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The immediate past chair of the School Board and currently vice chair, Holt will talk about issues the county faces, including the 2045 comprehensive plan currently under way. She is running for the seat held by Commissioner Michael Edney. The Republican Men’s Club meets the fourth Wednesday of each month at the Old Orchard Tavern at Cascades Mountain Resort, 201 Sugarloaf Road. Cost of the buffet breakfast is $10 cash paid at the door.

“Ms. Holt loves Henderson County and is proud to be a member of this community and will make an announcement to this community on June 23,” Colby Coren, a former School Board member and friend of Holt’s said. “I believe Amy has the business background and has the comm connections and community outreach” to appeal to voters. “She is involved in not just one but multiple nonprofits in our community and looks for ways to help not only the schools but our community as well.” Holt, whom Coren said was on vacation, did not immediately return the Lightning’s request for an interview....

The applicant seeking a permit for an asphalt plant has once again pulled a rezoning application, causing the Henderson County Board of Commissioners to call off a meeting tonight at which it was expected to decide the case. Southeastern Asphalt Co. owner Jeff Shipman through attorney Brian Gulden notified Henderson County Attorney Russ Burrell at 12:11 p.m. that he was pulling the application. It was the second time Shipman withdrew the application on the eve of a scheduled decision by the Board of Commissioners. He withdrew the application last December and refiled it in March, resulting in...

Henderson County (May 26, 2021) - Henderson County Commissioner Michael Edney announced Wednesday that he will oppose a rezoning request to allow an asphalt plant in East Flat Rock. Edney said he was announcing his decision now "to help alleviate the fear and stress brought on by uncontrolled misinformation."

  Commissioner Daniel Andreotta announced at the tail end of 6½-hour Board of Commissioners meeting Wednesday afternoon that he had drafted a letter to N.C. Cemetery Commission urging the regulatory board to bring about a "swift resolution" to the problem of overgrown grass. The cemetery owners locked the gates to the large graveyard over the weekend because of what they described as threats to employees and security concerns. "There's not a whole lot we can do at the county level but I did promise that we, or I at least, would send a letter to the North Carolina Cemetery Commission just le...