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EHHS students planted crosses for every 9/11 victim

Henderson County Your Town

Apple Festival baking contest winners announced

The N.C. Cooperative Extension Service on Friday announced the winners of this year's Apple Recipe Contest in four categories.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Your Town

Two HPD officers up for national RISE Award

Risking his own life, Sgt. Alan Bonanno struggled to subdue a mentally ill man who had broken into an elderly man's apartment, eventually taking him into custody.   Read Story »

Henderson County Your Town

Crowds return to Hendersonville's Apple Festival

North Carolina’s 75th Apple Festival continued Saturday in Hendersonville with crowds forming lines for the bags of apples, apple doughnuts, apple slushies and other apple goodies local farmers offered along the street fair on Main Street.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Your Town

Apple Festival guide is on the street!

The Lightning's annual Apple Festival guide is on the street and en route to subscribers' homes via U.S. mail on Lightning Thursday!   Read Story »

Henderson County Your Town

School Board tightens mask requirement

Henderson County public school students, staff and visitors will be required to wear face coverings in all indoor settings, including indoor extracurricular activities on school grounds, effective Wednesday.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Your Town

Vote now on Fifth Avenue sidewalk mural

The Friends of Downtown Hendersonville, which narrowed the choices for a Fifth Avenue East sidewalk mural, is inviting people to vote on their favorite design.   Read Story »

Mills River Your Town

Layla, 11, is among top Braille readers in the U.S.

MILLS RIVER — Layla is a typical 11-year-old, if a precocious one. She likes to read, play piano and in her free time hang out with friends at the neighborhood pool.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Your Town

Apple Festival is back to celebrate 75th anniversary

After a year off during pandemic restrictions, the North Carolina Apple Festival returns to Main Street this year in time to celebrate its 75th anniversary.   Read Story »

Brevard Your Town

Corridor purchase puts trail on track

A small group hatched the idea quietly 13 years ago of transforming the idle Hendersonville-to-Brevard rail line into a paved greenway that would be called the Ecusta Trail.   Read Story »

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