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Four Seasons Politics

Cooper appoints Moffitt to replace McGrady

North Carolina Four Seasons Politics

Here are candidates for N.C. Supreme Court, appeals court seats

RALEIGH — Three of seven seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court are on the ballot this year, including chief justice, who is also the state’s top court administrator.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Four Seasons Politics

Both parties denounce theft and destruction of campaign signs

Leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties are condemning theft and defacement of campaign signs, saying that the rash of vandalism is escalating beyond what the community has seen in past elections. Here are statements the Lightning received from the Republican Party chair and from a Democratic activist.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Vandalism escalates as Election Day nears

Sign warfare is raging as party activists march into the stretch drive of a high-stakes presidential election that seems to be escalating vandalism on both sides.   Read Story »

North Carolina Four Seasons Politics

GOP taps Moffitt to finish McGrady's term

Republican leaders in Henderson County named Tim Moffitt to replace Rep. Chuck McGrady in the state House on Thursday night, giving the former legislator from Asheville the power of incumbency just four weeks before the Nov. 3 election.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Four Seasons Politics

City Council Conversations start this week

Hendersonville City Council members are venturing outside the traditional council meeting format to offer a series of Council Conversations in the community starting this week.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Hendersonville man charged with stealing campaign signs

Henderson County sheriff’s deputies charged a 49-year-old Hendersonville man with stealing Cawthorn for Congress signs after reports of the sign theft on Sept. 21 in Mills River.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Four Seasons Politics

LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: In escalating water war, county takes the economy hostage

The de facto moratorium that Henderson County commissioners have imposed on developments needing city water is only serving to threaten economic growth, damage property rights and undermine the spirit of cooperation needed for sensible long-range planning of utilities.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Four Seasons Politics

City amends water extension policy amid conflict with county

The Hendersonville City Council voted on Thursday to update a 1997 Water Extension Policy as part of an ongoing conflict with the Henderson County Board of Commissioners over water rates.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

McGrady resigns; GOP expected to name Moffitt to his seat

State Rep. Chuck McGrady made it official on Thursday when he resigned from the state House after five terms in order to assume his new role as a member of the state Board of Transportation.   Read Story »

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