Asheville Daily Planet https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:01:28 GMT FeedCreator 1.8.0-dev (info@mypapit.net) UNCA names vice chancellor for budget and finance and COO https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/unca/7825-unca-names-vice-chancellor-for-budget-and-finance-and-coo Read more...

]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North)Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:10:24 GMThttps://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/unca/7825-unca-names-vice-chancellor-for-budget-and-finance-and-coo 2 dead, 7 hurt in early morning Asheville shooting, police say https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7824-2-dead-7-hurt-in-early-morning-asheville-shooting-police-say From Staff Reports 

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Two people died and seven others were injured after a shooting around 2:20 a.m. July 19 in the 250 block of Biltmore Avenue in downtown Asheville. 

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:59:57 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7824-2-dead-7-hurt-in-early-morning-asheville-shooting-police-say Jim Fulton takes helm as BCGOP appoints 3rd chairman in 2 years https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7823-jim-fulton-takes-helm-as-bcgop-appoints-3rd-chairman-in-2-years From Staff Reports

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Buncombe County Republican Executive Committee on June 22 elected Jim Fulton as the new chairman of the Buncombe County Republican Party.

He replaces

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:58:47 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7823-jim-fulton-takes-helm-as-bcgop-appoints-3rd-chairman-in-2-years Etowah suspect indicted in alleged attack on female jogger at Bent Creek https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7822-etowah-suspect-indicted-in-alleged-attack-on-female-jogger-at-bent-creek From Staff Reports


ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A grand jury on July 6 indicted Dillon James Curtis, 29, of Etowah on felony charges of attempted kidnapping and second-degree kidnapping

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:57:23 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7822-etowah-suspect-indicted-in-alleged-attack-on-female-jogger-at-bent-creek Greenville, S.C., falls to No. 10 (from No. 7), but still makes top 10 list of the best U.S. ... https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7821-greenville-sc-falls-to-no-10-from-no-7-but-still-makes-top-10-list-of-the-best-us-cities-to-visit-travel--leisure From Staff Reports 

NEW YORK, N.Y — Greenville, S.C., remained “on Travel & Leisure magazine’s popular list of top 10 U.S. Travel Destinations for the second year in a row — despite falling from the

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:55:42 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7821-greenville-sc-falls-to-no-10-from-no-7-but-still-makes-top-10-list-of-the-best-us-cities-to-visit-travel--leisure In a drop from No. 9 in 2025, long-time favorite Asheville ranked No. 13 on Travel + Leisure list https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7820-in-a-drop-from-no-9-in-2025-long-time-favorite-asheville-ranked-no-13-on-travel--leisure-list From Staff Reports

NEW YORK, N.Y —  Asheville, N.C., was rated No. 13 — a drop from No. 9 in 2025 — on the Travel Leisure list of the best U.S. Travel Destinations for 2026, which

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:55:07 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7820-in-a-drop-from-no-9-in-2025-long-time-favorite-asheville-ranked-no-13-on-travel--leisure-list Top 10 U.S. travel destinations in latest rankings https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7819-top-10-us-travel-destinations-in-latest-rankings From Staff Reports

NEW YORK, N.Y —Santa Fe, New Mexico, took the No. 1 spot for “Best Cities in the U.S.” in Travel Leisure’s 2026 World’s Best Awards. 

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:54:27 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7819-top-10-us-travel-destinations-in-latest-rankings Rep. Chuck Edwards and wife sell all of their McDonald’s restaurants https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7818-rep-chuck-edwards-and-wife-sell-all-of-their-mcdonalds-restaurants From Staff Reports 

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C.— U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-Flat Rock, and his wife, Teresa, officially sold all of their Western North Carolina McDonald’s franchises to longtime friends and fellow franchisees Christine and Chris Nevant of Asheville,

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:53:33 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7818-rep-chuck-edwards-and-wife-sell-all-of-their-mcdonalds-restaurants Congress has a duty to act on Gaza https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/letters/7817-congress-has-a-duty-to-act-on-gaza In a recent interview, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza, claiming, “If Israel wanted to commit a genocide against Palestinians, they could do it in a minute.”

That assertion

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:46:58 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/letters/7817-congress-has-a-duty-to-act-on-gaza The Candid Conservative: Swapping culture for enterprise? https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7816-the-candid-conservative-swapping-culture-for-enterprise “Reality, unlike perception, cannot be changed by propaganda.”

— Charles Hugh Smith 

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By CARL MUMPOWER
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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:44:41 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7816-the-candid-conservative-swapping-culture-for-enterprise The Daily Planet’s Opinion: Sen. Lindsey Graham? A true American patriot and ‘fiercest of ... https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7815-the-daily-planets-opinion-sen-lindsey-graham-a-true-american-patriot-and-fiercest-of-fighters The United States lost a great patriot with the July 11 sudden death of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the most prominent and powerful foreign policy hawk in Congress.

Graham, 71, died suddenly following reported chest pains and cardiac

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:43:44 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7815-the-daily-planets-opinion-sen-lindsey-graham-a-true-american-patriot-and-fiercest-of-fighters Teddy Roosevelt was everything Donald Trump is not https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7814-teddy-roosevelt-was-everything-donald-trump-is-not By BILL PRESS
Syndicated Columnist

When someone lies every time he opens his mouth, it’s impossible to say what’s the biggest lie of all. 

