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A 46-year-old Pisgah Forest man was sentenced to at least 60 years in prison on Friday after a Henderson County jury found him guilty of 12 counts of statutory sex offense with a child 13, 14 or 15 years old, District Attorney Andrew Murray announced.
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The growing anti-Flock campaign is now fighting City Hall while still urging the county to shut down the license-plate readers.
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Brennen Leigh, a singer, songwriter, guitar and mandolin player whose songs have been recorded by Lee Ann Womack, Rodney Crowell, Sunny Sweeney, Charley Crockett and others, headlines the show when the Rhythm & Brews outdoor concert returns on Thursday, Sept. 17.
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FEMA announced nearly $33 million in funding for more than 20 recovery and mitigation projects to help North Carolina communities recover from Helene and other disasters including $1.7 million to the town of Laurel Park to repair Roberts Drive.
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The 80th North Carolina Apple Festival came to an end Monday with a parade that highlighted Henderson County’s apple industry, its emergency responders and its young people.
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A proposed 132-unit affordable housing development on Dermid Avenue won a $2.9 million grant in federal post-Helene disaster recovery funding, Gov. Josh Stein and the N.C. Housing Finance Agency announced last week.
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Given the early freezes, late frosts, windstorms, hurricanes and floods that have battered Henderson County’s apple crop over the years, it’s a rare season when growers are pleased with the harvest.
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