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Longtime coach John Whitmire dies at age 80

Henderson County News

Legislature likely to move primary to June 7

The state Legislature will vote this week to delay the 2022 primary elections until June 7. The move was first reported by Carolina Journal over the MLK holiday weekend. Read Story »

Trail opening 'can't happen fast enough,' Deanna Horwitz says.

Laurel Park Your Town

Ecusta Trail work day volunteers exult in 'making the dream'

Volunteers who came out Saturday for the first-ever Ecusta Trail work day expressed a common refrain when they described what inspired them to give their time. Whatever they can do to speed up the trail’s opening, they said, they will. Read Story »

Henderson County News

Citing hazardous roads, city, county announce they'll be closed Tuesday

Citing hazardous road conditions and overnight lows that will create black ice, both the city of Hendersonville and Henderson County announced that government offices will be closed on Tuesday. Read Story »

Hendersonville Business

Power is back on throughout county

Duke Energy crews restored power to more than 250,000 customers after winter storm Izzy moved through Carolinas on Sunday, the utility reported. The total number of power outages was a third of the three quarters of a million homes and businesses that Duke projected could lose power in the snow and ice storm. By daybreak Tuesday crews had restored power to all customers in Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties. Read Story »

Davis Young snowboards as brother Drew watches.

Henderson County News

LIGHTNING PHOTOS: My snow day

Roads are all but impassable here in Flat Rock so all I could do was walk with my assistant Callie (pictured) seven-tenths of a mile down Claremont Drive to Greenville Highway and back to make this report. Read Story »