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Utilities Commission public staff will question Duke on power line

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City asks Duke to partner on greenway in corridor

The city of Hendersonville has become the first town in Henderson County to tell Duke Energy that it could bring the controversial transmission line through the city, adding requests that the utility work to minimize harm, use single-pole structures and partner with the city to build a greenway in the power line easement.   Read Story »

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Sanctuary Brewing Co. opens on East 1st Avenue

Hendersonville's first downtown brewery, Sanctuary Brewing Company, opened on Friday night, drawing a big crowd for craft beer, food, music and adoptable puppies.   Read Story »

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Death of young bride devastates family, friends

Heather Waterman Huneycutt, a captain in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps and the wife of Hendersonville native Mark Huneycutt, died Sunday, Aug. 23, of injuries she suffered when her motorcycle ran off the road and hit a tree. She was 26.   Read Story »

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Duke may adjust corridor, Meadows says

Forecasting “some pretty good news” on the proposed Duke Energy transmission line through Henderson County, U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows told a Town Hall gathering Friday night that Duke officials may adjust the corridor based on widespread opposition to the options it has identified.   Read Story »

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Farm agency urges Duke to consider options

Henderson County's farm-promoting agency has appealed to Duke Energy to consider other options before running overhead transmission lines that the farm community says would devalue land, threaten agricultural production and harm a growing agri-tourism industry.   Read Story »

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Power line foes produce report advocating underground line

An Edneyville-based group opposing Duke Energy’s proposed 45-mile transmission line through Henderson County has produced a seven-page report rebutting the utility’s public statements on the cost and feasibility of running the line underground.   Read Story »

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Rugby named 'School to Watch'

Rugby Middle School has been named a “School to Watch” for the fourth year in a row by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform. It is one of six middle schools nationwide to achieve the designation.   Read Story »

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Donation will fund Flat Rock playground

The Flat Rock Park and Recreation Foundation Inc. announced that construction of a children’s playground at The Park at Flat Rock will begin soon thanks to a generous donation by Kendall Gibson Bryan and Eleanor deSaussure Bryan for their children: Josephine deSaussure Bryan, Kendall Gibson Bryan, Jr., Eleanor Charlton Bryan Mathews and Sarah Huger Bryan Holyer.   Read Story »

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'Virgin birth' draws fish world to ECCO aquarium

Last week, when ECCO founder and executive director BJ Ramer was away, Kortney Clark was making the rounds of the 400-gallon fish tank at the Team ECCO Ocean Center & Aquarium on Main Street.   Read Story »

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