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How county commissioners added $17.6 million to the budget

Drivers of the 4.3-cent property tax increase include, clockwise from top left, $9 million in debt service for the $170 million courthouse-jail construction, a $4 million increase in pay for sheriff’s deputies and jailers, $50,000 for a Fletcher library feasibility study and a $1.2 million increase for the local teacher supplement. [PHOTOS BY AMY MCCRAW, DYLAN SHEEHAN, HENDERSON COUNTY SCHOOLS]

By AMY B. MCCRAW and BILL MOSS, Published: June 9, 2026

Proud of their fiscal rectitude, Henderson County commissioners have routinely managed to adopt a balanced budget without raising taxes — even when funding big projects like the Hendersonville High School construction or facing an unexpected catastrophe like Hurricane Helene.

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