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Good Friday storm causes widespread flooding

Women scramble out of a car in high water on Seventh Avenue at Mud Creek. [PHOTO BY HENRI BOYEA]

Brendan Shanahan, an engineer with the city of Hendersonville, presents the Clear Creek Greenway plan to an audience made up mostly of Carolina Village residents.

Hendersonville News

Carolina Village comes out strong for Clear Creek Greenway

The graying of the greenway movement was on display Tuesday afternoon when a crowd of senior citizens turned out to ask questions and mostly express support for the proposed Clear Creek Greenway, a three-quarter mile walking trail and bike path that would connect Carolina Village and Berkeley Mills Park. Read Story »

Flooding often closes the Oklawaha Greenway between Jackson Park and Seventh Avenue.

Henderson County News

County seeks grant to move flooded trail to higher ground

The “duck pond” that inundates the Jackson Park segment of the Oklawaha Greenway could be fixed if the state approves a parks and recreation grant for a realignment.  Read Story »

Board of Equalization & Review Vice Chair Whitney Staton and Chair Robert Pierce listen to a property tax appeal during the first meeting of the board to hear this year’s cases.

Henderson County News

2,536 property owners  appealed new tax value

Just over 2,500 property owners have appealed new assessed values under Henderson County’s 2019 reappraisal, or about 3.8 percent of the 68,000 parcels the county reappraised for tax purposes. Read Story »

A Buick Regal sits upside down after it flipped on Greenville Highway in the Village of Flat Rock.

Flat Rock News

Driver fleeing deputy flips Buick in village

FLAT ROCK — Occupants of a car that led law officers on a chase emerged uninjured and with their hands aloft after flipping their car in the center of the Village of Flat Rock on Monday afternoon. The two men face multiple charges. Read Story »

Henderson County News

Tennessee man sentenced to 58 years in child sex case

A Henderson County jury deliberated last week for two hours before finding a 25-year-old Tennessee man guilty of two counts of statutory rape. Read Story »

Four Seasons Politics

David Rhode is on a roll as student president of WCU

Lapsley to help draft long-range transportation investment strategy

ERA advocates embark on push for support

McGrady files bill broadly changing state liquor laws

Federal grand jury indicts state Republican chair

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A proposed Clear Creek Greenway would connect the Oklawaha Greenway and Carolina Village.

Hendersonville Life

City invites public input on Clear Creek Greenway Tuesday

The city of Hendersonville is hosting a public input meeting on the proposed Clear Creek Greenway from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, in the City Operations Center, 305 Williams Street. Read Story »