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In his study in the finished basement of his home in Sugar Hollow, Grady Hawkins peers into a desktop screen at an update on Covid-19 in Henderson County. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County Board of Commissioners | 2016 election | Grady Hawkins
Don’t miss this week’s Hendersonville Lightning. Read Story »
Tags: military veterans | Henderson County Board of Commissioners | 2016 election | Grady Hawkins | U.S. Air Force
Tags: 2016 election | 2016 apple crop | 2016 downtown hotel project
Female voters outnumbered male voters by 3,159 after 10 days of early voting in Henderson County, election figures show, and more Republicans had voted than Democrats and independents. Read Story »
Tags: 2016 election
Grady Hawkins, Henderson County commissioner and Trump supporter, was impressed at the determination of sign thieves who took a 4x6-foot Trump sign from a yard on Kanuga Road. Read Story »
This School Board election season has brought a welcome change for voters who dutifully study the candidates and go to the polls. The 2016 election has issues that matter locally — and that the School Board can influence — and it has an abundance of smart, energetic candidates, both incumbents and challengers. Read Story »
The Henderson County Board of Elections extended early voting hours in response to a federal court ruling that struck down changes in the state’s elections laws — brushing aside a recommendation from the state Republican Party to limit that option along a “party line” vote. Read Story »
Voters get the opportunity this week to hear how a Henderson County School Board under Republican control would run the schools. Read Story »
HB2, the controversial North Carolina law that withholds state anti-discrimination protections from gay, lesbian and transgender people, has cost the Henderson County tourism economy its first publicly announced loss. Read Story »
Tags: 2016 election | HB-2 | LGBTQ
Hendersonville businessman Chuck Edwards surged to victory in the Republican primary for the 48th state Senate District on Tuesday, turning back a spirited but underfunded challenge from Tea Party favorite Lisa Carpenter Baldwin. Read Story »
Tags: 2016 election | 2016 state Senate race
Tags: WHKP | WTZQ | 2016 election
State Rep. Chuck McGrady says he didn’t view his appointment to a special redistricting committee as a plum assignment because he’s never specialized in map drawing and was unenthusiastic about a week of off-season committee work in Raleigh. Read Story »
Tags: Chuck McGrady | 2016 election | 2016 legislative session
Tags: 2016 election | 2016 House 113 election
With less than a week to go in the filing period for the 2016 elections, we once again confront an obvious and substantial gender gap. Read Story »
Tags: 2016 election | 2016 state Senate race
Henderson County commissioners Charlie Messer and Grady Hawkins filed for re-election on Wednesday, the second day of the campaign qualifying period for the 2016 elections. Also filing were District Court judge Athena Brooks and Emily Cowan. Read Story »
Tags: 2016 election
Things are rockin' in the new early signup period for local and state elections. Read Story »
Tags: 2016 election
State Rep. Chris Whitmire is leaving his state House seat to take a civilian job related to his Air Force background. Read Story »
Tags: Chris Whitmire | 2016 election
Chuck Edwards, a Hendersonville business owner and past president of the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce, on Tuesday filed for the state Senate seat incumbent Tom Apodaca plans to vacate at the end of his seventh term. Read Story »
Tags: Chuck Edwards | 2016 election
After years of political famine, Henderson County has feasted for two years on power. The county has an unusual supply of clout, thanks to the seniority and position of Sen. Tom Apodaca and the fast rise of state Rep. Chuck McGrady. Read Story »
Tags: Chuck McGrady | NC Legislature | NC Sen. Tom Apodaca | 2016 election
Anti-Washington candidates Ben Carson, Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina blew away the competition in a presidential primary straw poll cast by Apple Festival visitors Friday through Sunday, the Henderson County Republican Party said. Read Story »
Glen Englram rehearsed his campaign speech for the Henderson County Republican Party chairmanship in front of his Welsh Corgi. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County Republican Party | Glen Englram | 2016 election | Ron Kauffman
Former state representative and current North Carolina Democratic Party 1st Vice Chair Patsy Keever of Asheville announced her candidacy for party chair on Wednesday. Read Story »
Tags: 2014 election | Democratic Party | Patsy Keever | 2016 election