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As far as the Henderson County commissioners are concerned, "mandate" has become a loaded word, and they decided Monday night to unload the word from their mission statement. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County Board of Commissioners | coronavirus politics | 2022 Board of Commissioners election
YouTube has removed the video of Wednesday's meeting of the Henderson County Board of Commissioners in which 12 speakers implored commissioners not to support Covid vaccination campaigns or spend any county money promoting the shots. Read Story »
Tags: First Amendment cases | Henderson County Board of Commissioners | YouTube | censorship
The Henderson County Board of Commissioners thanked Terry Wilson for her service as clerk to the board for the past 12 years, adopting a resolution that praised her "wealth of institutional knowledge and outstanding service" to the board, staff and citizens of the county. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County Board of Commissioners | Terry Wilson
The Henderson County Board of Commissioners stayed in-house in the hiring of a new clerk to the board. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County Board of Commissioners | Terry Wilson
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
The Hendersonville City Council voted on Thursday to update a 1997 Water Extension Policy as part of an ongoing conflict with the Henderson County Board of Commissioners over water rates. Read Story »
Tags: hendersonville | Henderson County | politics | water issues | Henderson County Board of Commissioners | Horse Shoe Farm | Zoning | water wars
Moe Davis, Democratic candidate for the 11th congressional district, and four other individuals spoke to oppose Henderson County's involvement with ICE and the 287G program during public comment at the meeting of the Henderson County Board of Commissioners Monday. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County | immigration | Henderson County Board of Commissioners | sheriff | 287g | ICE | Moe Davis
The Henderson County Board of Commissioners moved Monday to allow the borrowing of up to $14,500,000 for the benefit of county-owned Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital. Read Story »
Tags: Pardee Hospital | Pardee | Henderson County Board of Commissioners
Daniel Andreotta was sworn into a seat on the Henderson County Board of Commisioners Monday, four days after the county Republican Party's executive committee sent the nomination to the elected board. He took his place as the District 2 representative during the board's regular meeting, filling the seat left vacant by the passing of Charlie Messer. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County | Henderson County Board of Commissioners | Charlie Messer | Daniel Andreotta
The Republican Party’s executive committee named their choice for the District 2 seat of the Henderson County Board of Commissioners Thursday evening, filling the position left vacant by the passing of Charlie Messer. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County | politics | political | election | Republican | elections | Henderson County Board of Commissioners | Republican Party | 2020 Board of Commissioners election | Charlie Messer | Jennifer Capps Balkcom | Sheila Franklin | Daniel Andreotta
Henderson County will delay maintenance and repair projects that are not yet under way as it confronts a dramatic drop in sales tax revenue and a potential decline in other tax sources. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County Board of Commissioners | coronavirus economy
Henderson County employees will see a bonus in their paychecks if the county commissioners as expected approve the year-end reward on Monday. Read Story »
Q. Why doesn’t the new courthouse reopen the front entrance now that an elevator has been installed? Read Story »
Tags: Ask Matt | Grove Street Courthouse | Henderson County Board of Commissioners | American with Disabilities Act
After threatening to withhold funding for Sunday voting before the Nov. 6 election, the Henderson County Board of Commissioners backed off and directed the county attorney to draft a letter protesting the Sunday early voting day the state elections board is requiring the county to offer. Read Story »
Tags: Henderson County Board of Elections | Henderson County Board of Commissioners | 2018 election
Tags: Sheriff Rick Davis | Henderson County Commissioner Tommy Thompson | Henderson County Board of Commissioners
EDNEYVILLE — Henderson County commissioners are confronting a decision in Edneyville that they say could lead to a building boom and pressure to bulldoze apple orchards for new houses and apartments. Before they make such a momentous move, they want to hear from Edneyville residents. Read Story »
Tags: road construction | utilities | apple farming | roads | Henderson County Board of Commissioners
It’s a fight that’s less broad-based than school construction or a firing range. Even so, Henderson County leaders expect to hear from Big Garbage when they gavel open a public hearing on a stiff new trash-hauling regulation in two weeks. Read Story »
When Henderson County commissioners first talked about partnering with Wingate University, elected leaders considered Blue Ridge Community College an "ideal location" for the university. Read Story »
Here are some of the highlights of the budget package being looked at by Henderson County Board of Commissioners. Read Story »
The Henderson County Board of Commissioners reappointed two members to the Recreation Advisory Board and in a split vote appointed a new board member to replace Gary Eblen, who is going off the board. Read Story »
Henderson County officials sent an architect and contractor back to the drawing board after bids for work on the Grove Street courthouse came in 25-30 percent higher than projections. Read Story »
Tags: construction | local government borrowing | Henderson County Board of Commissioners
People who have a problem walking through a cloud of cigarette smoke on the way in and out of the county's public buildings will get some relief and smokers will be driven further away under a modified smoke-free policy the Board of Commissioners enacted today. Read Story »