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Rebuck keeps her seat as elections board votes to 'move on'

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Nominations open for 2025 Education Hall of Fame

Nominations are being accepted through Jan. 6 for the 2025 Education Hall of Fame, a distinguished recognition celebrating individuals who have made impactful and lasting contributions to education within Henderson County, the Henderson County Education Foundation announced.   Read Story »

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ABC store manager charged with embezzling $375,000

The manager of a Rutherfordton ABC store pleaded guilty last week to federal charges of embezzling $374,807 from the store, using the money to play the slots at a Kings Mountain casino, Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced.   Read Story »

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Elections board adds Zoom coverage for emergency meeting

The skirmish over a partisan email sent to legislators by a Henderson County Board of Elections member is likely to spill into public view Monday when the local elections board gavels open an emergency called meeting.   Read Story »

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Independent voters will tip the balance in N.C.

Four years ago, we entered the homestretch of the 2020 election cycle with 7.1 million North Carolinians registered to vote, of which 36 percent were Democrats and 30 percent Republicans. The remainder were unaffiliated (33 percent) or in alternative parties.   Read Story »

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Cummings Cove could add 76 single-family homes

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Blue Ridge Parkway segment closing Monday for repaving

As work progresses on a major paving project between milepost 229.6 and 305.1, park visitors can expect a full closure from milepost 261 (NC 16) to Milepost 269.8 (Phillips Gap) beginning Monday.   Read Story »

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Pardee offers free prostate cancer screenings Tuesday

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Art on Main is set for Sept. 28-29

The Arts Council of Henderson County will present the 65th annual Art on Main fine art and craft festival in downtown Hendersonville 10 a.m.-5 p.m. the weekend of Sept. 28-29.   Read Story »

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'False and misleading' email earns elections board member smackdown from N.C. election chief

A local Board of Elections member warned lawmakers of a “concerted effort to turn Henderson County blue” through improper verification of absentee and new voter applications, predicting a win for Democrats statewide if legislators failed to intervene.   Read Story »

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