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The Henderson City Council voted 6-2 Monday to limit the time Mayor Melissa Elliott can spend at City Hall to no more than two hours twice a week until it can review information contained in recent employee surveys. It was one of two items added to Monday’s agenda at the request of Council Member Lamont […]
The Henderson-Vance Industrial Park Board approved Wednesday afternoon to sell the shell building and 10 acres of property in the park to Linde Gas & Equipment, Inc., a leading global industrial gases and engineering company. County Attorney Jonathan Care said this deal is better by about $300,000 than previous deals to purchase the building. Two […]
Ernest Carlton Terry, 76, died on April 27, 2025 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Durham. Terry spent his life in service to others, from his time in the U.S. Marine Corps to his work in Henderson as a local businessman and elected official. The funeral for Terry was Wednesday, and his daughter Enesa said […]
The concept for situating a mobility hub in downtown Henderson is taking shape, and the public has a chance to share opinions and ideas about what the actual facility should – and could – look like. Grady McCollum is one of many at the N.C. Dept. of Transportation who is helping to move the plan […]
UPDATE THURS, MAY 1 AT 4:15 P.M. – House Bill 74, now through the third reading in the N.C. Senate, is one step closer to being passed into law. Wording in the bill calls for $10 million appropriated for the Kerr Lake Regional Water System in expansion project to be reappropriated to fund other projects […]
Despite its title, the Kerr-Tar COG’s 4th annual Young Adult Hiring Event scheduled for Tuesday, Apr. 29 at the Raleigh Road Outdoor Theatre is rated for All Audiences. Job seekers of any age are welcome said NC Works Business Services Representative Stacey Williams, one of the job fair’s organizers. The job fair will run from […]
The historical marker that bears his name doesn’t have room for it, but James Turner is the North Carolinian who came the closest to being President of the United States. He only made it as far as Speaker of the House, said Mark Pace, local historian and North Carolina Room specialist at Thornton Library in […]
The Warren County Farmers Market opens Saturday, Apr. 26 and judging from the volume of phone calls Tamara Small has been getting from curious customers, it won’t be a moment too soon. People are looking forward to starting their Saturday mornings at the farmers market, Small said. She said it’s a great atmosphere, with vendors’ […]
Vance County Detention Center Administrator Maj. William Mitchell, Sheriff Curtis Brame and others are working feverishly to comply with a corrective action letter requiring improvement in five different areas at the jail – from staffing shortages to making repairs, supervision schedules to contraband. It sounds an awful lot like the carnival game Whack A Mole […]
Willard Haithcock wasn’t a gregarious person, according to his son Heath. He was quiet and soft-spoken, to tell you the truth. But he loved a good routine, you could count on him being at the Henderson Family YMCA at pretty much the same time every day of the week. “You could set your watch by […]
