Polk County News

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 8:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 8:35 a.m. Numerous residents woke to power outages in Saluda and surrounding areas.

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 8:10 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 8:10 a.m. Non-stop rain Tuesday and this morning has flooded several roads, making for a slow commute in some areas of the region.

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 7:55 p.m. Blue Ridge Community College Board of Trustees will meet in a strategic planning retreat from noon to 5 p.m. Monday in Blue Ridge Conference Hall at Blue Ridge Community College's Technology Education and Development Center.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 8:22 p.m. Polk County resident and Buncombe County Sheriff's Office Cpl.

Fred Baisden squeaked to a two-vote victory in the Saluda mayoral race Tuesday night, edging John Morgan 104-102, on a night in which voters turned out incumbent mayors of Saluda and Columbus.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1:06 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1:06 p.m. If you care about the future of your town, you ought to vote today.

For all the "testing strategies, learning initiatives and accountability measures" in place to improve student learning, there's one tried-and-true method that works every time: a culture that says every faculty member cares about every student.

Published: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 11:27 p.m. Brevard City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the City Council Chambers.

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 8:24 p.m. Kevin Phelps says he is about morals and ethics.

October brings cooler temperatures and colorful changes in the trees, as well as Halloween and fall festivals.

Crews work on a house fire on Fire Tower Road in Polk County that started around 1:15p.m. Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 2:04 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 2:04 p.m. At least three dozen firefighters were assisting Mills Spring Fire Deparment to fight a large structure fire on Fire Tower Road in Mill Spring that was ...

Quilters of the Western North Carolina Quilters' Guild, Area 5, will hold their annual quilt show from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd on Highway 280 .

Published: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 7:34 p.m. Carolina Mountain Club book signing will be 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct.

These spooky gardeners can be seen near Davis View Circle. Published: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. October brings cooler temperatures and colorful changes in the trees, as well as Halloween and fall festivals.

Published: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 7:34 p.m. Polk County Board of Education will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Stearns Board Room.

Polk County residents will see contested races for mayor in Saluda and Columbus this year.

A house fire forced its occupants from their residence this morning. Christina Davis, 59, and her son, 23-year-old Daniel Flores were at their home on 2815 Fork Creek Road at the Polk County/Henderson County line when the fire broke out, emergency personnel officials said.

Four Western North Carolina school districts will be honored by State Superintendent June Atkinson on Monday in Raleigh for having high rates of high school graduation.

Published: Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 2:22 a.m. The Henderson County Board of Commissioners will continue a discussion of water issues in the southern end of the county at their meeting Monday.

Former Polk County Sheriff Chris Abril was arrested late Tuesday night for driving while intoxicated after leaving a local bar, according to law enforcement.