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Saluda Grade Trail manager is guest speaker at Train Tales

Summer Flynn, the newly named manager of the Saluda Grade Trail, will be guest speaker at Train Tales, a  free monthly event at the Saluda Depot Museum, at 7 p.m. Friday, May 15. Anyone interested in updated information on the Saluda Grade Trail is invited to attend.    Read Story »

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Ask Matt … about surveillance cameras, ‘mountain fountain’ status

Q. What are all those black poles along roadsides that are showing up all around the county? They look like they have cameras under the solar panels.   Read Story »

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Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning

Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning.   Read Story »

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4-time DWI motorist sentenced to prison

A 34-year-old Brevard man arrested four times for drunk driving over a year’s time was sentenced last week to six years in prison in two of the DWI cases, District Attorney R. Andrew Murray announced on Tuesday.   Read Story »

Haley Caroline Marshall has been named Apple Ambassador for the 2026 North Carolina Apple Festival.

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Haley Marshall named 2026 Apple Ambassador

Haley Caroline Marshall, a rising senior at East Henderson High School, has been named Apple Ambassador for the 2026 North Carolina Apple Festival. Marshall will attend all four days of the festival and will also represent the festival at the NC Mountain State Fair.   Read Story »

Fourth grade students at Glenn C. Marlow Elementary School cheer for Cody Merriman, Henderson County public school Teacher of the Year. [CONTRIBUTED]

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Surprise celebration honors Henderson County's Teacher of the Year

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Four Seasons Politics

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House ethics panel investigating Edwards, reports say

Hendersonville native is holding sheriffs to account in WNC

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Tickets on sale now for Blue Ghost tours in the forest

Loft tour gives glimpse of upstairs downtown

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20 Bearfootin' bears will be unveiled on Wednesday at the Welcome Center stage.

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2026 Bearfootin’ bears debut

Twenty brand-new bears starring in this year’s Bearfootin’ Art Walk will be unveiled at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, at the outdoor Welcome Center Stage, 201 S. Main St., the Friends of Downtown Hendersonville announced.   Read Story »

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Garden Jubilee set for Memorial Day weekend

The 34th Garden Jubilee, set for Saturday, May 23, and Sunday, May 24, on Memorial Day weekend, brings more than 150 plant and craft vendors filling Main Street, transforming downtown into a vibrant garden-inspired destination.   Read Story »

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HHS senior wins Morehead-Cain scholarship

A Hendersonville High School senior has won a Morehead-Cain scholarship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, one of the top academic full rides in the nation.   Read Story »

County manager presents no-new-taxes budget of $227 million

Volunteers needed to fix historic cemetery buried by Helene

Fight over woman leaves one man dead, the other headed to prison

Defendant sentenced to prison for McDonald's shooting last November

City celebrates Historic Preservation Month

Historic Johnson Farm hosts Mother's Day Market on Saturday

Forest Service lifts burn ban in 81 counties

Pardee offers sports physicals for prep athletes