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• HCA unveils plan to demolish St. Joseph’s campus of Mission Hospital in Asheville

  Created: Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:22

  From Staff Report  HCA Healthcare has confirmed plans to demolish the St. Joseph’s campus of HCA-owned, for-profit Mission Hospital. The St. Joseph campus is directly across Biltmore Avenue from the main Mission campus. Mission Hospital is b...

• Following a section collapse, NCDOT delays plan to reopen 4-mile stretch of I-40 to Tenn.

  Created: Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:21

  From Staff Report  WAYNESVILLE — The damaged 4-mile stretch of I-40 in Haywood County leading to Tennessee, where road crews have worked, was unable to reopen as planned by Jan. 1 (as state highway officials had projected) because it sustaine...

• Dastardly Republicans just destroyed our economy, businesses and lives in WNC

  Created: Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:19

  Great — now (Speaker of the House) Mike Johnson not only has no backbone, but no (expletive deleted). He delayed the funding for FEMA and SBA in October, saying it could wait ‘til after Thanksgiving recess, then (U.S. Sen.) Rand Paul screwed...

• The Daily Planet's Opinion: Hurray for the Guardian Angels for volunteering to patrol NYC’s subways!

  Created: Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:17

  We are elated that New York City’s Guardian Angels, a group of  volunteer vigilantes, has announced that it has decided to resume NYC subway patrols for first time since 2020 — after a recent shocking arson murder. “The Guardian ...

• The media’s disgraceful surrender to Donald Trump

  Created: Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:15

  EDITOR’S NOTE: The following column was released by Bill Press through his syndicate on Dec. 19 — prior to the New Year. By BILL PRESS Syndicated Columnist Despite the gloom and doom surrounding the results of November 5, it would be nice...

• The Candid Conservative: Shrink stuff?

  Created: Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:11

  “The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.” ―Albert Ellis •  ...

• Are killers insane?

  Created: Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:09

  By TED RALL Special to the Daily Planet As is typically the case after a high-profile murder, people are speculating about suspect Luigi Mangione’s state of mind when he allegedly killed United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Hilton hotel...

• Biden blasted for never-ending betrayal of the American people of the American

  Created: Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:08

  By ROGER BUCKNER Special to the Daily Planet I need to find the muse. I ask myself: What would be the best topic to write about for my column to appear in this edition of the Daily Planet? Probably something about U.S President Joe Biden’s end-...

• Vaccine questions shouldn’t be verboten

  Created: Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:06

  By VICTOR JOECKS Syndicated Columnist In the Harry Potter series, the villain Lord Voldemort is known as “He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.”  There’s a similar sentiment whenever someone expresses a heterodox opinion on vaccines. The l...

• The ‘Gray Ghost:’ A traitorous taint?

  Created: Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:04

  On this morning of Dec. 30, 2024, my babies would come to my door and, after prayer, heap praise upon the honorable attorney David McCallister for his constitutional interpretation of the unlawful ruling of one Judge Clay D. Land of the Middle District of...

• Could there be tyranny in the Polk County Republican Party?

  Created: Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:01

  By DICK SHAUGHNESSY Special to the Daily Planet The shocking story that follows reveals a crisis for the Polk County GOP that has potentially dire consequences for its leaders.   Let’s begin here. On the day before the Nov. 5th general elec...

• Mother’s Finest aims to peel paint off the walls during Jan. 17-18 shows

  Created: Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:00

  From Staff Reports WALHALLA, S.C. —  The band Mother’s Finest will perform its “Too Funk for Rock, Too Rock for Funk” show in performances at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 17 and 18 at the Walhalla Performing Arts Center, 101 East North B...

• MiniKiss to perform musical salute; billed as world’s ‘hottest, littlest band’

  Created: Saturday, 11 January 2025 11:59

  From Staff Reports NEWTON, N.C.  — MiniKiss will perform a musical salute to the iconic rock band Kiss at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18 in the Newton Performing Arts Center at 60 W 6th St. here. Regarding the show, a promotion noted, “The Fatale b...

• Ranky Tanky group seeks to revive ‘soulful sounds’ of Gullah culture on Jan. 18

  Created: Saturday, 11 January 2025 11:58

  From Staff Reports NEWTON, S.C. — The Charleston-based Ranky Tanky — an American musical ensemble — will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Jan. 18 in the Newberry Opera House, 1201 McKibben St., here. Regarding the show, a promotion note...

• UNCA chancellor congratulates December '24 grads

  Created: Sunday, 22 December 2024 13:45

  EDITOR'S NOTE: The following message from Chancellor Kimberly van Noor , addressed to the "UNC Asheville Community," was emailed by UNCA on Dec 17 to the Daily Planet and is being reprinted in full below. Dear UNC Asheville Community, On December 1...

• Post-Helene, Buncombe County’s jobless rate surges to highest in state. Prior to storm, Buncombe had the lowest unemployment rate in N.C.

  Created: Sunday, 22 December 2024 13:40

  From Staff Reports  Buncombe County’s unemployment rate more than tripled two months after Helene, Asheville television station WLOS (News 13) reported on Dec. 3. The rate ranks as the highest in North Carolina. October numbers showed the j...

• WNC worker exodus poses threat to tourism, officials say

  Created: Sunday, 22 December 2024 13:37

  From Staff Reports    Some  tourism and political leaders in Western North Carolina are expressing major concern that the ongoing local worker exodus — following the wrath wreaked on the region by Tropical Storm Helene on Sept. 27 ...

• Bar with country dancing makes Hendersonville debut

  Created: Sunday, 22 December 2024 13:34

  From Staff Reports HENDERSONVILLE — Honeysuckle Holler — billing itself as “the only dedicated country dance bar in Western North Carolina” — held a grand opening on Dec. 6-7 in the former location of The 2nd Act Coffee, ...

• Business-owners question FEMA, county officials over slow response

  Created: Sunday, 22 December 2024 13:32

  From Staff Reports Members of the Asheville-based Council of Independent Business Owners  heard from — and questioned the efforts by — FEMA and Buncombe County officials during CIBO’s monthly early-morning meeting Dec. 6, Ashvil...

• After New Year’s break, Daily Planet’s next edition set Jan. 8

  Created: Sunday, 22 December 2024 13:31

  The Daily Planet will take a one-week break for New Year’s, so the next print edition will appear on Jan. 8, when the newspaper resumes its biweekly (every other Wednesday) publication schedule. The newspaper publishes three editions: Asheville Da...