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Commissioners hear mixed messages from the public, public health experts

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Edneyville sewer project hinges on rate, state and federal funding

Henderson County engineers are conducting a rate study to determine how much sewer service would cost if the county decides to build a wastewater treatment system in the apple country.   Read Story »

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Main Street reopens after bomb threat at Historic Courthouse

The Hendersonville Police Department investigated a bomb threat called into an office of U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis and law officers and the fire department cordoned off a four-block area on Tuesday before clearing the scene at mid-afternoon. Investigators found no bomb or other threat, the city said in a news release.   Read Story »

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Eric Gash releases introductory video in congressional campaign

Describing himself as a "son of this soil," Eric Gash in his first campaign video recounted a life that overcame hardship through faith and declared that he is running for Congress "because I know we can be so much better."   Read Story »

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Playhouse to stage two shows this fall with strict precautions in place

The Flat Rock Playhouse will stage two productions this fall with conditions that require patrons wear masks and show proof of coronavirus vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test, the theater's producing artistic director, Lisa K. Bryant, and its president, Joseph Ippolito, announced to patrons on Monday.   Read Story »

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County to commemorate Sept. 11 with Reverence, Remembrance and Reflection

Henderson County will conduct a ceremony at 8:30 a.m. Sarturday at the Historic Courthouse Plaza to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice on September 11, 2001.   Read Story »

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LOCAL BRIEFS: School mask order, charity golf, Mud Creek cleanup

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Crowds return to Hendersonville's Apple Festival

North Carolina’s 75th Apple Festival continued Saturday in Hendersonville with crowds forming lines for the bags of apples, apple doughnuts, apple slushies and other apple goodies local farmers offered along the street fair on Main Street.   Read Story »

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'Everybody wins' with Swamp Rabbit rail-trail

TRAVELERS REST, S.C. — On Monday night, the Transylvania County Commission raised a question about the planned Ecusta Trail’s potential “negative impact on existing manufacturing employers or businesses.”   Read Story »

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WCU celebrates new Apodaca Science Building

Former N.C. State Senator Tom Apodaca avoided science “like the plague” as a student at Western Carolina University in the late 1970s. So, it’s taking him a little time to fully grasp the idea that a new science building on the campus now carries his name.   Read Story »

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