Free Daily Headlines

Home

Set your text size: A A A

Area could get thunderstorm, high wind tonight

HomeGoods announced its grand opening next week and five Below and a beauty products shop are coming soon to the Blue Ridge Mall.

Business

Mall bets on discount retailers to boost traffic

Blue Ridge Mall has signed on popular discount retailers to fill vacant storefronts and ramp up customer traffic.   Read Story »

Residents apply for FEMA aid at a Disaster Recovery Fair in Bat Cave on Feb. 24. [LIGHTNING FILE PHOTO]

Your Town

County to host disaster recovery fairs at public library branches

  Read Story »

News

Landowner seeks rezoning for Cottages at Sugarloaf Meadow

The owners of 31 acres on Sugarloaf Road are seeking a rezoning to allow a 50-home subdivision called The Cottages at Sugarloaf Meadow, county officials said.   Read Story »

Your Town

Education Foundation announces class of 2025 Hall of Fame inductees

A popular elementary school phys-ed teacher and strong advocate for outdoor education and a former Henderson County and western district math teacher of the year will be inducted into the Education Hall of Fame on April 29, the Henderson County Education Foundation announced.   Read Story »

News

City seeks nominations for Historic Preservation Awards

Hendersonville’s Historic Preservation Commission is inviting residents to nominate outstanding preservation projects for the city's annual Historic Preservation Awards.   Read Story »

Four Seasons Politics

Four Seasons Politics

NC Senate passes bill outlawing DEI programs in schools

Ferguson sworn in as U.S. attorney for western N.C.

Read Stories

Community News

Education Foundation announces class of 2025 Hall of Fame inductees

County to host disaster recovery fairs at public library branches

Read Stories

Four Seasons Politics

NC Senate passes bill outlawing DEI programs in schools

The North Carolina Senate on Tuesday adopted a bill that outlaws DEI programs in public schools and sent it on to the House for a vote.   Read Story »

U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards is shown in a Lightning file photo.

Four Seasons Politics

Arrive early, bring no signs to congressman's town hall

U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards will host an in-person town hall to share an update on legislative issues affecting North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District and to hear from constituents.   Read Story »

Four Seasons Politics

Ferguson sworn in as U.S. attorney for western N.C.

Russ Ferguson was sworn in on Tuesday as United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.   Read Story »

Secretary rips Asheville's hurricane recovery plan, declaring 'DEI dead at HUD'

HomeGoods to hold grand opening on March 20

'Shaped by Sound' features folk pioneer Alice Gerrard

City OKs 185-unit apartment building at South Gateway

Ask Matt … what happens to mountains of debris left by Helene

Bullington Gardens announces spring plant sale

City to celebrate completion of Seventh Avenue makeover

Ask Matt ... to crack the mystery of the Spinx (plus a new Sheetz)