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Hendersonville Your Town

MLK Unity Breakfast attendees honor Ninth Avenue School

Members of the community on Martin Luther King Jr. Day remembered the old Sixth Avenue and Ninth Avenue schools, 55 years after the last school bell marked the end of “separate but equal” racial segregation in Hendersonville schools.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Your Town

Tourism director receives inaugural NC Champion Award

Henderson County tourism director Beth Carden received the inaugural North Carolina Champion Award on Thursday in a surprise presentation during the Tourism Development Authority's eighth annual tourism conference at Blue Ridge Community College.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Your Town

MLK Unity Breakfast honors Ninth and Sixth Avenue school alumni

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast on Monday will highlight and honor alumni and faculty of Hendersonville’s Ninth Avenue and Sixth Avenue schools, which served as a beacon for the education of black Americans and as regional community centers from 1916 to 1965.   Read Story »

Henderson County Your Town

12 more teachers win national board certification

Twelve more Henderson County public school teachers have earned certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, school administrators announced Monday.   Read Story »

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Here's the scoop on candidate forums, early voting

With early voting just less than five weeks out, voters have limited time to sort out their choices in primary elections, especially in the 11th Congressional District, which has 12 Republican and five Democratic candidates.   Read Story »

Henderson County Your Town

Henderson County receives grant to address opioid crisis

The Henderson County Health Department is among 23 local health departments in North Carolina that will receive a share of a $2.1 million award annually for up to three years to implement high-impact, community-level strategies to address the opioid crisis, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced.   Read Story »

Flat Rock Your Town

Playhouse touts new sound system for superior theater experience

The Flat Rock Playhouse is rolling out a new sound system for the 2020 season that audio engineers say will provide a superior sound experience for the audience.   Read Story »

Mills River Your Town

Jere Brittain: ‘Hold that Tiger’ … accountable to the public

As the footnote of my column identifies me with Clemson University, and two Tigers are stalking the national football championship, I feel obliged to offer a few observations.   Read Story »

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Christmas tree recycling is Saturday

Get out the tree. Get out the broom. Get out the vacuum cleaner. Christmas tree recycling day is upon us.   Read Story »

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