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The Hendersonville Police Department investigated a bomb threat called into an office of U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis and law officers and the fire department cordoned off a four-block area on Tuesday before clearing the scene at mid-afternoon. Investigators found no bomb or other threat, the city said in a news release. Read Story »
Tags: Thom Tillis | Historic Courthouse | bomb | terrorism
When the city gathers for the annual Christmas tree lighting on Friday night, townspeople will have a new tree to swoon over. Read Story »
Tags: Historic Courthouse | Christmas | Christmas trees
A rash of vandalism has prompted the county to remove public benches and post "No loitering" signs at the Historic Courthouse plaza. Read Story »
Tags: Historic Downtown Hendersonville | Historic Courthouse | smoking | vandalism | vaping
Tags: Historic Courthouse | New Years Eve
Tags: History | Historic Courthouse | U.S. Constitution
Henderson County officials on Wednesday dedicated the new display of America’s founding documents at the Historic Courthouse plaza with speeches, a cannon salute, an honor guard and patriotic music. Read Story »
Tags: History | Historic Courthouse
Activists gather more and more often on the Historic Courthouse plaza, exercising their right to peaceably assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. Read Story »
Tags: Historic Downtown Hendersonville | Historic Courthouse | First Amendment cases
Unlike many county seats in the South, Hendersonville does not have a Confederate monument that dominates its courthouse square. Few Southern towns have banished their Robert E. Lee memorial to a backyard corner of the public space, as Henderson County did seven years ago. And there can’t be many that display a monument to Union soldiers alongside one honoring the boys in gray. Read Story »
Henderson County now officially proclaims that it trusts God, thanks to new 10-inch black letters on its most prominent public building. Read Story »
Tags: Historic Courthouse
“In God We Trust,” the U.S. motto, will be prominently displayed on the front of Henderson County’s two courthouses, the county Board of Commissioners decided today. Read Story »
Tags: Historic Courthouse
"Sunbonnet and Straw Hat," an original play portraying Henderson County history and celebrating native-born writer and poet Robert Morgan, will debut at 7 p.m. Friday, July 26, in the courtroom of the Historic Courthouse on Main Street. Additional performances are scheduled Saturday, June 27, at 1 p.m. and at 7 p.m., and Sunday, July 28, at 2 p.m. Read Story »
Tags: History | Tom Orr | Historic Courthouse | Henderson County Heritage Museum | Robert Morgan | Carolyn Justus
Larry Morton pointed to a tiny pond beside the railroad tracks between Saluda and East Flat Rock, where an even tinier figure was perched on a rock. Read Story »
Tags: History | Historic Downtown Hendersonville | Historic Courthouse | transportation | Henderson County Heritage Museum
Kids in wagons, political acitivists on foot and farmers on tractors celebrated the Fourth of July with Hendersonville's family friendly parade today. Read Story »
Tags: downtown Hendersonville | Fourth of July | Historic Courthouse