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DSS board names interim director

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Buncombe candidate files for Senate (and it's not Tim Moffitt)

Lisa Carpenter Baldwin, a former one-term Buncombe County School Board member, filed for the 48th state Senate District on Monday, creating a three-way primary for the Republican nomination.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

Jongo Java is best decorated downtown

Jongo Java took first place as best decorated downtown storefront followed by Christmas Garden and Dad’s Collectibles as part of the Home for Holidays promotion by the Henderson County Tourism Development Authority.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Bounty calls for cash, toys, volunteers

The Bounty of Bethlehem will happen this year but organizers say they're still about $20,000 short of their $50,000 fundraising goal and they're asking folks to keep in mind donations of toys and supplies this week and show up to volunteer. After a large donation on Saturday by Wal-Mart and Toys for Tots, Bounty has plenty of toys for volunteers to wrap.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Construction follow-up drives School Board race

Incumbents running for re-election to the Henderson County School Board cite a big unfinished job as a reason for staying on for another term.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Former mayor Fred Niehoff dies

Former Hendersonville mayor Fred Niehoff died early Sunday at his home in Bluffton, S.C., where he and his wife, Caroline, had moved after his retirement from elective office.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

DSS director dies in kayaking accident

Floyd Eric Bush, the director of the Henderson County Department of Social Services, drowned in a father-and-son kayaking accident on the Nolichucky River in Mitchell County on Friday, leaving behind his wife of 32 years and his three children and stunned coworkers at the social services agency.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

School Board field grows to eight

Michael Absher is making a fourth run for the Henderson County School Board, joining a crowded field of eight that includes all four incumbents. Filing closes at noon Monday. The election is on Nov. 8, 2016.   Read Story »

Mills River News

Shooter commits suicide after night of mayhem

MILLS RIVER — A heavily armed Mills River man took his own life after shooting up a house and setting it on fire and leading law officers on a chase from Henderson to Transylvania County and back before finally stopping on N.C. 191, where officers surrounded him, the Henderson County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Where have all the women gone?

With less than a week to go in the filing period for the 2016 elections, we once again confront an obvious and substantial gender gap.   Read Story »

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