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If you’ve ever had a garden, you know the feeling of excitement and expectation associated with planting seeds or slips and waiting for the reward of harvesting a vine-ripened tomato, crooked neck squash or, heck, even that umpteenth zucchini that you pawn off on unsuspecting neighbors or “city folk.” It’s the same with farmers, but […]
Beginning Monday, June 2, two white mini vans with “Flex Ride” emblazoned on their sides will most likely be seen traveling the roads within the city limits of Henderson. And if you look closely, you’ll see the driving force behind the Uber-style transportation: KARTS. The words “Flex Ride” are in red and are superimposed on […]
N.C. Rep. Bryan Cohn said House Bill 74, signed into law last week by Gov. Josh Stein, is not anticipated to have any impact on the $10 million that had been reappropriated away from the City of Oxford as part of the Kerr Lake Regional Water expansion. “That money has been distributed and contractors have […]
Author Martha Gayle will be at Sadie’s Coffee Corner Saturday morning, May 17, for a book signing event for her second book, When Jesus Leads. Come out to chat with Gayle between 10 a.m. and 12 noon at Sadie’s located at 324 S. Garnett St. When Jesus Leads picks up chronicling the lives […]
The fish was being battered and fried, hot hush puppies were piling up and the slaw and potato salad were mixed and ready to put on plates – and, just like clockwork – the Tri County Shrine Club Fish Fry was underway, serving plates for lunch and dinner from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. […]
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 […]
