Henderson County Bans Smoking Around Building Entrances
Henderson County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a policy restricting smoking near entrances to county owned buildings and creating designated outdoor smoking areas away from high traffic zones. The plan aims to reduce secondhand smoke exposure for nonsmokers while allowing restricted smoking sites screened with receptacles and simple shelters.
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Henderson County
Lightning
Board of Commissioners
Michael Edney
Steve Wyatt
Diane Curran
Zens
Grove Street
Wyatt
Jackson Park
Tobac
State warns of powerful drug acetyl fentanyl
State health officials and law officers issued a warning about acetyl fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid tied to overdose deaths in Transylvania, Sampson, and Person counties. Experts caution the drug’s extreme potency, urge naloxone readiness, and emphasize that final death determinations are pending while investigations continue.
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Transylvania County
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
HHS
Julie Henry
Eddie Gunter
Transylvania County Sheriff's Department
United States
North Carolina
Robin Gary Cummings
Henderson County Board reappoints two to Recreation Advisory Board
The Henderson County Board of Commissioners reappointed Boyce Laughter and Terry Maybin to the Recreation Advisory Board and appointed Elizabeth Willson Moss to replace Gary Eblen. Eblen declined reappointment. Moss, Pardee Hospital director of Community Affairs, won support from Messer Thompson and Edney, while Hawkins Young backed Daniel Nicholas Mintz.
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Henderson County Board of Commissioners
Recreation Advisory Board
Gary Eblen
Charlie Messer
Eblen
Boyce Laughter
Terry Maybin
Elizabeth Willson Moss
Pardee Hospital
Tommy Thompson
Michael Edney
Moss
Grady Hawkins
Larry Young
Daniel Nicholas Mintz
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Emergency Medical Services
Department of Social Services
DSS
Bill Moss
The
CDC
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