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Atkinson students moving to Boys & Girls Club

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The Lightning is free at these racks

The Lightning remains free again this week at six racks.   Read Story »

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Send us your flood photos

The once-in-a-century flooding has caused untold hardship and unprecedented destruction in and around Henderson County. If you have pictures please share them with the Lightning. You may email them to billmoss@hendersonvillelightning.com or text them to 828-674-0942. Please tell us the location, a little about the situation and your name so we can give you credit. Add a phone number if you're willing to be interviewed. Thank you, and stay safe.   Read Story »

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United Way names new executive director

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Support Special Needs Sports and (maybe) win this red Vette

Special Needs Sports founder Donnie Jones and the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office are partnering to raffle off a ‘like-new’ 1994 Chevrolet Corvette with only 21,005 miles.   Read Story »

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New Fire Station 1 'prioritizes the safety of city residents and visitors'

Hendersonville City Council members, the public, fire administrators and firefighters celebrated the grand opening of Fire Station 1 with a ribbon-cutting and a traditional push-in of rolling stock.   Read Story »

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SRO of the Year acted quickly to nab murder suspect

Something clicked in School Resource Officer Shawn Metcalf’s mind while on the job at Edneyville Elementary School last October.   Read Story »

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Freeze, hail were mercurial threats to the 2024 apple crop

If you wanted to profile the good fortune and hard luck of the 2024 apple crop, you could do worse than the Creasman farm and the orchards grown by Jeff and Jerred Nix.   Read Story »

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Party invites students to celebrate Bearcat spirit

Hendersonville High School opened its gates to all Bearcats last week for the first annual Bearcat Bash. Students and their families from Hendersonville and Bruce Drysdale elementary schools, Hendersonville Middle School, and Hendersonville High School itself were invited to the courtyard to kick off the beginning of the school year.   Read Story »

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Renovated Visitors Center hosts grand reopening Tuesday

The Hendersonville Welcome Center reopens this week following a $1.9 million renovation that has added high-tech screens and a social media wall to the "old-school" offerings of rack cards and paper maps.   Read Story »

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