursday, 21 August 2008 07:12

    Peggy Ratusz  and Daddy LongLegs Band opens the Downtown After Five concert on Aug. 16 on a stage on North Lexington Avenue near the Interstate 240 Bypass in downtown Asheville. Playing the second set was Shannon Whitworth & Jeff Si...

• Local raid triggers march

  Created: Thursday, 21 August 2008 07:04

  Protesters march down Walnut Street (above) on a winding preplanned route to Pritchard Park. Below last, a man from a second-story window shout down, “Go back to Mexico!” At bottom middle, Elisabeth Giyir uses a bullhorn to lead the c...