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County, towns brace for sales tax blood bath

Henderson County News

Seniors endure a spring without traditions

At Hendersonville High School, end-of-year traditions are legend.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

National Day of Prayer goes virtual

County residents will celebrate the National Day of Prayer will happen on Thursday, May 7, but unsurprisingly not in the way they have traditionally observed it.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Asheville metro among hardest hit in economy shutdown

With 28.4 percent of its workforce operating in the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors, the Asheville area is the ninth most severely impacted mid-size metro by the coronavirus shutdown, a study showed.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Long-term care connection accounts for high mortality rate in county

Henderson County has the highest Covid-19 mortality rate among North Carolina counties with at least 100 cases, based on the reported death toll of 12 as of Saturday, primarily because of its older population and the fact that every fatality so far has been associated with a long-term care facility.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Infections rise to 145

The number of Covid-19-related cases in Henderson County grew by 16 cases on Wednesday while the death count remained at 13, the Public Health Department said. The increase in confirmed infections, to 145, came after no increase in cases for two days.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

We're in business (if not business as usual), Realtors say

Dave Noyes, president of the Hendersonville Board of Realtors, emphasizes that real estate sales are among the businesses declared essential, even if it isn’t business as usual.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Here are members of the post-Covid reopening panel

A task force studying how to reopen the county for business when the coronavirus lockdown is modified or lifted goes to work on Monday.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Campfire Grill reopens with ready-to-reheat takeout menu

The Campfire Grill, the new Flat Rock eatery that had to shut down soon after a strong start, has reopened with a modified menu of ready-to-reheat to-go items plus pulled pork, ribs and brisket.   Read Story »

North Carolina News

Here's the letter county wrote seeking authority to reopen business

Reflecting their constituents' anxiety about "extraordinarily gloomy employment futures" and "real fear over the likelihood of a slow and painful economic 'recovery' from which they will not personally recover," Henderson County commissioners asked Gov. Roy Cooper for the flexibility to begin reopening the local economy.   Read Story »

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