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It's Strive Not to Drive Week and Bike Month

The city of Hendersonville is celebrating Bike Month and collaborating with community partners during Strive Not to Drive Week from Wednesday through May 22.    Read Story »

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Empty Bowls fundraiser is Sunday in Flat Rock

The Empty Bowls fundraiser benefitting the Flat Rock Backpack Program takes place Sunday, May 17, in the Parish Hall of the Episcopal Church of St. John in the Wilderness in Flat Rock.   Read Story »

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Ask Matt … about surveillance cameras, ‘mountain fountain’ status

Q. What are all those black poles along roadsides that are showing up all around the county? They look like they have cameras under the solar panels.   Read Story »

Blake Anthony Ellege & Band headlines the America 250 celebration downtown on the Fourth of July.

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City is set for sensational celebration of America 250

Hendersonville’s smalltown Main Street will come alive with a red, white and blue celebration of America’s 250th birthday on the Fourth of July, including a big Independence Day parade and reading of the Declaration of Independence and headliner Blake Ellege on the Historic Courthouse main stage culminating with a spectacular fireworks show.   Read Story »

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Saluda Grade Trail manager is guest speaker at Train Tales

Summer Flynn, the newly named manager of the Saluda Grade Trail, will be guest speaker at Train Tales, a  free monthly event at the Saluda Depot Museum, at 7 p.m. Friday, May 15. Anyone interested in updated information on the Saluda Grade Trail is invited to attend.    Read Story »

Bar graph shows Henderson County property tax rate since 1999. Since 2007, commissioners have adopted a rate after revaluations and maintained the rate for four years. [HENDERSON COUNTY FINANCE OFFICE]

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In ‘pleasant surprise,’ county budget holds the line on property tax rate

When they voted no on a $100 million expansion of the Henderson County Courthouse in March, county commissioners Sheila Franklin and Jay Egolf expressed concern that the project — and its $10 million a year debt service — would lead to a property tax increase or cause other capital projects to be dumped.   Read Story »

Four Seasons Politics

Four Seasons Politics

Bar graph shows Henderson County property tax rate since 1999. Since 2007, commissioners have adopted a rate after revaluations and maintained the rate for four years. [HENDERSON COUNTY FINANCE OFFICE]

In ‘pleasant surprise,’ county budget holds the line on property tax rate

House ethics panel investigating Edwards, reports say

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Tickets on sale now for Blue Ghost tours in the forest

Loft tour gives glimpse of upstairs downtown

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James Edward Loughery

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Mountain Home man charged in East Flat Rock car break-ins

A 48-year-old Mountain Home man remained jailed on Saturday after Henderson County sheriff’s deputies charged him with 15 counts related to a series of vehicle break-ins in East Flat Rock.   Read Story »

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Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning

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

Justin Cody Moore

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4-time DWI motorist sentenced to prison

A 34-year-old Brevard man arrested four times for drunk driving over a year’s time was sentenced last week to six years in prison in two of the DWI cases, District Attorney R. Andrew Murray announced on Tuesday.   Read Story »

'Growing up isn't as bad as it seems,' RISE grad says

Haley Marshall named 2026 Apple Ambassador

Surprise celebration honors Henderson County's Teacher of the Year

2026 Bearfootin’ bears debut

Garden Jubilee set for Memorial Day weekend

HHS senior wins Morehead-Cain scholarship

County manager presents no-new-taxes budget of $227 million

Volunteers needed to fix historic cemetery buried by Helene