On July 17, the governor announced that, in partnership with the state Department of Environmental Quality, $44 million will go to restoring water and wastewater systems that still need to be repaired ...

North Cureton Place resident Troy Alverson speaks against a proposed development in his community during Thursday’s Planning Board meeting while (from left to right) attorney Bill Alexander and ...

Animal enforcement officers with the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office charged a 68-year-old Dana man with 26 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty on Monday after responding to a call in reference to ...

The Board of Commissioners voted unanimously last week to take the first step in putting a farm preservation bond issue of up to $25 million on the Nov. 3 ballot. In discussing whether to green light ...

The Hendersonville City Council has endorsed the renewal of passenger rail service that would connect Asheville to Salisbury and link train travelers to destinations across North Carolina and up and ...

Henderson County farmers could get access to $25 million in farmland preservation grants to ensure that their land stays in agriculture use instead of becoming subdivisions or another type of ...

A Henderson County jury likely made state history when it returned a $101 million verdict against the Hajoca Corp. last week, attorneys representing plaintiffs in the case said in interviews with the ...

If it’s new and made of steel and concrete, it must be a data center. Even if it’s old, it must be a data center, as long as it’s vacant. It can’t be a warehouse/distribution or a factory or simply a ...

President Donald Trump this month issued a presidential pardon to a Hendersonville mechanic who was convicted in 2022 of violating the Clean Air Act. The pardon came alongside 10 others, most of them ...

The future of some of America’s last wild forests — including treasured landscapes in Western North Carolina — is at risk, say conservationists who announced a public hearing this month to air ...

Jamie Ager continued his fundraising advantage over U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards as the battle for 11th Congressional District seat enters the final 15 weeks, campaign finance reports for the second ...

Apple, pear and berry farmers gathered at the Laughter family’s Pilot Mountain Pears in Edneyville on Saturday to hear from Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee in the closely watched contest with ...