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Henderson County News

Early voting picks up

More than 1,000 Henderson County voters turned out for the first two days of early voting last week and the pace seemed to be picking up on Monday, Henderson County Elections Director Beverly Cunningham said. Click here to view sample ballots   Read Story »

Laurel Park News

Future lake park grows

LAUREL PARK — The town of Laurel Park is adding more land to the future Lake Rhododendron Nature Park. The $43,000 purchase of an adjoining lot is expected to close by the end of this month, Town Manager Jim Ball told the Town Board last week.   Read Story »

Laurel Park News

Laurel Park gets DIY fixup

LAUREL PARK — Laurel Park's Town Council assembly room is getting a spruce-up for the first time in decades. But if you're looking for a scandal of the kind when the politicians spend on themselves, move along. There's nothing to see here.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Kindergarten signup runs below projection

School enrollment in 2012-13 may drop below projections if early indicators hold up.   Read Story »

Flat Rock News

Seven schools win green awards

Henderson County schools are getting greener. Bill Parker, assistant superintendent for administrative services, handed out Energy Star awards to seven schools for using 35 percent less power and generating less greenhouse gas emissions that similar-sized facilities across the U.S.   Read Story »

Edneyville News

Commissioners approve solar farm application

After a month-long study that resulted in a 47-page Planning Department report, the Henderson County Board of Commissioners wound up back where it started and authorized a new solar farm that a property owner requested.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

Parents of autistic children welcome 'hope'

Caroline Long had taken her 3-year-old son, Liam, to a specialist two weeks after he had been diagnosed with autism.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Heltman looking forward to 'active retirement'

Melody Heltman remembers getting the word out about Henderson County's attractions when she worked in a leased office seated on a folding chair. It was 1988. She was a contract employee. Her desk was a card table.   Read Story »

Saluda News

Saluda Arts Festival fun for the whole family

Fine artists from all over Western North Carolina and South Carolina will exhibit and sell oil, water colors, acrylic paintings and drawings, wood working, photography, pottery, jewelry, sculptures, stained glass, metal working, and more at the ninth annual Saluda Arts Festival, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 19 on historic Main Street in downtown Saluda.   Read Story »