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School Board to hire architect to explore HHS options

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Chris Collins, an HHS graduate in Congress, charged with insider trading

U.S. Rep. Chris Collins, a 1968 graduate of Hendersonville High School and 2013 HHS Hall of Fame inductee, was indicted on Wednesday on insider trading charges rising from the sale of pharmaceutical stock before the product's failed drug test became public, multiple news outlets reported. Here's the New York Times story. The New York Times reports that charges against Collins stem from his involvement with Innate Immunotherapeutics Limited, a drug maker based in Sydney, Australia, whose primary business was the research and development of a medication designed to treat a form of multiple sclerosis, according to an indictment. The Times reports that Collins was attending the Congressional Picnic at the White House in June 2017 when he received a private email from the company’s chief executive that a test for an experimental drug had failed, the indictment said. Fifteen minutes later, the congressman, who sat on the firm’s board of directors and was one of its largest shareholders, called his son, Cameron Collins, who sold their shares in the company, avoiding losses of more than $570,000, the indictment said. “We will answer the charges filed against Congressman Collins in court and will mount a vigorous defense to clear his good name,” Collins’ lawyers said in statement. “It is notable that even the government does not allege that Congressman Collins traded a single share” of the company’s stock. Born in Schenectady, New York, in 1950, Collins came to Hendersonville with his family when his father was transferred to General Electric's East Flat Rock plant. After graduating from HHS, he earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University. He earned an MBA from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1975, according to Wikipedia. Collins made his money buying bankrupt and troubled companies. County executive of Erie County, New York from 2007 to 2011, Collins, 68, won his congressional seat representing a Buffalo-area district in 2013. He was one of the first sitting congressman to endorse Donald Trump.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Four Seasons Politics

County boots Boyd property sale

The Henderson County Board of Commissioners on Monday delayed the proposed sale of the Boyd property next to Hendersonville High School, issuing a stay of execution of sorts on a vote three weeks ago that HHS alumni feared would mean the end of the high school on the city campus. Now, it's back to the drawing board for the School Board, which won the commissioners' grudging consent to look at other construction options.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Four Seasons Politics

LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Taking the script from Washington

During an hour-long discussion before they killed the Hendersonville High School construction project — throwing away $4.8 million in taxpayer money — Henderson County commissioners tried to explain why they were giving up.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Democrat rips Meadows' Rosenstein threat as 'obstruction of justice'

U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows and a fellow Freedom Caucus leader launched an effort in the House on Wednesday to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, charging that he has worked to "obstruct legitimate attempts of congressional oversight."   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Party ID change could backfire on GOP

RALEIGH — Chris Anglin was a relatively unknown late addition to a state Supreme Court race. The General Assembly propelled him into the spotlight by passing Senate Bill 3.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Four Seasons Politics

‘We the people’ tackle issues, form solutions

Eighty-five members of the Heart of Hendersonville project met recently at the City Operations Center to connect, brainstorm and identify next action steps in four issue groups.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

District bar sends five judgeship nominees to governor

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 »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Brooks’ promotion, Powell’s retirement
 trigger turnover in judiciary

It’s starting to look like musical benches in the Henderson County judiciary.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Four Seasons Politics

COUNTY KILLS HHS PLAN

The Henderson County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday voted to pull the plug on a new Hendersonville High School, ending, at least for now, a three-year political fight that has pitted city against county and the elected commissioners against the School Board.   Read Story »

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