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City, ECO join to give out recycling bins

The city of Hendersonville will give out 550 recycling bins to 21 Henderson County public schools and the Henderson County Boys and Girls Club in a joint project developed by the city's Environmental Sustainability Board and the Environmental Conservation Organization.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

DOT awards contract for Dana bridge repair

DANA — The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded a contract for improvements to the bridge over Saconon Creek on Stepp Mill Road in Henderson County. The project includes grading, drainage, paving, installing a retaining wall and retrofitting the existing structure, which was built in 1958.     Read Story »

Hendersonville News

Planners vote no on Ninth Ave. business zoning

The Hendersonville Planning Board voted 7-1 against a rezoning request that would have allowed medical offices, retail uses and other businesses on Ninth Avenue, with one board member saying he feared opening "a Pandora's box" of unknowns on the mostly residential city street.   Read Story »

Mills River News

Mills River welder helps Time make skyhigh photos

MILLS RIVER — Phil Weber has made and repaired all kinds of structural steel creations, from solar panel frames to steep-grade home foundations to the roller coaster at Ghost Town in the Sky.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

The Odds of March: Snowfall ranges from dusting to 6 inches

The Hendersonville area woke to a winter snow storm that brought widely disparate amounts of snow, from a dusting in the Hendersonville area to 2 inches in Flat Rock and Tuxedo to 6 1/2 inches on top of Sugarloaf Mountain. As if to underscore the ever-changing climate of Lion-and-Lamb March, by Saturday afternoon we'll be basking under sunny skies with highs in the mid 60s.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Planners cool to historic property tax breaks

After working for six years on a way to recognize historic landmarks, the Henderson County Historic Resources Commission sent to the Planning Board a draft ordinance that would allow the county to grant historic preservation tax breaks.     Read Story »

Mills River News

Mills River leaders oppose NC 280 median

MILLS RIVER — When the DOT asked the Mills River Town Board what it thought about a N.C. 280 widening project with a concrete median, the board answered emphatically: No.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Oldies concert Sunday will benefit HHS Carnegie Hall trip

Friends of the Hendersonville High School band are putting on a "Bands for Carnegie" fundraiser to raise money for scholarships for the band's Carnegie Hall trip this month.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

City hires deputy fire chief

A fire captain from Rocky Mount has been named deputy fire chief for the Hendersonville Fire Department. He is filling a vacancy created by the retirement of Fire Marshal Robbie Henderson.   Read Story »

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