Asheville Daily Planet https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/ Mon, 25 May 2026 13:06:12 GMT FeedCreator 1.8.0-dev (info@mypapit.net) UNCA celebrates spring graduates with 2 commencement ceremonies https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/unca/7716-unca-celebrates-spring-graduates-with-2-commencement-ceremonies

 

 

 

 

 

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 03:43:15 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/unca/7716-unca-celebrates-spring-graduates-with-2-commencement-ceremonies Workforce development leader gives update on ‘state of local economy;’ affordable housing ... https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7715-workforce-development-leader-gives-update-on-state-of-local-economy-affordable-housing-report-ent-leader-gives-update-on-state-of-local-economy-affordable-housing-report By JOHN NORTH

ASHEVILLE, N.C. —  Local workforce development leader Nathan Ramsey addressed the local low wages versus

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 03:35:22 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7715-workforce-development-leader-gives-update-on-state-of-local-economy-affordable-housing-report-ent-leader-gives-update-on-state-of-local-economy-affordable-housing-report U.S. attorney discusses violent crime surge with Asheville-area leaders following Fox News report https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7714-us-attorney-discusses-violent-crime-surge-with-asheville-area-leaders-following-fox-news-report From Staff Reports 

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson met here on May 1 with local law enforcement — including the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office and Asheville Police Department — to discuss what was described as

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 03:32:51 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7714-us-attorney-discusses-violent-crime-surge-with-asheville-area-leaders-following-fox-news-report New police data shows rise in trespassing, other crimes in downtown Asheville in 2025 https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7713-new-police-data-shows-rise-in-trespassing-other-crimes-in-downtown-asheville-in-2025 From Staff Reports

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Asheville television station WLOS (News 13) has obtained police data “showing an uptick in trespassing, public intoxication and other crimes in downtown Asheville year over year,” Asheville television station (News 13)

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 03:30:59 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7713-new-police-data-shows-rise-in-trespassing-other-crimes-in-downtown-asheville-in-2025 Advent, UNC Health appeal OK of Mission Hospital expansion https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7712-advent-unc-health-appeal-ok-of-mission-hospital-expansion From Staff Reports 

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — AdventHealth and UNC Health on April 23 filed separate appeals of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ approval for Asheville-based Mission Hospital to add 95 acute care beds, costing an

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 03:29:02 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7712-advent-unc-health-appeal-ok-of-mission-hospital-expansion Rep. Edwards reported to be under investigation for an alleged affair with an ex-aide; he ... https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7711-rep-edwards-reported-to-be-under-investigation-for-an-alleged-affair-with-an-ex-aide-he-denies-claim-blames-election-disruptors From Staff Reports

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. —  U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-Flat Rock, who is running for re-election to a third term, is under a House Ethics Committee investigation regarding allegations of an improper relationship with a former

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 03:26:34 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7711-rep-edwards-reported-to-be-under-investigation-for-an-alleged-affair-with-an-ex-aide-he-denies-claim-blames-election-disruptors HCGOP chairman lambasts ‘so-called news’ media for reporting a claim as a fact https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7710-hcgop-chairman-lambasts-so-called-news-media-for-reporting-a-claim-as-a-fact From Staff Reports

hENDERSONVILLE, N.C. —  The Henderson County Republican Party immediately came to the defense of U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-Flat Rock, after the allegations against him were publicized.

To that end, HCRP

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 03:24:24 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7710-hcgop-chairman-lambasts-so-called-news-media-for-reporting-a-claim-as-a-fact Sackler-linked firm succeeds in its bid for Ingles board seat https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7709-sackler-linked-firm-succeeds-in-its-bid-for-ingles-board-seat From Staff Reports

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. — Summer Road, LLC, an investment firm managing wealth for the Sackler family (former owners of of OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma), successfully won a seat on the Ingles Markets board during the

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 03:07:53 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7709-sackler-linked-firm-succeeds-in-its-bid-for-ingles-board-seat Free public housing idea? Instead, get up and ... w-o-r-k! https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/letters/7708-free-public-housing-idea-instead-get-up-and--w-o-r-k EDITOR’S NOTE: The following letters to the editor were written in response to a letter to the editor from Hendersonville resident Richard D. Pope — headlined “Free public housing urged in Hendersonville” — that appeared in the April 29 edition of the

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 02:50:41 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/letters/7708-free-public-housing-idea-instead-get-up-and--w-o-r-k The Daily Planet’s Opinion: At 85, Ringo Starr sets terrific example by still running, ... https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7707-the-daily-planets-opinion-at-85-ringo-starr-sets-terrific-example-by-still-running-lifting-weights If you’ve ever wondered how Ringo Starr, who is 85 years old and still touring the world, stays in good physical shape, he recently told Rolling Stone magazine his secret as follows:

“Well, you’ve got to eat more broccoli.

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 02:48:15 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7707-the-daily-planets-opinion-at-85-ringo-starr-sets-terrific-example-by-still-running-lifting-weights Hey Cesar Chavez: Say it isn’t so! https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7706-hey-cesar-chavez-say-it-isnt-so By BILL PRESS
Syndicated Columnist

For more than 50 years, I worshiped Cesar Chavez. 

