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Council lowers water rate

Henderson County News

Mountain State Fair has record attendance as it enters final weekend

FLETCHER – Good weather and a good cause drew a record number of fairgoers to the N.C. Mountain State Fair Wednesday for Ingles Day. The fair had 13,924 people come through the gates donating about 16,000 pounds of food to MANNA Food Bank.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

‘Celebrate Jesus’ is set for Sept. 15

"Celebrate Jesus," an event focusing on the love and goodness of God, will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, in Jackson Park.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

NHHS junior named to prep athletics panel

Ellie Caldwell, a junior at North Henderson High School, has been selected to co-represent the Western North Carolina region for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Student Athlete Advisory Council.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

Click here to take city parking survey

The city of Hendersonville has invited residents to take a survey about downtown parking.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Holt defends superintendent's pay raise

Henderson County School Board member Amy Lynn Holt on Monday night delivered a spirited defense of the $26,000 raise the board gave superintendent David Jones last month and Jones later declined to respond when the chairman of the county Republican Party asked him to turn down the raise and hire a teacher assistant instead.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

New schedule slashes city's commercial impact fees

Reacting to election-year criticism that the city's impact fees hinder economic development, the Hendersonville City Council on Thursday endorsed a dramatic rewrite of the schedule that shifts the burden of impact fees from new businesses to new homes.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

Time for repairs

Volunteer clock fixers took apart the historic McClintock clock at Main Street and Fourth Avenue on Thursday and began the process of repairing the clock with new electronic control box and other parts.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Famed tall ship is skipper's topic at BRCC

The Arts and Humanities Series at Blue Ridge Community College will present "U.S.S. Constitution: A Most Unfortunate Ship" on Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Patton Auditorium.     Read Story »

Henderson County News

Legislature overrides veto of farm labor bill

The N.C. Legislature has overridden Gov. Pat McCrory's veto of a bill that Henderson County farmers would help ensure an adequate supply of labor to pick this season's bumper crop of apples.   Read Story »

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