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Tourism director receives inaugural NC Champion Award

Henderson County Tourism Development Authority Director Beth Carden accepts North Carolina Champion Award from Visit NC Director Wit Tuttell.

A Dollar General is going up on Old Greenville Highway across from Tuxedo Community Park.

Green River Business

Laurel Park warns of scammers posing as Apple reps

LAUREL PARK — Town Manager Christopher Todd has issued a scam alert for all Laurel Park residents warning that criminals are posing as Apple representatives. Read Story »

A male wearing a wig robbed the BB&T bank on Dana Road.

Hendersonville News

City police seek bank robber

Hendersonville are seeking a suspect in the robbery of the BB&T bank at 100 Dana Road at 4:45 p.m. Thursday. Read Story »

The Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast will again feature music and dance. [LIGHTNING FILE PHOTO]

Hendersonville Your Town

MLK Unity Breakfast honors Ninth and Sixth Avenue school alumni

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast on Monday will highlight and honor alumni and faculty of Hendersonville’s Ninth Avenue and Sixth Avenue schools, which served as a beacon for the education of black Americans and as regional community centers from 1916 to 1965. Read Story »

Developer Kevin High describes plans for the Skylaranna resort on North Rugby Road at a meeting of the Henderson County Planning Board on Jan. 16, 2020.

Henderson County Business

Rugby resort with restaurant, taproom and yurts advances

A vacation resort on North Rugby Road with a boutique hotel, restaurant, spa, taproom and 20 yurts moved a step closer to reality after winning the unanimous endorsement from the Henderson County Planning Board on Thursday. Read Story »

Four Seasons Politics

Edwards to chair economic development committee

County commissioners vote to keep Highland Lake Road project alive

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Community News

MLK Unity Breakfast honors Ninth and Sixth Avenue school alumni

12 more teachers win national board certification

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Henderson County News

KnollsCam highlight reel includes rare black coyote

Wildllife enthusiast Thomas Brass posted a highlight reel from the past three years of animal shots from his wildlife camera atop Haywood Knolls. Read Story »