Four Seasons Politics

Food Box program channels $3 billion to farmers

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

TRUMP TO VISIT MILLS RIVER PACKING HOUSE MONDAY

President Donald Trump plans to visit Flavor 1st in Mills River to highlight the administration's Farmers to Families Food Box program, the White House announced. Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Tillis extols face masks as way to save lives and jobs

Declaring that face masks can save jobs as well as lives, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is urging North Carolinians to wear a face covering to protect themselves and others. Read Story »

Edneyville Four Seasons Politics

Country star Darryl Worley highlights Cawthorn fundraiser

Popular country musician Darryl Worley will highlight a fundraiser for the Madison Cawthorn for Congress Campaign Sunday, Aug. 30, at Point Lookout Vineyard, 408 Appleola Road. Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Republican breakfast is a mask-free zone

LAUREL PARK — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s oft-repeated advice to practice the “3 W’s” holds no sway with Henderson County Republicans. Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Jay Egolf makes the case for reopening schools

Jay Egolf, who cast the lone no vote when the Henderson County School Board ordered remote learning for the start of the school year, says the importance of in-person learning outweighs the relatively small risk of covid-19 infections in the classroom. Read Story »

Flat Rock Four Seasons Politics

Village Council dumps $40,000 bike-ped plan

The Flat Rock Village Council voted last week to kill a $40,000 bicycle-pedestrian study that envisioned an ambitious network of greenways and sidewalks linking popular destinations along public roads and through undeveloped land. Read Story »

North Carolina Four Seasons Politics

Summer polls are poor predictors of November outcomes

In this year that sometimes feels like a decade, North Carolinians have yet to cast a single general-election ballot for president or other offices. But I’m seeing lots of politicos and pundits making confident predictions about the state’s key electoral contests based on data from recent voter surveys. Read Story »

Dana Four Seasons Politics

McCall elected district director of N.C. county commissioners group

Henderson County Commissioner Rebecca McCall has been elected to serve as a District Director for the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, representing the district that includes Henderson, Buncombe, Transylvania and Madison counties. Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning (250)

The Hendersonville Lightning has the scoop this week on the Hendersonville Planning Board's recommendation on a proposal to build of four single-family homes on Chadwick Avenue, where city Police Chief Herbert Blake is headed in his new job, Oklawaha Village homeowners' opposition to apartment buildings in their back yards, a new condo development downtown and the merger of two city departments that manage and promote growth. Read Story »