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Firefly Craft Gallery opens in Flat Rock

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Bill Pace, trombone player and loyal Rotarian, dies at 93

EAST FLAT ROCK — William Lee “Bill” Pace, a Henderson County native who played trombone in local ensembles for more than 80 years and never missed a Hendersonville Rotary Club meeting in more than 60, died on Saturday, Dec. 26, at the Elizabeth House surrounded by his loving family. He was 93.   Read Story »

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Florida woman faces numerous burglary, check forgery charges

Henderson County sheriff’s detectives have lodged 21 charges against a 45-year-old Florida woman they say was responsible for numerous car burglaries and check forgeries after stealing checks in northern Henderson County in November.   Read Story »

Flat Rock News

Dragonfly Cafe to open in Flat Rock on New Year's Day

The Dragonfly Café is set to open on New Year’s Day, offering everything from appetizers to five different macaroni and cheese dishes.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Felons get prison time

A Hendersonville man was sentenced to nine years and nine months in prison after his conviction in Henderson County Superior Court on felony charges of selling and delivering illegal narcotics, District Attorney Greg Newman said.   Read Story »

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LIGHTNING TOP 10: No. 1

No. 1: Beat Duke When Duke Energy held its first public information meeting on a 45-mile high-voltage line from Campobello, S.C., to Asheville on a mid-summer day in July, a line of residents waiting to get in stretched way out the door. “You’re going to need a bigger room,” someone might have said. Yet, no matter how big the room, the crowds always exceeded the capacity. Over the ensuing weeks, from early July until November, property owners, farmers, real estate agents, business leaders, city and county officials, tourism officials and state legislators told the utility they did not want the power line crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains over farms, schools, neighborhoods and tourist attractions. Crowds at hearings were often emotional and angry but behind the scenes opponents compiled detailed reports on burying power lines and produced whitepapers challenging Duke’s energy consumption projections. The Edneyville Grange, HOAs, environmental watchdogs, the county Tourism Development Authority, AgHC and every municipality in the county urged Duke Energy to reconsider. If it was David v. Goliath, in the end it just turned out that there were too many Davids. By mid-September, it was clear that the utility giant had been surprised, even rattled, by the volume and persistence of the opposition. On Oct. 8, when Duke announced it was delaying a decision on the route and considering other alternatives, the writing was on the wall. On Nov. 4, citing more than 9,000 comments it received from the public, Duke announced that the transmission line was dead. “The process worked,” Lloyd Yates, president of Duke Energy’s Carolinas Division, said in a news conference.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Commissioners appoint interim tax assessor

The Henderson County Board of Commissioners appointed the county’s internal auditor as interim assessor and tax collector on Monday to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Tax Assessor Stan Duncan on Dec. 31.   Read Story »

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Racquet Club kicks off indoor soccer season

The Hendersonville Racquet Club opens its winter indoor soccer season on Monday at The Bull Ring.   Read Story »

Edneyville News

Reindeer Run raises money for NHHS scholarship

Some 85 runners tolerated rain on a warm Christmas Eve morning for the second annual Reindeer Run to support the Jones Family Scholarship through the Henderson County Education Foundation.   Read Story »

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Local soccer team finishes 18-1-1

The Furman United Soccer Club 99G Purple HVL team finished its fall season playing in the South Carolina Youth Soccer Association’s Presidents Medal Soccer League.   Read Story »

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