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Magistrate Abe Hudson wins close judge race

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In a close race for a new district court judge seat, Magistrate Abe Hudson appears to have prevailed over Assistant District Attorney Jason R. Hayes.   Read Story »

Tags: Judicial District 29B | 2022 elections | Abe Hudson | Jason Hayes

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VOTER GUIDE: District Court Judge Q&A

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In its 2021 session, the state Legislature created a new District Court judgeship for District 29B, which is made up of Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties.   Read Story »

Tags: Judicial District 29B | judges | 2022 elections

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Murray, the appointed D.A., will run for the job next year

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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.   Read Story »

Tags: Judicial District 29B | 2022 elections | Andrew Murray | Prosecutorial District 42 | 2022 district attorney election

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A retired Coast Guard captain, Murray ‘steadying the ship’ as appointed D.A.

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Along with every other U.S. attorney in America, Andrew Murray complied with the request from the new administration in January to resign from his job.   Read Story »

Tags: Greg Newman | Judicial District 29B | Greg Newman removal effort | Andrew Murray | Prosecutorial District 42

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Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning

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Don’t miss this week’s Hendersonville Lightning.   Read Story »

Tags: Judicial District 42 | Judicial District 29B | American flag | Flag Day | Andrew Murray | Prosecutorial District 42

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Chief justice visits Grove Street Courthouse on Wednesday

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Chief Justice Paul Newby began a tour of 100 counties on Monday in Western North Carolina, the first chief justice to visit all of North Carolina's courthouses.   Read Story »

Tags: Grove Street Courthouse | Judicial District 29B | Chief Justice Paul Newby | Paul Newby

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Johnson ousts Judge McKeller

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Republican challenger Gene Johnson on Tuesday defeated District Court Judge Mack McKeller, the only Democrat among District and Superior Court judges in the judicial district made up of Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties.   Read Story »

Tags: Judicial District 29B

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LIGHTNING VOTER GUIDE: N.C. District Court Judge

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The candidates for District Court judge for District 29B (Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties) are Gene Johnson, a Republican, and Democrat Mack McKeller, the incumbent.   Read Story »

Tags: Judicial District 29B | Voter Guide | 2020 NC District Court judge

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Alan Leonard, a 'prosecutor’s prosecutor,' dies at age 72

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Alan Leonard, a widely respected attorney who served as prosecutor for the judicial district that includes Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties from 1982 to 1994, died Thursday at age 72.   Read Story »

Tags: Ashley Hornsby Welch | lawyers | Judicial District 42 | Judicial District 29B

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Stang sworn in as chief public defender

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Beth W. Stang was sworn in as Henderson County's chief public defender on Monday.   Read Story »

Tags: Judicial District 42 | Judicial District 29B | public defender Paul B. Welch III | Beth Stang | Paul Welch

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Ray 'humbled, honored' to serve as clerk of court

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J. Tyler Ray, who was sworn in as the Clerk of Superior Court for Henderson County on Monday, said he is “humbled and honored and overwhelmed” at the opportunity to serve the public and judiciary in the job.   Read Story »

Tags: Judicial District 29B | Clerk of Superior Court | Peter Knight | J. Tyler Ray | Chris Stepp

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Judge Knight appoints acting clerk while committee vets applicants for job

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Kim Gasperson-Justice, Henderson County’s clerk of Superior Court, was sworn in as the county’s newest district judge on Friday, creating a vacancy in the clerk’s office that has been filled temporarily.   Read Story »

Tags: Judicial District 29B | Clerk of Superior Court | Kim Gasperson-Justice | Peter Knight

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Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning

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Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning.   Read Story »

Tags: greenways | Judicial District 29B | Kim Gasperson-Justice

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County clerk of court appointed to district judgeship

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Gov. Roy Cooper on Monday appointed Clerk of Superior Court Kim Gasperson-Justice to a District Court judgeship serving Henderson Polk and Transylvania counties, the third of three judgeships to be filled in District 29B since last October.   Read Story »

Tags: Judicial District 29B | Kim Gasperson-Justice

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Knight appointment creates yet another judicial vacancy

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Tags: District Attorney 29B | Judicial District 29B | judges | Peter Knight

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Cooper appoints District Court judge

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Tags: Judicial District 29B

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District bar sends five judgeship nominees to governor

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BREVARD — Almost 100 attorneys from the judicial district covering Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties cast ballots on Wednesday to nominate five of their peers for the District Court judgeship vacated by Athena Brooks.   Read Story »

Tags: Judicial District 42 | Judicial District 29B | Clerk of Superior Court | Kim Gasperson-Justice