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Committee takes up Moffitt's bill to fully open bars, restaurants

A House Judiciary committee is scheduled Tuesday, April 13, to take up a bill that would fully reopen bars and restaurants provided they follow specific safety guidelines.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

GOP is again defending voter ID in court

RALEIGH — Three years after the N.C. electorate decided to add a voter identification requirement to the state constitution, Republican lawmakers are defending voter ID in court.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

In dramatic testimony, victim in sex abuse case Newman pled out confronts him

Valerie Marie Owenby got her day in court at last.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

NC teacher pay now second in Southeast

RALEIGH — Public school teachers in North Carolina receive an average annual salary of $53,392 for the current school year, according to the latest figures from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. That puts the state second best in the Southeast — behind Georgia — in average teacher pay.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

'Unusable evidence' led to quick dismissal of abuse charges, Newman told Bar

District Attorney Greg Newman acted like his “hair was on fire” to dismiss felony sexual assault charges and offered the defendant a plea bargain that outraged the victim and her family, a member of the state Bar’s disciplinary board said last November.   Read Story »

Transylvania County News

Company's application reports no objection so far to railbanking

Bradon J. Smith, a Chicago-based attorney, paid a $4,600 fee via pay.gov and formally launched the process on Wednesday that barring unexpected roadblocks should lead to federal regulators' approval of Blue Ridge Southern Railroad's request to railbank the 19-mile Hendersonville-to-Brevard corridor for the Ecusta Trail.   Read Story »

Transylvania County News

Wildlife workshops include fly fishing, tracking, salamanders

PISGAH FOREST — The Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education has announced the April class schedule. The workshops will be hosted outside and led by N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission staff.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Timeline of District Attorney Newman case

July 5, 2013: Gov. Pat McCrory appoints Newman, an attorney in private practice and former mayor of Hendersonville, as district attorney.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Repair of Kanuga Lake Road is under way

Eleven months after a big rainstorm caused a section of Kanuga Lake Road to collapse, a repair job is under way that should lead to the reopening of the road later this month.   Read Story »

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