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Summer musicals boost box office at Playhouse

Henderson County Business

First Citizens, Mountain 1st to merge

First Citizens Bank and Hendersonville-based Mountain 1st Bank announced a merger on Wednesday under which Mountain 1st will receive $10 million. Of the total, $8 million will be used to repay a TARP loan and exit the 2008 bank rescue program and $2 million will go to Mountain 1st shareholders, or 38 cents a share.   Read Story »

Henderson County Business

County, Pardee seal deal with UNC Health Care

The Henderson County Board of Commissioners authorized Pardee Hospital to form a stronger relationship with management partner UNC Health Care that board members said best positions the county hospital for dramatic and unpredictable changes in the business of health care.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Business

Don't miss the Lightning's NC Apple Festival guide!

Don't miss the Hendersonville Lightning's guide to the 67th annual N.C. Apple Festival including a full-color map of the festival, entertainment schedule, food and crafts vendor list, features on the 2013 grand marshal and Apple Ambassador and our special look at "33 Things to Do" at the Apple Festival and beyond.   Read Story »

Henderson County Business

Hendersonville practice among fastest growing companies

Inc. magazine has ranked Hendersonville-based Blue Sky MD No. 1320 on its seventh annual Inc. 500|5000, a measure of the nation's fastest-growing private companies.   Read Story »

Flat Rock Business

LIGHTNING REVIEW: 'Deathtrap' keeps audience guessing

"Deathtrap" is tense from the start.   Read Story »

Henderson County Business

Delegation forecasts votes to override farm labor veto

The General Assembly likely has the votes to override Gov. Pat McCrory's veto of a bill that Henderson County farmers strongly support as a stopgap fix to ensure an adequate labor supply, local legislators said.   Read Story »

Henderson County Business

Fresh produce is just a click away

Need locally grown tomatoes for supper? Want to know which apples are now ripe? Want to buy locally ground sausage or a T-bone steak?   Read Story »

Henderson County Business

County ABC board votes to disband

Members of Henderson County's ABC Board voted today to disband, saying that a year of research, discussion and study had clearly showed there was no need for a new store and no appetite among three city boards for merging.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Business

Consumer Reports ranks Pardee surgeries No. 1 in N.C.

Pardee Hospital was one of only two hospitals in North Carolina to receive the highest rating based on a review by Consumer Reports magazine of 27 types of surgeries, the hospital's medical chief of staff told the Board of Directors.   Read Story »

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