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Fletcher Business

Landowner seeks industrial zoning on Howard Gap Road

A property owner is seeking the county's OK to rezone 31 acres on Howard Gap Road at Jackson Road from residential to industrial use. The Henderson County Planning Board will take up the rezoning request during its regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the county building at 100 N. King St.   Read Story »

Henderson County Business

Two local breweries medal in N.C. Brewers Cup

Two Hendersonville craft brewers won gold medals and one other award each in the eighth annual North Carolina Brewers Cup competition in Mocksville last month.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Business

Chick-fil-A to open a second store in city

The congested crosstown journey for those craving a Chick-fil-A sandwich could be a thing of the past in about a year and a half.   Read Story »

Henderson County Business

Bon Worth files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Bon Worth, the Hendersonville-based women’s clothing retailer that once operated more than 300 stores across the U.S., has filed for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy in order to reorganize and try to save the company.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Business

332-home development on Clear Creek Road advances

A close-in development that could result in 332 homes on Clear Creek Road at I-26 moved a step closer to reality when the Hendersonville Planning Board unanimously recommended zoning approval.   Read Story »

Henderson County Business

Buncombe has lowest, Henderson County second lowest jobless rate (2)

The Mountain Area Workforce Region region of the state made up of Buncombe, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania counties continues to have the lowest unemployment rate in the state at 3.5%.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Business

Henderson County hopes to 'get a charge' out of VW settlement fund

Thanks to the Volkswagen settlement for cheating on EPA pollution regulations, Henderson County may get a quick-charging station for electric vehicles, a boom truck for building services or a heavy duty truck for the Rescue Squad.   Read Story »

Henderson County Business

Commissioners delay action on gem mine attraction in Tracy Grove

Faced with conflicting opinions from neighbors and questions about what conditions the rezoning applicant would accept, the Henderson County commissioners Tuesday night delayed action on whether to allow a gemstone mine attraction in the Tracy Grove community at I-26.   Read Story »

Henderson County Business

Transylvania, Henderson counties rank high in tourism employment growth

Domestic visitors spent a record $25.3 billion in North Carolina in 2018, an increase of 5.6 percent from 2017. State tax receipts as a result of visitor spending neared $1.3 billion in 2018, and local tax revenues directly resulting from visitor spending totaled $774.6 million, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday. Visitor expenditures directly supported more than 230,000 jobs and generated more than $6.3 billion in payroll income across North Carolina.   Read Story »

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