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Flat Rock Playhouse receives $38,988 grant to improve vital theater infrastructure
Flat Rock Playhouse has been awarded a grant of $38,988 by the Community Foundation of Henderson County. According to managing director Sam Yaeger Goodrum, the grant will be used to purchase and install four A/C units in the Leiman Mainstage as part of the complete replacement of the cooling and heating systems in the building. ...
1 injured in stabbing at West Henderson High School, Sheriff's Office says
A stabbing at West Henderson High School Sept. 5 resulted in a student being taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials say. At 3:05 pm, the West Henderson High School Resource Officer reported an incident involving two students to the 911 Center, according to a news release from Kimbrell Arrowood, Henderson County schools spokesperson. ...
Counties with the lowest home prices in North Carolina
The real estate market may be booming across the country, but in North Carolina, not all regions are seeing skyrocketing home prices. While low interest rates and increased demand are pushing up housing costs in many areas, several counties in North Carolina still offer incredibly affordable homeownership opportunities.
Party leaders encourage voters to activate this general election cycle
Leaders of the political parties in the Twin Counties are making voters aware of the option to be able to cast an absentee ballot, but given that the coronavirus pandemic has passed, opinions differ on the urgency of asking voters to choose candidates for president on down by the early mail-in voting method, as masses of voters did in the 2020 election. Nash County Republican Party Chairman Mark Edwards, in a text message Wednesday evening, said that he and his fellow county GOP leaders are...
99 hospitals support state's medical debt relief plan: Governor
A new program overseen by the state’s health department will help eliminate medical debt for those struggling to pay their hospital bills in North Carolina and now has uniform support from hospitals. Gov. Roy Cooper recently announced that all of the state’s 99 acute care hospitals will participate in an innovative new medical debt forgiveness program for low- and middle-income patients. “We are excited to announce all of North Carolina’s...
Absentee voting instruction violates law, North Carolina plaintiffs say
(The Center Square) – Litigation filed against North Carolina’s State Board of Elections on Tuesday contests a memo of instruction to county boards of elections in conflict with absentee by mail ballot state laws. For the board, it’s lawsuit No. 6 in 43 days, and the fourth in 12. Virginia Wasserberg, registered in Pasquotank County, is joined by the North Carolina Republican Party and the Republican National Committee on the...
Poor road conditions cost Triad drivers $592 annually, report finds
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Roads and bridges in the Triad are in need of updates and construction improvements. TRIP, a national transportation research nonprofit in Washington D.C., just released a September 2024 report. It found that 12% of major roads in the Triad area are in poor condition. Approximately 27% of major roads in the Triad were found to be in mediocre condition.
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