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City invites residents to apply for board seats

The city of Hendersonville invites city residents to consider serving on one of the 15 boards, commissions, and committees that advise the mayor and City Council on a variety of issues.   Read Story »

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McCrory announces campaign for U.S. Senate

RALEIGH — In a video attacking the Biden-Harris administration for open borders and proposed tax increases, on Wednesday morning former N.C. Governor Pat McCrory made it official and became the second high-profile Republican candidate to enter the 2022 U.S. Senate race.   Read Story »

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CawthWatch: National 'Donument' would protect border wall

U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn announced Tuesday that he has filed the "Donument" Act, a bill to create a "Southern Border Wall National Monument" to permanently protect the border wall from alteration.   Read Story »

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Committee takes up Moffitt's bill to fully open bars, restaurants

A House Judiciary committee is scheduled Tuesday, April 13, to take up a bill that would fully reopen bars and restaurants provided they follow specific safety guidelines.   Read Story »

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GOP is again defending voter ID in court

RALEIGH — Three years after the N.C. electorate decided to add a voter identification requirement to the state constitution, Republican lawmakers are defending voter ID in court.   Read Story »

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NC teacher pay now second in Southeast

RALEIGH — Public school teachers in North Carolina receive an average annual salary of $53,392 for the current school year, according to the latest figures from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. That puts the state second best in the Southeast — behind Georgia — in average teacher pay.   Read Story »

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'Unusable evidence' led to quick dismissal of abuse charges, Newman told Bar

District Attorney Greg Newman acted like his “hair was on fire” to dismiss felony sexual assault charges and offered the defendant a plea bargain that outraged the victim and her family, a member of the state Bar’s disciplinary board said last November.   Read Story »

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Timeline of District Attorney Newman case

July 5, 2013: Gov. Pat McCrory appoints Newman, an attorney in private practice and former mayor of Hendersonville, as district attorney.   Read Story »

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Newman faces removal over handling of child sexual abuse case

Less than a year after he was sworn into office as district attorney for Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties, Greg Newman received word of a child sexual assault case that sounded horrific.   Read Story »

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