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Etowah Valley responds to 'Nimby Nation' editorial

Etowah Four Seasons Politics

NIMBY NATION: No more dwellings after we move in

Not in My Backyard campaigns are ascendant across Henderson County — powered by homeowners ready to cross swords with developers wherever a shovel threatens to turn dirt.   Read Story »

Mills River Four Seasons Politics

Planning Board again swats down effort to ease floodplain construction rules

A landowner who wants Henderson County to relax regulations that prevent development in floodplains failed to win endorsement of the idea from the Henderson County Planning Board, which voted 5-2 last week to recommend denial of a zoning text amendment.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Here's how contractors would phase courthouse-jail construction over 34 months

If Henderson County commissioners greenlight a $215 million courthouse-jail expansion in the coming weeks, employees and visitors at the three-story existing courthouse would begin to see massive change starting in the first quarter of 2025.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

'Our courthouse is just plain full'

The highest ranking judicial system officials who work in the 1995 Henderson County Courthouse day in and day out delivered impassioned support last week for a $215 million renovation-expansion that they said is needed to administer everything from family court to adoptions to murder trials.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Newly adopted budget appropriates $37 million for Henderson County

The 2023-24 budget adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly includes $37 million in 18 separate grants for public water and sewer, flood resiliency, emergency services, rural fire & rescue departments and nonprofits, state Rep. Jennifer Capps Balkcom announced.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Four Seasons Politics

An endorsement of 'muscle-powered transportation system' on 'a new cultural Main Street'

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Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

City Council moves to eliminate primaries

Aiming to avoid October primaries in city elections, the Hendersonville City Council moved on Thursday night to switch to plurality elections starting with the 2024 election cycle.   Read Story »

North Carolina Four Seasons Politics

JOHN HOOD: Is Big Guy v. Perfect Caller the best we can do?

If current surveys are taken as predictive, the Democratic Party will nominate President Joe Biden for reelection next year, the Republican Party will nominate former President Donald Trump, and whoever wins will begin his term in 2025 as one of the most disliked politicians in American history.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Edwards files 'Stop Pot' bill ahead of Cherokee vote on recreational marijuana

U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards last week introduced the Stop Pot Act to withhold some federal funding from states and tribes that permit the use of recreational marijuana.   Read Story »

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