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During a budget workshop on Wednesday, Assistant County Manager Amy Brantley reported that the U.S. Treasury Department had issued preliminary guidelines on how local government bodies can spend the ARPA money. In the coming weeks, the county expects to receive $11 million, the first installment of a two-year allocation of $22 million designed to help communities recover from the business slowdown caused by the pandemic. Among the ARPA-eligible recipients, Brantley said, are programs that provi...

Henderson County Commissioner Daniel Andreotta did not tip his hand on where he stands on the rezoning for a proposed asphalt plant, which the Board of Commissioners will take up tonight. Commissioners are holding a public hearing on the request for permission to build the plant at 5:30 p.m. at Bo Thomas auditorium at BRCC. In brief remarks Saturday morning at a Republican Party breakfast meeting, Andreotta talked about the controversial request and other county commission matters coming up thi...

By Mark Starling Lines At WNC Gas Pumps After Pipeline Shutdown (Asheville, NC) -- There are lines at gas pumps in western North Carolina. Fears over price jumps and fuel shortages have arisen since the major distributer, Colonial Pipeline, shut down its main lines after a cyberattack last week. Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency yesterday, which suspends fuel regulations statewide. Colonial Pipeline said most operations are expected to be restored within the week. FDA Ap...

The boards effort to clarify the regulation comes after a Zoning Board of Adjustment showed that the countys land-use ordinance was ambiguous in how it defined private shooting ranges and commercial shooting ranges. The proposed text amendments recommended that indoor and outdoor commercial ranges be a permitted use in all zones except for office-institutional, including the countys four residential categories. Commissioner Rebecca McCall made a motion to require a special-use permit for ranges...

The accelerated plan the countys construction manager and other officials worked out with contractor Vannoy construction, the School Board and others also will save $500,000. "Without everybodys cooperation we wouldnt be where we are," the countys construction manager, David Berry, told the Henderson County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday morning. While there the Covid-19 pandemic brought misery and no silver lining "but in regard to construction of Hendersonville High School it kind of has...

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Henderson County is projecting a positive financial situation as it begins the process of formulating the next fiscal years budget.  The Board of Commissioners met Wednesday morning to receive a report from County Manager Steve Wyatt, a financial forecast and an overview of budget priorities. Commissioners heard updates and goals related to Henderson County Public Schools, Blue Ridge Community College and the Henderson County Department of Public Health, as we...

  Appearing before the Board of Commissioners Wednesday morning during a budget retreat, Steve Smith said hes becoming convinced that the current setup is not working. "I think youre aware that we had another pretty significant glitch with the call center this morning but I do think we have that remedied and I surmise by this time that we have all those next 700 appointments scheduled," he said. Smith brought up the wait list when Commissioner Rebecca McCall asked whether the commissioners cou...

Looking back: Henderson Countys top stories in 2020 The past year managed to bring both hardships and victories to Henderson County.  Countless lives have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with thousands of reported cases, nearly 100 deaths, and many people losing their jobs due to the economic fallout from the pandemic.  The community lost some of its beloved leaders, including Henderson County Commissioner Charlie Messer, who died suddenly in July; former Fletcher Mayor Bill Moore; ...

A divided nation made its choices in the elections. A long-running zoning dispute over housing on the Tap Root Dairy property finally came to an end while the land-use fight over an asphalt plant in East Flat Rock fizzled to an uncertain resolution. Downtown could be transformed by hotel and parking deck plans that neared the dirt-turning stage as the year drew to a close. Cloaked over every hour of every day from March 3 on was the coronavirus and its wide-ranging impacts. Covid-19 cases devas...