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Local Tea Party joins nationwide protest against IRS

Henderson County Politics

Huckabee to interview Meadows about Benghazi investigation

U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows will be interviewed by radio talk show host Mike Huckabee about a congressional committee investigation into the terrorist attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya.   Read Story »

North Carolina Politics

Senate appoints Danos to tourism board

Robert Danos, a summer camp program director, Flat Rock Playhouse board member and former Henderson County Republican Party chairman, was appointed to the North Carolina Tourism Board on Tuesday.   Read Story »

Henderson County Politics

LIGHTNING Q&A: McDonald poised to run as reformer

As Sheriff Charlie McDonald lays the groundwork for his first political campaign, he's looking back on a year of morale repair in the aftermath of the scandal that led to the resignation of Rick Davis in 2011.   Read Story »

Henderson County Politics

Democrats rip GOP, elect new chair

Speakers at the annual convention of the Henderson County Democratic Party elected a new chairman to lead a battle against policies of the new Republican governor and majority they said was setting back the state.   Read Story »

Henderson County Politics

Meadows wins government oversight leadership post

U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows has been appointed vice chairman the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, under the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.   Read Story »

Henderson County Politics

Meadows announces office hours in 17 counties

U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows announced the official opening of 18 offices throughout the sprawling 11th Congressional District. Office hours range from once a month in outlying counties to daily in Hendersonville, in the largest county in the district, and Lenoir in Caldwell County, the second most populous county.   Read Story »

Henderson County Politics

County GOP celebrates unprecedented gains; elects Riddle chair

Henderson County Republicans celebrated the party's unprecedented gains of 2012, vowed to build on that success by turning out U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan next year and had fun at the expensed of the vanquished Democrats during their annual convention and Lincoln-Reagan luncheon on Saturday at the Chariot.   Read Story »

Mills River Politics

French Broad could connect new greenways

MILLS RIVER — The French Broad River is one of the best bodies of water to fish for muskie, which is what Bryan Jeffords tried to do on a recent Sunday.   Read Story »

Henderson County Politics

Meadows headlines local GOP convention

Newly elected U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows headlines next week's annual convention of the Henderson County Republican Party, which also includes the area legislative delegation, Sheriff Charlie McDonald and other elected officials.   Read Story »

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