Four Seasons Politics

WHO GAVE WHAT: Spend to win carries the day

Hendersonville Four Seasons Politics

City has board openings

The city of Hendersonville has openings on several boards and commissions that serve in an advisory capacity to the City Council. The city is inviting applications from city residents who might wish to serve on the following boards: Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Ag chair helping Meadows harvest cash

Although U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows faces little threat from a longshot Democrat, he is taking no chances in his first re-election bid for the 11th Congressional District seat he won in 2012. Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

County depicts Wingate project as partnership model

Henderson County Commissioner Grady Hawkins pitched the unprecedented Wingate-BRCC-Pardee project as an example of intergovernmental cooperation during a presentation at the annual convention of the National Association of Counties in New Orleans July 11-14. Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

King wins Register of Deeds election

Lee King, a Henderson County native who traces his roots back to the 18th century in the North Carolina mountains, swept to a victory in the runoff election for the county's Register of Deeds office on Tuesday in a light turnout. Read Story »

North Carolina Four Seasons Politics

Demonstrators protest pot charges

Demonstrating on behalf of a Fletcher man standing trial on felony charges of manufacturing marijuana, protesters at the Henderson County Courthouse on Grove Street waved signs calling for legalized marijuana and an end to "prohibition." Read Story »

North Carolina Four Seasons Politics

48th SENATE DCT: 'Why not give voters a choice?' Wood says

A Henderson County School Board member since 2008, Rick Wood had grown increasingly frustrated with the state Legislature's treatment of public schools. Read Story »

North Carolina Four Seasons Politics

48th SENATE DCT: Apodaca adapts to the heat

RALEIGH — On an elevator ride after his coal ash bill sailed through a Finance Committee meeting, Tom Apodaca and his fellow passengers give wide berth to a pregnant lobbyist, joking that she may explode in the 100-degree heat that has blanketed Raleigh. Read Story »

Hendersonville Four Seasons Politics

Who is Tahmooressi and why is he on this sign?

Who is Marine Tahmooressi and why is he on Jeff Miller's sign? Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

In a split vote, board makes airport board appointment

In another split vote over an appointment, the Board of Commissioners named former commission chair Bill Moyer to a Henderson County seat on the restructured Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority Board. Read Story »