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Courthouse expansion vote hinges on guaranteed maximum price
![County commissioners are expected to vote by the end of March on whether to authorize a four-story courthouse addition. If they say yes, they will green light the most expensive capital project in county history. The projected total currently is $170 million for the combined courthouse-jail project. [FENTRESS ARCHITECTS]](/images/stories/2026/01/thumbs/JCARcourt.jpeg)
![Because the popularity of the Ecusta Trail has driven demand for parking, the Henderson County Board of Commissioners amended the county land-use code to allow one-acre parking lots in residential zones. Some residents of Hunter’s Glen hope to block a parking lot at their subdivision entrance. [AMY B. MCCRAW/Hendersonville Lightning]](/images/stories/2026/01/parking.jpg)
Opinion
Homeowners seek to block Ecusta Trail parking lot
Well before the Ecusta Trail opened, it was safe to forecast that its construction and use would provoke some conflict. Read Story »
News
MLK Jr. Unity Breakfast is set for Jan. 19
The 2026 Unity Breakfast Celebration is planned for Monday, Jan. 19, at the Blue Ridge Conference Hall at BRCC, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast Committee announced. Read Story »
News
Local non-profits hit hard by Helene worked to recover from the storm
Most non-profit agencies in Western North Carolina struggled in the year after Hurricane Helene with both physical damage to their properties and the emotional wellbeing of their staff, a recent report commissioned by WNC Nonprofit Pathways and Dogwood Health Trust found. Read Story »
News
Like her grandmother, Gracie Rose arrived on New Year's Day
The new year began with the arrival of the first baby of 2026 at The Baby Place at AdventHealth Hendersonville. Read Story »
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FBI thwarts ISIS follower's planned New Year's Day attack
An 18-year-old Mint Hill man who allegedly planned to use knives and hammers to carry out a deadly New Year’s Eve attack at a grocery store and a fast food restaurant in support of ISIS has been arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced on Friday. Read Story »
Four Seasons Politics
Here's the final candidate list for 2026 elections
Democrat challenges Moffitt, two school board incumbents file for re-election
Community News
These heroes won state and national awards in 2025
Mini-floats to roll in city's first ‘Mountain Mardi Gras’
News
Rotary Club accepting scholarship nominations
The Rotary Club of Hendersonville is now accepting nominations for its 2026 Four-Way Test Scholarships, which honor high school seniors in Henderson County who exemplify the ethical principles used by Rotarians worldwide to guide their decisions and actions. Read Story »
News
Preemie, doing well, claims first baby title at Mission
Mission Hospital proudly welcomed its first baby of the new year when Jonah Thomas Roberts was born at 3:46 a.m. in the early hours of New Years Day. Read Story »
Your Town
These heroes won state and national awards in 2025
For a relatively small community, it’s astonishing how many state, regional and national awards our leaders, non-profits and emergency responders receive. By our count, executives, emergency managers and agencies won at least 16 awards from state and national organizations in 2025, many of them for their response during and after Hurricane Helene. Read Story »
Flu spike forces visitor restrictions at Pardee
Don't miss this week's Lightning!
City honors Firefighter and Officer of the Year
Documentary chronicles HHS championship teams
Mini-floats to roll in city's first ‘Mountain Mardi Gras’
'The Many Lives of Carl Sandburg' to be staged at Kanuga
Credit union helps bring Blessings in Boxes to hundreds
Nominations open for Education Hall of Fame
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