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City announces lineup for Rhythm & Brews concert series
Jazz, blues, country and Southern rock acts will take the stage during the 2026 Rhythm & Brews Concert Series in downtown Hendersonville. Read Story »
![A crane-rigging company was working this week to take down the construction crane at the site of the Fairmont Heritage Place-The Cedars condo development at North Church Street and U.S. 64. [AMY B. MCCRAW/Hendersonville Lightning]](/images/stories/2026/03/Cedars7.jpeg)
![A large builder of affordable housing developments is seeking city zoning approval to construct a 77-unit apartment building on Mitchelle Drive next to Shroader’s Honda. [CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT]](/images/stories/2026/03/LaurelMeadows.png)
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Planning board endorses rezoning for affordable housing
The city could make a dent in the area’s affordable housing deficit if the Hendersonville City Council authorizes a rezoning on Mitchelle Drive near Four Seasons Boulevard. Read Story »
Four Seasons Politics
![Chart shows three options for funding the debt service for the $100 million courthouse tower. Other options not shown include a bond issue and shifting some rainy-day fund money to cover debt service. [HENDERSON COUNTY JCAR PRESENTATION]](/images/stories/2026/03/Funding.png)
VERDICT: DIVIDED BOARD OKs $100M COURTHOUSE ANNEX
Rockingham sheriff inches toward upset of powerful state Senate leader
Community News
North Henderson senior named Boys & Girls Club's Youth of the Year
Besides lunch, Carriker delivered joy and quick wit as Meals on Wheels driver
![Heather Kell, a Hannah Flanagan's waitress, speaks at the White House about a tax refund she received because 2025 tax legislation exempted tips from taxation. [SCREENSHOT OF WHITE HOUSE VIDEO]](/images/stories/2026/03/HeatherTrump.jpg)
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Local waitress highlights tax benefit at White House
Heather Kell is just one more waitress in a world full of waitresses. A single mom, she works hard, with a smile. She's more loyal than most, having worked at Hannah Flanagan's, the popular Irish pub on Main Street, for some 20 years. Read Story »
![Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page talks with the press outside the Board of Elections office in Wentworth on March 13 after a canvass confirmed his 23-vote Republican primary election edge over Senate Leader Phil Berger in the sheriff’s quest to replace the powerful legislator. [SARAH MICHELS/Carolina Public Press]](/images/stories/2026/03/SamPage.jpeg)
Four Seasons Politics
Rockingham sheriff inches toward upset of powerful state Senate leader
Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page sat in the third row, sporting his signature cowboy hat, as he watched the Rockingham County Board of Elections certify the official results in his Republican primary race against Phil Berger, the powerful leader of the N.C. Senate. Read Story »
Four Seasons Politics
County poised to create taskforce on shooting range permits
Shooting ranges, a land-use that for years has bedeviled Henderson County commissioners, Zoning Board of Adjustment members and homeowners near where they're proposed, could get harder to site in the county. Read Story »
North Henderson senior named Boys & Girls Club's Youth of the Year
Police shoot knife-wielding suspect
Developer's lawsuit accuses city of 'whimsical, willful and unreasonable' denial of rezoning
Go-or-no vote scheduled on $93M courthouse expansion
Company eyes adding 33 jobs paying $69,000/year
Carolina Village seeks rezoning for 60-unit residential building
City seeks nominations for Historic Preservation Awards
UNC Health Pardee honors Leader of the Quarter
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