Bill Moss

Henderson County commissioners elected Bill Lapsley as chair and re-elected Michael Edney as vice chair on Monday night after two new commissioners, Jay Egolf and Sheila Franklin, were sworn in to the board.

New commissioners Sheila Franklin (left) and Jay Egolf (far right) vote on a motion after being sworn in and taking their seats.

With the oath of office by three members and the swearing in of a new mayor pro tem, the first-ever all-female Hendersonville City Council was seated on Thursday night — at 7:07 p.m., if history would like to record the moment.

Hendersonville city employees will get a $1,000 holiday bonus in appreciation of their work as a repurposed emergency operations team that worked long hours for weeks to get the city up and running after the catastrophic damage from Hurricane Helene, the City Council decided Thursday night.

Police Chief Blair Myhand and accreditation manager Melissa Howard stand with Mayor Barbara Volk to celebrate the police department’s CALEA accreditation.

Over not in my side-yard objections of three generations of a family that lives next door, the Hendersonville City Council last week authorized a 60-townhome development on Brooklyn Avenue at Old Spartanburg Road.

Emily, holding 1-year-old Marigold, and Robert Gunn, stand next to the Ecusta Trail, which the couple believes will channel visitors to their new market and café.

Nick Weedman hands off the gavel to new Flat Rock Mayor Anne Coletta.

Accused drunk driver Justin Cody Moore crashed his heavy pickup into Andrew Ogden’s Honda Pilot on Kanuga Road at Price Road. [CONTRIBUTED]