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League forum aims to bridge partisan divide

The League of Women Voters is presenting the program “Across the Continental Divide” by the Western North Carolina Braver Angels Alliance at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at St. James Episcopal Church, 766 N. Main St.   Read Story »

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County completes Farmland Preservation Task Force appointments

Henderson County commissioners on Wednesday filled the last few seats on the 13-member Farmland Preservation Task Force and appointed county commission Chair Rebecca McCall and Commissioner David Hill as co-chairs.   Read Story »

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Johnson outlines next steps in $1B broadband expansion

State Rep. Jake Johnson on Wednesday announced the first steps in a plan to embark on the largest expansion of internet access in North Carolina history.   Read Story »

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League forum aims to bridge partisan divide

The League of Women Voters is presenting the program “Across the Continental Divide” by the Western North Carolina Braver Angels Alliance at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at St. James Episcopal Church, 766 N. Main St.   Read Story »

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Edwards's support for Ukraine aid earns him national spotlight

U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards' strong declaration of support for U.S. aid to Ukraine to fight the Russian invasion won the freshman Republican notice in Congress and the top billing in the Washington Post's daily politics feature The Early 202 on Friday.   Read Story »

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Legislators want city and county to work out utility and growth dispute

The Hendersonville City Council last week fired a preemptive strike as the decades long city-county water war erupted again, spelling out to the county’s legislative delegation the ways the city had tried to “resolve the long-standing dispute over governance of the utility system.”   Read Story »

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Judiciary ought to take sign vandalism seriously

It’s no secret that Henderson County’s Democratic and Republican party road signs remain juicy targets for vandals. Routinely, political signs of both parties have been spray-painted, chain-sawed, ripped from the ground and in some instances thrown in a dump truck.   Read Story »

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Judiciary ought to take sign vandalism seriously

It’s no secret that Henderson County’s Democratic and Republican party road signs remain juicy targets for vandals. Routinely, political signs of both parties have been spray-painted, chain-sawed, ripped from the ground and in some instances thrown in a dump truck.   Read Story »

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After visit to war zone, Edwards strongly endorses U.S. support for Ukraine

U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards on Monday strongly endorsed U.S. support for Ukraine in its battle against the Russian invasion ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, "a card-carrying KGB Marxist murderer with no regard for human life."   Read Story »

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