My very first political activity was joining a farmworkers protest against buying California table grapes

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 02:46:31 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7706-hey-cesar-chavez-say-it-isnt-so From one assassination to the next — mainstreaming violence against a president. ... https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7705-from-one-assassination-to-the-next--mainstreaming-violence-against-a-president-same-old-same-old-target-trump By VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
Syndicated Columnist

At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (on April 25), President Donald Trump was the target of yet a third assassination attempt —

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 02:42:03 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7705-from-one-assassination-to-the-next--mainstreaming-violence-against-a-president-same-old-same-old-target-trump Gen X to Gen Z: We salute you! Thirty years and 30 pounds ago, Workman published “Revenge ... https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7704-gen-x-to-gen-z-we-salute-you-thirty-years-and-30-pounds-ago-workman-published-revenge-of-the-latchkey-kids-my-bestselling-entry-in-the-gen-x-manifesto-genre-i-argued-in-snotty-prose-and-spiky-scratchboard-cartoons-that-americans-born-in-the-1960 By TED RALL
Syndicated Columnist

Thirty years and 30 pounds ago, Workman published “Revenge of the Latchkey Kids,” my bestselling entry in the Gen X manifesto genre.

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 02:40:32 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7704-gen-x-to-gen-z-we-salute-you-thirty-years-and-30-pounds-ago-workman-published-revenge-of-the-latchkey-kids-my-bestselling-entry-in-the-gen-x-manifesto-genre-i-argued-in-snotty-prose-and-spiky-scratchboard-cartoons-that-americans-born-in-the-1960 The Candid Conservative: With addiction comes denial https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7703-the-candid-conservative-with-addiction-comes-denial “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” 
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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 02:26:43 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7703-the-candid-conservative-with-addiction-comes-denial Trump touted. Teachers accused of ‘dumbing down’ students to aid communist takeover of U.S. https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7702-trump-touted-teachers-accused-of-dumbing-down-students-to-aid-communist-takeover-of-us By ROGER BUCKNER
Special to the Daily Planet

You have to hand it to “The Man.”  

He is a record-setter — the second U.S. president to

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 02:20:44 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7702-trump-touted-teachers-accused-of-dumbing-down-students-to-aid-communist-takeover-of-us Evette, SCSU quarrel explodes, continues to rage https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7701-evette-scsu-quarrel-explodes-continues-to-rage From Staff Reports

TRAVELERS REST, S.C. — South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette’s invitation to speak at South Carolina State University’s May 8 commencement was rescinded on April 29, roughly a week before the event, following intense

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 02:17:46 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7701-evette-scsu-quarrel-explodes-continues-to-rage SCSU commencement featured 2 speakers who touted protesters https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7700-scsu-commencement-featured-2-speakers-who-touted-protesters From Staff Reports

ORANGEBURG, S.C. —South Carolina State University celebrated its spring commencement here on May 8, as the two last-minute speakers Yolanda Williams and Zaria Tucker — who were announced

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 02:13:19 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7700-scsu-commencement-featured-2-speakers-who-touted-protesters 9 legislators back defunding of SCSU https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7699-9-legislators-back-defunding-of-scsu From Staff Reports

ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Nine South Carolina Republican lawmakers are seeking to defund South Carolina State University in the 2025-26 fiscal year after the school rescinded an invitation for Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette to speak

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 02:06:52 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7699-9-legislators-back-defunding-of-scsu Guest column Time to learn the ‘art of protest;’ start by dressing in dignified way https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7698-guest-column-time-to-learn-the-art-of-protest-start-by-dressing-in-dignified-way From Staff Reports

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — That woman (Leslie Boyd) who got herself banned from Congressman Chuck Edwards’ six McDonald’s restaurants doesn’t know the first thing about the art of protest.

If

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 02:01:57 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7698-guest-column-time-to-learn-the-art-of-protest-start-by-dressing-in-dignified-way Vinyl Junkies party band to rock Travelers Rest on May 23 https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/entertainment/7697-vinyl-junkies-party-band-to-rock-travelers-rest-on-may-23 From Staff Reports 

TRAVELERS REST, S.C. – The Vinyl Junkies band will perform pop music from 7 to 9 p.m. May

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 01:25:52 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/entertainment/7697-vinyl-junkies-party-band-to-rock-travelers-rest-on-may-23 The Spinners to perform classic Philly soul sound May 23 at Opera House https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/entertainment/7696-the-spinners-to-perform-classic-philly-soul-sound-may-23-at-opera-house From Staff Reports 

NEWBERRY, S.C. – The Spinners, an iconic classic soul music band that became one of the defining voices of the Philadelphia soul era of the 1970s, will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. May

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 01:25:07 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/entertainment/7696-the-spinners-to-perform-classic-philly-soul-sound-may-23-at-opera-house Randomonium band to play songs from iconic album ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ by Pink Floyd https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/entertainment/7695-randomonium-band-to-play-songs-from-iconic-album-dark-side-of-the-moon-by-pink-floyd From Staff Reports 

WALHALLA, S.C. – The band Randomonium will perform Pink Floyd’s iconic album “The Dark Side of the Moon” — in its entirety — at 7:30 p.m. May 15

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 18 May 2026 01:23:49 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/entertainment/7695-randomonium-band-to-play-songs-from-iconic-album-dark-side-of-the-moon-by-pink-floyd