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Bearfootin' Bears to be revealed today

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LIGHTNING REVIEW: Make a feline to the Playhouse for CATS!

When the gong tolled time to be seated in the Flat Rock Playhouse, I felt I was returning to an old routine. For most of my 27 years in town, the Playhouse has been in a part of my life. I am lucky that way.   Read Story »

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LOCAL BRIEFS: National essay winner, senior expo, Garden Jubilee speakers, wildlife photos

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Habitat at Home photo contest open for entries

Conserving Carolina invites the public to enter the sixth annual Habitat at Home spring photo contest, which celebrates the beautiful and wild things we can see right outside our door.   Read Story »

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East Flat Rock art studio opens this week

Studio 116 is thrilled to announce its spring and summer seasons as Henderson County’s newest arts center, located in the heart of historic East Flat Rock at 116 W. Blue Ridge Road.   Read Story »

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LOCAL BRIEFS: High-tech greenhouse, Earth Day, Community Band concert

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Free concert wraps up the Joy of Jazz! festival Saturday

The halls of Hendersonville High School will ring out with the sounds of jazz when the seventh annual high school Joy of Jazz Festival! gets under way at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 19, and culminates in a free public concert by the young musicians at 4 p.m. in the school auditorium.   Read Story »

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City utility crews honored as Sustainability Heroes

The Hendersonville Environmental Sustainability Board honored Hendersonville’s Water & Sewer Department with its third annual Sustainability Hero Award during the April 3 meeting of the City Council.    Read Story »

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6 MONTHS LATER: Rebecca's miracles

As overwhelming as they were, the first few days of Hurricane Helene did bring a series of lucky breaks that boosted the county’s recovery effort. Rebecca McCall calls them miracles.   Read Story »

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Here's where to get Lightning's special edition on Helene

For this special edition, we conducted dozens of interviews, compiled photos from our coverage, first responders, city and county officials and Lightning readers. To a person, every fire chief, rescue technician and emergency manager said, in one way or another, we knew the storm was going to be bad — even very bad — but it was much worse than we thought. The trauma, damage and destruction was far worse than anything these veteran rescuers had ever seen. The power of Hurricane Helene, they seemed to all agree, was unimaginable.   Read Story »

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