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Henderson County News

Spared a coronavirus surge, hospitals starting to reopen for business

The atmosphere was somber when Pardee UNC Health CEO Jay Kirby stepped to the microphone at a meeting of the Henderson County Board of Commissioners in the Historic Courthouse the morning of Friday, March 27.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Legislature starts work on Covid relief bills

RALEIGH — Lawmakers converged on the legislative complex to begin work on coronavirus relief bills as a few hundred people gathered in downtown Raleigh to protest shutdown orders from Gov. Roy Cooper.   Read Story »

Laurel Park News

Contractor may have to remove deck with a view

LAUREL PARK — An apartment building owner may be forced to remove a deck overlooking Rhododendron Lake Nature Park because the structure violates Laurel Park’s zoning rules.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

NPS repaving 25 miles of Blue Ridge Parkway

Twenty-five miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Asheville area between Milepost 365 and 392, will be resurfaced with thin-lift asphalt beginning this week, National Park Service officials announced.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

City names Ward deputy fire chief

Justin S. Ward, who previously held the position of fire marshal of Hendersonville, has been promoted to deputy fire chief, the city announced.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

Under stay-home order, city drops information sessions on big projects

Count broad-based public input meetings as another casualty of the coronavirus shutdown.   Read Story »

North Carolina News

JOHN HOOD: Cooper's phased reopening is too rigid

At an April 23 press conference, Gov. Roy Cooper gave a reasonable explanation of what led him to institute North Carolina’s statewide stay-at-home order nearly a month earlier.   Read Story »

Mills River News

Jere Brittain: Shipwrecked in Upper Mills River

The big storm Sunday before last left us on auxiliary electric power and without landline phone service.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Stay-at-home order forces changes in popular downtown events

The coronavirus shutdown has forced changes in downtown Hendersonville's popular spring events, including the popular Bearfootin’ Artwalk Bear Reveal and the opening concert of the Rhythm & Brews music series.   Read Story »

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