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Sealing Republican takeover of local elections board in 100 counties across North Carolina, state Auditor Dave Boliek on Tuesday announced the appointment of chairs of county elections boards, which ...
In a unanimous vote late Monday evening, the North Carolina Senate passed a $2.6 billion Hurricane Helene recovery package and sent it to the House.
A coalition working to build a rail trail along the historic Saluda Grade Railroad has officially bought the land. County on track to greenlight Ecusta Trail construction Sept. 19 ...
Site work will officially begin this week on Western North Carolina’s newest continuing care retirement community, Blue Ridge Retirement Partners, developers of Legacy at Mills River, announced.
Rising has been with Henderson County since May 22, 2023, as tax administrator. His prior years of experience included tax assessment with the county for six years while serving on the Henderson ...
By Lightning Reports, Published: June 21, 2025 BAT CAVE — The N.C. Department of Transportation will present information about upcoming Hurricane Helene reconstruction work of Middle Fork Road and ...
United Way of Henderson County announced this week that it had awarded grants totaling $352,000 to support 42 programs at 25 local nonprofit agencies in the coming year. The Community Investment Fund ...
By Lightning Reports, Published: June 17, 2025 Demonstrators at the Historic Courthouse on Tuesday urged U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis to vote against the "Big, Beautiful Bill," which they called "a sweeping ...
WSPA's morning show will broadcast from Flat Rock on Friday morning, highlighting restaurants, the Park at Flat Rock, the Flat Rock Playhouse, history and things to do. The Spartanburg station's ...
By Lightning Reports, Published: June 20, 2025 A developer has applied for a rezoning from medium-density residential to planned residential development to allow the construction of 180 two-, three- ...
By Bill Moss, Published: June 17, 2025 The decades long conflict between the city and county over utility extensions, annexation and high-density development may have come to an end on Monday with ...