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Black History Collective's Juneteenth event is set for June 11.

Tributes, dances, poetry, singing and more were part of the Juneteenth Freedom 2022 program in Hendersonville on Saturday.

Hendersonville is working to increase employee pay, hoping to be competitive in a hot job market and cover rising housing costs in the area.

A Black woman who worked in the mail room at a North Carolina hospital said she was subject to a hostile work environment for years at the hands of her white supervisor and colleagues before she was forced to quit in October. Now the hospital faces a federal discrimination lawsuit. Pardee Memorial Hospital in Hendersonville is accused of violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as several state equal protection laws in a complaint moved to federal court this week. Court filings show the former employee, Indian Jackson, initially filed the lawsuit in Henderson County Superior Court in ...

By Mark Starling Vaccine Appointments Widen In Buncombe (Buncbome County, NC) -- Appointments for COVID-19 vaccines are opening up this week to more people in Buncombe County. Healthcare workers and residents aged 65-and-over are eligible to sign up for doses, which will be given starting February 1st. Health officials tell WLOS-TV around three-thousand vaccines have been administered so far, with around that many expected to be given this week. The state opened up vaccines for North Carolinians at least 65-years old last week. Buncombe County Security Tightens (Buncombe County, NC) --...