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Opponents pan term limits as committee-packing effort

Henderson County News

'Wonder no more what a hero looks like'

Respect, honor and peace flooded the sanctuary as family, friends and fellow first responders remembered Ryan Phillip Hendrix, the Henderson County sheriff’s deputy who was killed in the line of duty last week.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

People line funeral procession route to honor Deputy Hendrix

As if by grace, a late summer wind whipped American flags along the route of the funeral procession that would carry Ryan Phillip Hendrix to his final resting place on Friday afternoon.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Expect traffic delays during funeral procession today

Motorists should expect road closures and delays this afternoon when the funeral procession of Deputy Ryan Hendrix travels through town from Mud Creek Baptist Church to Forest Lawn cemetery this afternoon.   Read Story »

North Carolina News

Cooper authorizes full reopening for K-5

RALEIGH — School districts can allow elementary grade students to return to the classroom next month, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday during a news conference, but middle and high school students won’t have the same opportunity.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Agencies win $400,000 grant to help homeless

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, two local organizations have been granted $398,825 in additional funding from the federal government through the CARES act.   Read Story »

Asheville News

Mission nurses vote to unionize

In what the union hailed as a landslide vote, nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville voted this week to approve a union — the first in North Carolina to do so and the largest hospital union win in the South since 1975.   Read Story »

Brevard News

Brevard public works chief indicted for mishandling contaminated soil

A federal grand jury in Charlotte has returned a criminal indictment charging Brevard's public works director with ordering city employees to dig up and transport contaminated soil from a firing range backstop without proper protection and then store the tainted dirt improperly, U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Trashed yard draws law officers, nuisance citation

A yard at the corner of U.S. 64 and Blythe Street piled with clothing, pictures, household items and an assortment of other oddities has become an eyesore and topic of conversation around town. And now it's been cited for violating the county's nuisance ordinance.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

City, county trade shots over water extensions

By blocking a water line extension for a vacation cabin development in Horse Shoe, Henderson County commissioners may have reignited the water war with the city of Hendersonville.   Read Story »

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