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City offers $3.5M in tax incentives to lure factory employing 148 workers
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Firecracker Jazz Band kicks off Rhythm & Brews next week
Rhythm & Brews returns to South Main Street on Thursday, June 19, featuring Firecracker Jazz Band as headliner and Blake Ellege & the Mojo Brothers Blues Band opening the show. Read Story »
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City seeks public input on bike plan
The city of Hendersonville is seeking public input as planners draft Bike Hendo, a new bicycle plan intended to guide future biking and rolling infrastructure in the city. Read Story »
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'Meals on the Bus' rolls this summer to feed schoolkids
The Henderson County public schools district is once again participating in the USDA-funded, state-administered Summer Food Service Program to help ensure local children have access to nutritious meals throughout the summer months. Read Story »
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Former city resident remains in limbo as she fights old criminal charge
A former North Carolina resident is asking the state to reconsider criminal charges against her that have been hanging over her head for the past decade. Read Story »
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VFW display honors hero featured in “Pork Chop Hill”
A new display at the VFW in Hendersonville honors the Korean and Vietnam War hero portrayed in the 1959 film “Pork Chop Hill.” Read Story »
Four Seasons Politics
![The BorgWarner factory going up off McMurray Road in the Upward community (left) is not a data center. Neither is the vacant Coats America mill (right) in Laurel Park. [DYLAN SHEEHAN/Hendersonville Lightning]](/images/stories/2026/06/Side by Side borg_coats.jpg)
The cultural mood turns sharply against AI data centers
Pay increase for law officers could force property tax increase
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![Pictured, from left, are Blue Ridge Community College team members who completed community college leadership programs over the past year: Crystal Bradshaw, Kerby Placak, Shawn Moore, Benjamin Rickert, Dr. Sarah Parlier and Kate St. Jacques. [RICH KEEN/BRCC]](/images/stories/2026/05/Leadership.jpg)
LOCAL BRIEFS: BRCC leaders, railroad club Fourth of July event, SkillsUSA winners, cadet honored
Community Foundation names new president/CEO
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County property tax increase derails city budget adoption
It took less than 24 hours for Henderson County's 4-cent property tax increase and 18 percent law enforcement pay increase to ripple out to other local government. Read Story »
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The cultural mood turns sharply against AI data centers
If it’s new and made of steel and concrete, it must be a data center. Even if it’s old, it must be a data center, as long as it’s vacant. It can’t be a warehouse/distribution or a factory or simply a vacant former mill because, well, a data center is scarier. … Read Story »
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Farm bill appropriates $1.5 million for new EMS station
A $30 billion farm bill adopted by the House this week contains a $1.5 million appropriation to Henderson County EMS for the construction of a new EMS station in Henderson County, U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards announced. Read Story »
City eyes accepting Etowah system's wastewater before 'catastrophic failure'
Council endorses renewal of passenger rail service to Asheville
Pardee hosts Walk-In Wednesday hiring events weekly through Aug. 26
Commissioners raise property taxes after 5-hour meeting
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Pay increase for law officers could force property tax increase
TAKE A HIKE: Big changes in courthouse parking start this week
In lawsuit seeking receivership, lender calls Cedars developer 'insolvent'
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