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Henderson County Business

Pardee golf tourney raises $115,000

Pardee Foundation's Seventeenth Annual Tournament of Champions at Kenmure Country Club in Flat Rock raised more than $115,000 to purchase medical equipment for Pardee Hospital.   Read Story »

Henderson County Business

Board shoots down O'Connor's Pardee sale proposal

Henderson County Commissioner Bill O'Connor tried unsuccessfully to start a process that could have led to the sale of Pardee Hospital. The motion failed on a 4-1 vote.   Read Story »

Henderson County Business

New streetlight burns brighter, lasts longer, saves $$, GE says

General Electric Lighting Solutions says that the light fixtures made in East Flat Rock are saving cities around the U.S. millions of dollars in energy and maintenance costs while providing a bright white light that improves street visibility.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Business

Owner of Times-News buys more papers

The investor group that owns the Times-News of Hendersonville has bought 10 more newspapers in North Carolina and 12 in Florida, numerous news outlets reported.   Read Story »

Henderson County Business

New LEDs power GE's growth

EAST FLAT ROCK — It's rare to win in Las Vegas. General Electric did, and because it did the company's Lighting Solutions plant in East Flat Rock is in the midst of the most positive trajectory it has experienced since the 1970s.   Read Story »

Henderson County Business

Pardee, Park Ridge to partner on health needs survey

Pardee Hospital and Park Ridge Healthcare, which have been locked in an intense turf war over the patience base in northern Henderson and southern Buncombe counties, have found something to agree on.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Business

Printpack to close Hendersonville plant next year

Printpack Inc. announced today that it planned to close its Hendersonville plant in a little more than a year from now, transitioning that work to a new plant in Rhinelander, Wis. “The decision to close Hendersonville was very difficult for us," said Dennis Love, President and CEO. "However, our goal has always been to provide our customers competitively priced, high quality packaging materials, utilizing the best technology available. This new investment will enable us to continue to meet this goal.”Founded in 1956 and headquartered in Atlanta, Printpack is a privately held manufacturer of flexible and specialty rigid packaging. Employing 4,220 associates worldwide, the company operates 28 manufacturing facilities in the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Poland and China.   Read Story »

Henderson County Business

Pardee board welcomes UNC's peace pact

Pardee Hospital leaders welcomed the news from Raleigh that state legislators had forced Pardee partner UNC Hospitals and its Raleigh competitor WakeMed to settle their differences and end their public feud.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Business

WCQS Morning Edition host leaving for Charlotte

Duncan McFadyen, WCQS morning news host and reporter, is leaving his position with WCQS to become morning host and reporter at public radio station WFAE in Charlotte.   Read Story »

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