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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 provide mental health, substance abuse and behavorial health services. That means grants of $50,000 for t...

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 this spring. "Lots of questions, lots of opinions, lots of viewpoints," he said of the asphalt plant re...

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 Approves COVID Vaccine For Middle, High Schoolers (Raleigh, NC) -- Younger kids across North Carolin...

The board's effort to clarify the regulation comes after a Zoning Board of Adjustment showed that the county's 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 county's four residential categories. Commissioner Rebecca McCall made a motion to require a special-use permit for ranges in three residential zones and to reduce the hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. instead of 8 p.m. "just...

The accelerated plan the county's construction manager and other officials worked out with contractor Vannoy construction, the School Board and others also will save $500,000. "Without everybody's cooperation we wouldn't be where we are," the county's 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 been," Berry said. "This whole project has been not only the most expensive for Henderson Count...