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Henderson County cook tops tomato contest again

FLETCHER —A cook from Henderson County won first place for the second year in a row in the N.C. Tomato Growers Association-sponsored tomato cooking contest during the 25th N.C. Mountain State Fair.   Read Story »

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First DuPont Forest Festival is set for Sept. 22

DUPONT STATE FOREST — Friends of DuPont Forest will host the first ever DuPont Forest Festival, an event celebrating the adventure, wildness, and beauty of DuPont State Recreational Forest, on Saturday, Sept. 22, National Public Lands Day. Nearly 50 activities have been planned for the day including, mountain bike and hiking tours, wildlife lectures, yoga on Big Rock, stand-up paddle board demonstrations and more. Click here for the full schedule and more details. “Our number one goal for the Forest Festival is to teach the people to love the Forest," says Sara Landry, executive director of Friends of DuPont Forest. "All of the activities are designed to educate attendees on how to be good stewards of the Forest and all of our public lands." The activities will weave in education about the pack it in, pack it out philosophy, waterfall safety, multi-use trail use, and conservation. Expert volunteers and representatives will be on hand from conservation partners including Conserving Carolina, Wild South, Muddy Sneakers, Mills River Partnership and MountainTrue. The Festival, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., will take place at several of DuPont Forest’s access areas. Information tents will be found at Corn Mill Shoals, High Falls, Hooker Falls and Guion Farm access areas. For directions and maps, click here. The Forest Festival is free and open to the public. Donations are kindly suggested. Join Friends of DuPont online or at the Forest Festival information booths. The DuPont Forest Festival is hosted by Friends of DuPont Forest and sponsored by Cedar Mountain Cafe, Diamond Brand Outdoors, Kanuga Conference Center, Romantic Asheville, Deer Ridge Property Management, REEB Ranch Bike Park, Squatch Bikes and Brews and Oskar Blues Brewery in Brevard and Piney Mountain Bike Lounge.   Read Story »

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Farmers from county inducted into Livestock Hall of Fame

FLETCHER — Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler inducted three farmers from Henderson County into the N.C. Mountain State Fair Livestock Hall of Fame during the fair’s opening weekend. Troxler recognized Joyce and Gerald Coggins of Zirconia and Jimmy Cowan of Mills River for their longtime support to the fair, youth livestock shows and the livestock industry in western North Carolina.“I’m always amazed to see the time and effort these kids put into raising these animals for the show ring, which makes me proud to host the livestock shows,” he  said. “We couldn’t have built the fair’s livestock program into what it is today without the contributions of people like the Coggins and Jimmy Cowan.”The Coggins have been wool breed sheep exhibitors for the N.C. Mountain State Fair’s entire 25 years, and generously share their knowledge with other competitors. Their children and grandchildren have also shown sheep at the fair.Cowan has supported youth livestock shows and contributed to agricultural youth programs at the N.C. Mountain State Fair for many years. He works as a district field representative with N.C. Farm Bureau, where he is known for his support of agriculture and youth in Western North Carolina.The N.C. Mountain State Fair Livestock Hall of Fame was created by livestock show staff to recognize individual contributions to the livestock industry and livestock shows in western North Carolina. The 2018 N.C. Mountain State Fair runs through Sept. 16 at the WNC Agricultural Center in Fletcher. More information is available at www.mountainfair.org.   Read Story »

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Nichols brothers' maple nursery on PBS garden show Saturday

EAST FLAT ROCK — Matt and Tim Nichols’ grandmother, Dolly Hill, planted rows and rows of Japanese maples, making her Tabor Road yard explode in a palate of red and green in the spring and red, yellow and orange in the fall.   Read Story »

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East Flat Rock native nominated for nation's second highest court

EAST FLAT ROCK — On the bus ride to a mock trial competition, an East Henderson High School team member became ill and couldn’t play his role in the trial. Not to worry. Mock trial coach Virginia Haynes drafted Allison Jones to play the prosecutor and defense attorney roles.   Read Story »

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N.C. Transportation Board kills Balfour Parkway

RALEIGH — The Balfour Parkway is dead.   Read Story »

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Two county schools rated 'A' in latest state results

The Henderson County school system is home to two “A” schools, 12 “B” schools, and eight “C” schools, accountability measures released Wednesday by the N.C. Department of Instruction showed.   Read Story »

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PUBLIX SETS GRAND OPENING

Publix has set a grand opening for its first store in Hendersonville.   Read Story »

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Landowner withdraws plans for senior living development

LAUREL PARK — A developer has withdrawn plans for a 130-unit senior living development on Brevard Road between the Hendersonville and Laurel Park corporate boundaries, saying that a Planning Board meeting made clear that the town “requires additional time to fully embrace the positive attributions of the project.”Developer Curry Investments had sought voluntary annexation into the town of Laurel Park and zoning of Medical, Institutional, Cultural for the Sunshine Retirement Living development on 7.8 acres on Brevard Road across from Glasgow Lane. The Laurel Park Planning Board voted  4-1 on Aug. 14 to table the zoning request after eight neighboring property owners opposed the project. Residents said the apartments would generate unwanted traffic and would be incompatible with surrounding developments of single-family homes.In a letter dated Aug. 22, Thomas Bahrman, an attorney for property owner Chris Curry, addressed concerns Planning Board members and resident have raised. The retirement living project “makes good planning sense” and is in the right location, he said. “Although the immediate neighbors may be in denial, the larger community acknowledges the inevitable — this section of Highway 64 between Hendersonville and Laurel Park is changing.” Senior housing “is generally considered a great transitional use between commercial property and residential.” It would generate lighter traffic than other high-density residential, would increase the town’s tax base and would be “physically attractive and well maintained” gateway at a new roundabout.he, he said.“I think most of the Planning Board members and much of the community recognize and agree with these points,” Bahrman said. The Planning Board seemed ready to OK the zoning until the “last-minute outbursts of a vocal minority changed the immediate mood.”“Good planning requires political courage,” he said in closing. The developer remains willing to move the project forward, he said, if the town signaled that it’s committed to approving the zoning and annexation.   Read Story »

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