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Four Seasons Politics

County terminates state of emergency

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Legislators call on Cooper to allow camps to open next month

Four North Carolina legislators from the mountains are calling on Gov. Roy Cooper to allow summer camps to open by June 22 with at least 80 percent capacity, access to lake activities, open-air assemblies and sleeping accommodations "with 6 feet between heads."   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Impatient with stay-at-home order, commissioners again seek local flexibility

Henderson County commissioners on Monday called on Gov. Roy Cooper to give them the authority to implement their own economic reopening plan so that county residents may "pursue life, liberty and the fruits of their labor."   Read Story »

Asheville Four Seasons Politics

Edwards tacks Buncombe tourism aid onto statewide pandemic relief bill

A covid-19 relief bill the Legislature approved unanimously on Saturday contains a $5 million boost for tourism-related businesses in Buncombe County.   Read Story »

Etowah Four Seasons Politics

Business owners push back on lengthy post-covid reopening plan

In their third meeting on reopening the county for business post-coronavirus, business owners pushed back on a phased plan they said was too rigid and time-consuming.   Read Story »

North Carolina Four Seasons Politics

JOHN HOOD: Cooper's phased reopening is too rigid

At an April 23 press conference, Gov. Roy Cooper gave a reasonable explanation of what led him to institute North Carolina’s statewide stay-at-home order nearly a month earlier.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Governor extends stay-home order through May 8

Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday extended the statewide stay-at-home order through May 8 and announced a roadmap for easing restrictions and reopening the state's economy.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

County, towns brace for sales tax blood bath

Although local government budget-writers have no solid figures yet on sales tax revenue since the coronavirus shutdown, they know the drop will be steep.   Read Story »

North Carolina Four Seasons Politics

Here's the letter county wrote seeking authority to reopen business

Reflecting their constituents' anxiety about "extraordinarily gloomy employment futures" and "real fear over the likelihood of a slow and painful economic 'recovery' from which they will not personally recover," Henderson County commissioners asked Gov. Roy Cooper for the flexibility to begin reopening the local economy.   Read Story »

Polk County Four Seasons Politics

Rep. Johnson endorses local authority to reopen business

State Rep. Jake Johnson is endorsing requests by the Henderson County Board of Commissioners and other local government bodies for the authority to decide how to reopen businesses at the end of the month.   Read Story »

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