Henderson County Politics
U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn sent a shockwave through the political landscape last week with his announcement that he’ll run for a second term not in his current district but in a newly drawn District 13 straddling the foothills and Piedmont.
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Henderson County Politics
U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, the 26-year-old Henderson County native who has become a conservative lightning rod in Congress, confirmed to 11th Congressional District Republicans that he plans to run in a newly drawn congressional district the one he currently represents.
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Henderson County Politics
The Hendersonville City Council on Thursday deferred action on a rezoning to allow 95 single-family homes on a wooded hillside adjoining Wolf Chase and Ballantyne Commons off Chimney Rock Road.
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Fletcher Politics
FLETCHER — Fletcher voters elected a new mayor and a new council member and handed Councilwoman Sheila Franklin a fourth term in unofficial returns on Tuesday.
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Mills River Politics
MILLS RIVER — Two incumbent council members lost their seats in Mills River Tuesday night when Sandra Goode unseated Mayor Pro Tem Brian Caskey in the District 1 seat and James Cantrell narrowly defeated Brian S. Kimball in District 2 seat, according to unofficial election returns Tuesday night.
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Henderson County Politics
A crowd of more than 200 people gathered at Martin Luther King Jr. Park on North Grove Street then marched through downtown Saturday in a rally against Covid-19 mask and vaccination mandates and a variety of other right-leaning grievances.
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Henderson County Politics
U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn tonight is expanding his tour of school boards to oppose masks, quarantine and critical race theory, traveling to the Piedmont to appear at the Johnston County School Board meeting. More on the trip across the state in a minute.
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Henderson County Politics
Andrew Murray, the veteran prosecutor appointed to lead the district attorney’s office here after D.A. Greg Newman was ousted, plans to run for the seat in next year’s election.
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Hendersonville Politics
Fifty people, including U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, showed up to speak in person to the Henderson County School Board Monday on two emotional topics: the school mask mandate and the campaign to name the renovated Hendersonville High School for Thomas E. "Tom" Orr, the longtime theater teacher, senior play director and promoter of the community and its history.
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