Four Seasons Politics
Our state’s official seal presents North Carolina as a series of dualities.
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Four Seasons Politics
In keeping with his motto of “First in Constituent Services,” U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards will send his Carolina Cruiser mobile office to Edneyville Community Center, 15 Ida Rogers Drive, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, to help folks with Hurricane Helene recovery issues or questions. District aides will be on hand to answer questions about the disaster and assist with federal agencies. If you can’t stop by mobile office hours and you or someone you know is having problems with FEMA, call 223-FIX-FEMA.
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Four Seasons Politics
Drives in the state Legislature to reduce local control over higher density residential development and allow "granny flats" in all residential zones are running into some roadblocks. It remains to be seen if they’re temporary.
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Four Seasons Politics
Six months and two days after North Carolinians went to the polls, the 2024 election is finally over. On Wednesday, Republican Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin conceded, ending a lengthy court battle over the state Supreme Court seat he narrowly lost to Democratic Justice Allison Riggs.
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The leader of the Henderson County Republican Men’s Club is threatening to have police arrest "anyone who is not a registered Republican" if they try to attend or protest outside of a club meeting where U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards is scheduled to speak.
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WAYNESVILLE — Delegates elected Merry Guy as chair of the 11th Congressional District Committee on Saturday, ousting two-term incumbent Michele Woodhouse in a race that pitted two party activists from Henderson County against one another.
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The Hendersonville City Council and City Manager John Connet say county commissioners pushed ahead to endorse a bill in the state Legislature to outlaw annexation-for-sewer even as negotiations were progressing — in the city’s point of view — to resolve the long-running conflict.
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State Sen. Tim Moffitt, who lives atop Bearwallow Mountain above the hard-hit Hickory Nut Gorge, says if state officials want to exempt the reconstruction of Helene-damaged buildings from flood-protection rules, they also need to pursue parallel changes to the National Flood Insurance Program.
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