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:42:25 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7814-teddy-roosevelt-was-everything-donald-trump-is-not Mamdani’s embittered Fourth of July rant to America? https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7813-mamdanis-embittered-fourth-of-july-rant-to-america By VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
Syndicated Columnist

Zohran Mamdani, New York’s self-described socialist mayor, could not resist using the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration to trash the very country that

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:40:25 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7813-mamdanis-embittered-fourth-of-july-rant-to-america Israel, Ukraine? Not democracies https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7812-israel-ukraine-not-democracies By TED RALL
Syndicated Columnist

The United States is heavily invested in Israel and Ukraine. 

One of the primary arguments used to justify extravagant American military spending, intelligence cooperation

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:37:52 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7812-israel-ukraine-not-democracies Democratic Party ‘gone’ amid takeover by socialists. Help GOP to defeat communism. https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7811-democratic-party-gone-amid-takeover-by-socialists-help-gop-to-defeat-communism- By ROGER BUCKNER
Special to the Daily Planet

The best news today, it seems to me, is that the marriage between Democrats and socialists is destroying their party.  

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:36:01 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7811-democratic-party-gone-amid-takeover-by-socialists-help-gop-to-defeat-communism- Guest column: Why haven’t my letters on pedophilia appeared in the Daily Planet? https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7810-guest-column-why-havent-my-letters-on-pedophilia-appeared-in-the-daily-planet- EDITOR’S NOTE: The following letter to the editor by frequent — and long-time — Daily Planet contributor Richard D. Pope of Hendersonville, N.C., is being run as a guest column because of its length.


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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:32:38 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/opinion/7810-guest-column-why-havent-my-letters-on-pedophilia-appeared-in-the-daily-planet- All westbound lanes of I-26 now open, marking widening project milestone https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7809-all-westbound-lanes-of-i-26-now-open-marking-widening-project-milestone From Staff Reports

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The NCDOT announced on July 17 that it officially opened all I-26 westbound lanes in their final four-lane configuration between U.S. 64 (Exit 49) in Henderson County and Brevard Road (Exit 33) in

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:31:19 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7809-all-westbound-lanes-of-i-26-now-open-marking-widening-project-milestone Haywood Republican officials allegedly bar Asheville Citizen Times reporter from Whatley ... https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7808-haywood-republican-officials-allegedly-bar-asheville-citizen-times-reporter-from-whatley-public-event Waynesville’s town attorney reportedly tells local GOP leaders they must admit ACT reporter, but they decline; police called, journalist leaves to avoid escalation


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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:28:17 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7808-haywood-republican-officials-allegedly-bar-asheville-citizen-times-reporter-from-whatley-public-event ‘Rent’ musical opens at Playhouse https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/entertainment/7807-rent-musical-opens-at-playhouse ‘Influential’ show to be staged July 24-Aug. 15 at Flat Rock


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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:26:11 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/entertainment/7807-rent-musical-opens-at-playhouse Ska City band to rattle Swannanoa https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/entertainment/7806-ska-city-band-to-rattle-swannanoa From Staff Reports

SWANNANOA. N.C.  —The group Ska City will perform in concert at 6 p.m. July 28 in Grovemont Park, next to the Swannanoa Library at 101 W. Charleston St., here. 

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:25:35 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/entertainment/7806-ska-city-band-to-rattle-swannanoa 8-piece Chicago Rewired to play salute to iconic rock horn band https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/entertainment/7805-8-piece-chicago-rewired-to-play-salute-to-iconic-rock-horn-band From Staff Reports

EDNEYVILLE, N..C.  — Chicago Rewired, a Chicago tribute band, will perform music for listening and/or dancing at 7 p.m. July 24 at Point Lookout Vineyards, 408 Appleola Road, here.

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:24:56 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/entertainment/7805-8-piece-chicago-rewired-to-play-salute-to-iconic-rock-horn-band Buncombe denies all allegations in Commissioner Horton’s lawsuit over 14th Amendment violations https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7804-buncombe-denies-all-allegations-in-commissioner-hortons-lawsuit-over-14th-amendment-violations .From Staff Reports

ASHEVILLE,  N.C. — Buncombe County in mid-July officially denied all allegations of wrongdoing and asserted governmental immunity in response to a federal lawsuit filed against it on Feb.

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:23:48 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7804-buncombe-denies-all-allegations-in-commissioner-hortons-lawsuit-over-14th-amendment-violations Buncombe County tied for highest number of 2026 officer-involved shootings in the state https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7803-buncombe-county-tied-for-highest-number-of-2026-officer-involved-shootings-in-the-state From Staff Reports

ASHEVILLE, N.C. —Buncombe County and Guilford County are tied for the highest number of officer-involved shootings in North Carolina so far in 2026, with three incidents each, according

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]]> john@ashevilledailyplanet.com (John North) Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:23:06 GMT https://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/news/7803-buncombe-county-tied-for-highest-number-of-2026-officer-involved-shootings-in-the-state