Health Department phone system allows people to drop from waitlist

Henderson County News

Robinson forms task force to spot bias in public school teaching

RALEIGH —Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announced on March 16 the creation of a task force dedicated to giving “students, parents, and school faculty a voice to speak out about cases of bias, inappropriate materials, or indoctrination they see or experience in public schools.”   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Sheriff's officer named police chief in Fletcher

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Henderson County News

Warwick, Posey buy WTZQ radio

Longtime general manager Mark Warwick and his wife, Paige Posey, have purchased radio station WTZQ 95.3 FM and AM 1600, vowing to continue the community service that has won the station a strong following from listeners.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

LoveHendo, Grey Mill renovation win N.C. Main Street award

Efforts by the city of Hendersonville to boost business downtown during the worst of the Covid-19 shutdown won recognition recently at the North Carolina Main Street Awards ceremony.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Commissioners order review of shooting range definition

Two days after the Henderson County Board of Zoning Adjustment came down in favor of a private shooting range on a large residential lot, the Board of Commissioners called for a clearer definition of shooting ranges and how they're regulated.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Zoning board upholds decision that permits backyard gun range

Although they may be annoying and intimidating, gunshots from a backyard shooting range are beyond the reach of regulation in Henderson County, the county’s Zoning Board of Adjustment decided after an emotionally charged 3½-hour hearing on Monday.   Read Story »

Laurel Park News

'Say what?' Lapsley stunned at county's Covid relief $$$

Henderson County and its five towns are in line to get a jaw-dropping $33 million in Covid relief money.   Read Story »

News Archive

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• PUBLIC RECORDS: Let the sun shine       Comments
• Bill Stakias, supermarket manager and Lion leader, dies at age 92       Comments
• Edwards files bill to grant tax credit to home-school families       Comments
• Deputies make arrest in catalytic converter theft       Comments
• NC lawmaker seeks to make Daylight Saving Time permanent       Comments
• CawthWatch: Slate lampoons freshman class of 'notorious national bozos'       Comments
• LOCAL BRIEFS: Dom Flemons, Easter Egg hunt, mulch giveaway       Comments
• Senate bill tries again to require sheriffs to cooperate with ICE       Comments
• I-26 lanes closing overnight this week for bridge replacement       Comments
• 'Not trying to destroy Mother Earth,' asphalt plant applicant says       Comments
• Students back in class all week March 23       Comments
• How's our health? Best in the west       Comments
• New chief getting to know officers by riding shotgun       Comments
• New York company buying Morris Broadband       Comments
• Lightning wins six awards, including best website       Comments
• COMPANY REFILES REZONING REQUEST FOR ASPHALT PLANT       Comments
• Pardee to add parking, adjust traffic flow       Comments
• Registration is open for WNC Flyer       Comments
• Camp Kanuga hires new director       Comments
• City Council takes no action on scooter proposal       Comments
• Legislature unanimously OKs $1.7 billion Covid aid bill       Comments
• Commissioner McCall leads crusade to clear roadsides of litter       Comments
• Hard to recycle becomes easier on Saturday       Comments
• CawthWatch: A roundup of Madison Cawthorn coverage       Comments
• City buys Laurel Park water system for $1, pledges $1M in improvements       Comments
• Pardee scheduling J&J one-shots; HonorFlight, Advent to vax vets       Comments
• Council OKs 84-unit Duncan Terrace       Comments
• Stroupe to represent himself in Bryson murder trial       Comments
• Contractor to repave 6 miles of U.S. 25 Connector       Comments