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Both parties endorse in nonpartisan School Board race

Less publicly than it did in 2016, the Republican Party is again endorsing candidates in the nonpartisan School Board election. And this time, Democrats are pulling an arrow from the Republican quiver from 2012, when the GOP urged partisans to cast a “single-shot” vote for Republican Josh Houston.   Read Story »

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Although Sunday voting tilts left, turnout is light

Henderson County’s first-ever Sunday voting attracted a Democratic-leaning turnout of 672 voters, a total that was less than the daily average for one-stop voting so far this election.   Read Story »

Mills River News

BRCC, school system recognized as jobs recruiting 'Partners of the Year'

The Partnership for Economic Development on Thursday night recognized Blue Ridge Community College and Henderson County Public Schools as the 2017-18 Partners of The Year for their innovative collaboration to support workforce development.   Read Story »

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N.C. historic panel clears way for Highland Lake Road work

FLAT ROCK — The state Historic Preservation Office has ruled that an NCDOT project can encroach on the corner of Greenville Highway and North Highland Lake Road, removing one of the last hurdles before the work can start.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

ECCO's 'virgin birth' could make a splash in shark world

Kortney Clark used a pair of ordinary looking scissors to execute an extraordinary bit of marine animal surgery. Peering through a couple of inches of aquarium saltwater, she carefully cut an egg casing the thickness of a fingernail that enclosed a baby shark. When the painstaking process was complete, so was the virgin birth — one that potentially would make a splash in the world of shark research.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

CITY OKs ROUNDABOUTS

Motorists will see major changes at Hendersonville’s south gateway if the NCDOT completes construction plans that the City Council endorsed on Wednesday.   Read Story »

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City revises Grey Mill agreement

The Hendersonville City Council on Wednesday authorized a new agreement designed to ensure the renovation of the Grey Hosiery Mill for 35 apartments, with seven of those guaranteed to offer affordable rent for 15 years.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Sapphire man sentenced to 50 years in prison for sex offenses

A 68-year-old Sapphire man was sentenced to almost 50 years in prison after pleading guilty in Transylvania County Superior Court on Monday to multiple counts of first-degree sex offense with a child and to indecent liberties with a child, District Attorney Greg Newman announced. Judge Gregory Horne sentenced Charles Clayton Moore, to 49 years, 6 months in prison after the guilty plea. Assistant District Attorney Beth Dierauf presented the facts of the case to the judge and the evidence is that Moore committed various sex acts with at least five of his grandchildren from 1999 through 2011.  Most of the children ranged in ages from 3 to 8.  The sex offenses included incidents of oral sex and multiple occurrences of sexual contact where the defendant touched the children and had them touch him.  Most of these crimes occurred in the defendant’s home when the grandchildren spent time there. Several persons from the community, as well as the defendant’s family, read prepared statements to the court.  Some advocated mercy for Moore, while others asked for stringent penalties.  The defendant apologized to his family and made a short plea to the court for leniency.  The District Attorney asked for a sentence that would guarantee the defendant never gets out of prison.  “Mr. Moore hurt a lot of people and I fear that much of the harm to his grandchildren may leave permanent scars,” Newman said.  “We are satisfied with the sentence imposed by Judge Horne.  Certainly the community, and definitely the defendant’s family, are safer now.  Mr. Moore will spend the rest of his life in a North Carolina prison.  I hope his family, and in particular the child victims, can find a way to cope with what they have experienced." The case was investigated by the office of Transylvania County Sheriff David Mahoney.  After an initial disclosure was made by one of the grandchildren during the summer of 2017, Moore contacted the sheriff’s department and disclosed, in general terms, that he had committed crimes against members of his family.   He agreed to meet at the sheriff’s office with his pastor where he confessed to his crimes.  Detectives Geoff Bishop and Wade Abram conducted the interviews of the defendant, the victims, and their parents. “My office will continue to aggressively prosecute persons who abuse children in any manner,” Newman said.  “A community’s strength is measured by the respect for the rule of law and by how well it protects its most vulnerable citizens.  Our kids have to be protected and I appreciate the cooperation of the victims, their parents and other relatives, and certainly our law enforcement officers in the successful outcome in this very tragic episode."     Read Story »

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