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Pandemic claims more downtown events

Henderson County News

'Special Summer' success: Camps report no Covid cases

Four months ago, when summer camps should have been making final preparations to open for the season, Camp Pinnacle owner John Dockendorf lamented the “gut wrenching, no-win decision” youth camps faced: Dramatically change the way they operate and open with a limited number of campers or shut the doors for the season, knowing that kids cooped up in Covid-19 lockdowns would miss the liberating experience of a summer camp session outdoors.   Read Story »

Flat Rock News

Opponents pan term limits as committee-packing effort

FLAT ROCK — In the once tranquil village of Flat Rock, the Highland Lake Road project is an infinite accelerant for an ongoing political fire.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

'Wonder no more what a hero looks like'

Respect, honor and peace flooded the sanctuary as family, friends and fellow first responders remembered Ryan Phillip Hendrix, the Henderson County sheriff’s deputy who was killed in the line of duty last week.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

People line funeral procession route to honor Deputy Hendrix

As if by grace, a late summer wind whipped American flags along the route of the funeral procession that would carry Ryan Phillip Hendrix to his final resting place on Friday afternoon.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Expect traffic delays during funeral procession today

Motorists should expect road closures and delays this afternoon when the funeral procession of Deputy Ryan Hendrix travels through town from Mud Creek Baptist Church to Forest Lawn cemetery this afternoon.   Read Story »

North Carolina News

Cooper authorizes full reopening for K-5

RALEIGH — School districts can allow elementary grade students to return to the classroom next month, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday during a news conference, but middle and high school students won’t have the same opportunity.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Agencies win $400,000 grant to help homeless

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, two local organizations have been granted $398,825 in additional funding from the federal government through the CARES act.   Read Story »

Asheville News

Mission nurses vote to unionize

In what the union hailed as a landslide vote, nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville voted this week to approve a union — the first in North Carolina to do so and the largest hospital union win in the South since 1975.   Read Story »

Brevard News

Brevard public works chief indicted for mishandling contaminated soil

A federal grand jury in Charlotte has returned a criminal indictment charging Brevard's public works director with ordering city employees to dig up and transport contaminated soil from a firing range backstop without proper protection and then store the tainted dirt improperly, U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced.   Read Story »

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