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City leaders hosting ‘Council Conversations’ starting tonight
![A demolition contractor removed the building on Asheville Highway that last was home to Sumo’s Japanese Steakhouse, which never reopened after it burned in August 2018. [MATT MATTESON/Hendersonville Lightning]](/images/stories/2026/08/Screenshot 2026-08-30 at 3.26.53 PM.png)
![Ann Branhan, of Columbia, S.C., picks an apple at Grandad’s Apples in Edneyville. [AMY B. MCCRAW/Hendersonville Lightning]](/images/stories/2026/08/Apple6.png)
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U-pick or 'we pick,' here's where to buy apples
There’s no better way to honor Henderson County apples — the reason, after all, for our fabulous North Carolina Apple Festival — than to buy the crunchy, tangy fruit from the farms that grow them. Read Story »
![Apple Ambassador Haley Marshall poses between rows of Honeycrisp apples at Lively Orchard on Upward Road in Dana. [KEVYN CARTER-LONG/Hendersonville Lightning]](/images/stories/2026/08/Haley3.jpeg)
Your Town
Meet Haley Marshall, 2026 Apple Ambassador
Perched on a shaded picnic table at Lively Orchard in the apple country, Haley Marshall and her first-grade teacher, Stephanie Lively, paid homage to their long-standing friendship and community. Read Story »
Your Town
Fair adding flying cow cars, spookhouse, comedy juggler and more
FLETCHER — New rides, new entertainment and new food are being added to the lineup of fairgoers’ favorites at the N.C. Mountain State Fair Sept. 11-20 at the WNC Ag Center in Fletcher. Read Story »
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Blue Ridge Health plans Family Medicine Residency Program on U.S. 64 West
Blue Ridge Health plans to build a new medical facility in Hendersonville that will provide more space for patient care, strengthen the clinical and educational environment for family medicine residents, and provide room for future growth. Read Story »
Four Seasons Politics
Edwards rebuts ethics report on sexual harassment
Attorneys spar ahead of hearing on zoning lawsuit
Community News
Meet Haley Marshall, 2026 Apple Ambassador
Fans remember Dolly as historic courthouse glows pink
Your Town
Fans remember Dolly as historic courthouse glows pink
Hundreds of fans of the late country music legend Dolly Parton came together in Hendersonville Friday night to remember the woman born poor in the Smoky Mountains who went on to touch people around the world through her music, philanthropy and kind heart. Read Story »
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Ager and Balkcom tout ties to farming during candidate forum
The Republican and Democratic candidates for the 11th Congressional District on Thursday evening both pledged to make farmers and agriculture in Western North Carolina a priority if elected. Read Story »
![George Washington Vanderbilt II, architect Richard Morris Hunt and landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted visited castles, estates and chateaus in England and France before drawing plans for the Biltmore House. [BILTMORE ESTATE]](/images/stories/2026/08/BiltmoreHouse.png)
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Vanderbilt hired the best to build the best
I recently read Denise Kiernan’s non-fiction bestseller, The Last Castle. Read Story »
FEMA announces $17M to repair Green Meadows apartments damaged by Helene
Developer, city square off over zoning lawsuit
Edwards rebuts ethics report on sexual harassment
Sheriff’s office investigating after two men found shot to death
Courthouse dome glows pink in honor of Dolly
Benefit planned for family of premature twins born far from home
Attorneys spar ahead of hearing on zoning lawsuit
An overlooked battleground in N.C. election
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