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City starting Ecusta trailhead-downtown link Friday

 In preparation for the opening of the Ecusta Trail, the city of Hendersonville starts on bicycle and pedestrian connection downtown on Friday.   Read Story »

Cider, Wine & Dine Weekend April 19-21 offers tastings, tours and special dinners. [PHOTO BY JARED KAY]

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Cider, Wine & Dine Weekend offers tastings, tours and more

Hendersonville’s wineries and cideries will offer tastings, vineyard tours, wine releases, food events, live music and other activities at 11 tasting rooms during the seventh annual Cider, Wine & Dine Weekend Friday, Saturday and Sunday.   Read Story »

Bullington Gardens holds its 20th annual spring plant sale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 25, through Saturday, April 27. [CONTRIBUTED]

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Here's a roundup of upcoming spring plant sales

Gardeners eager to get started on spring planting have plenty of opportunity to buy bedding flowers, vegetable sets, hanging baskets, houseplants and more as numerous nonprofits hold sales in the coming weeks. Here's a roundup:   Read Story »

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Edwards lands a fourth Appropriations Committee assignment

U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards has been appointed to a fourth House Appropriations Committee subcommittee, the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee, Edwards and Appropriations Chair Tom Cole announced Wednesday.   Read Story »

State Rep. Jake Johnson, R-Saluda, gestures while chairing a committee meeting.

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Johnson outlines next steps in $1B broadband expansion

State Rep. Jake Johnson on Wednesday announced the first steps in a plan to embark on the largest expansion of internet access in North Carolina history.   Read Story »

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Sheriff will share more information next week about officer-involved shooting

Responding to public "concern and desire for information" about the officer-involved shooting that left a Tennessee man dead on Saturday night, the Henderson County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday afternoon that Sheriff Lowell Griffin will share further information on the incident late next week.   Read Story »

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State Rep. Jake Johnson, R-Saluda, gestures while chairing a committee meeting.

Johnson outlines next steps in $1B broadband expansion

League forum aims to bridge partisan divide

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Kinsley Boyette, the assistant director of the Aquarium and Shark Lab by Team Ecco, works in the tank with pregnant stingray, Charlotte, during a program at the aquarium in March.

Charlotte seems fine as due date draws closer

United Way seeks volunteers for Days of Caring

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Telecommunicator Shanna Dotson works a recent shift at the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office 911 center.

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FIRST FIRST RESPONDERS: Sheriff's office honors those who field 911 calls

The words “first responder” likely stir images of firefighters, police officers and emergency medical workers in the minds of many people.   Read Story »

A delegation from Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, visited Veterans Healing Farm last Wednesday to hear about its mission and services. Speaking at the veterans farm in Horse Shoe were (clockwise from upper left) Alan Yeck, the executive director; Juliy Morozov, a civic leader from Kryvyi Ri; Anna Iemelianova, director of the Union of Responsible Citizens; and Yevheniia Zhuraver, a psychologist. [BILL MOSS/Hendersonville Lightning]

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Ukraine visitors get first-hand look at U.S. veterans services

On a visit to Ukraine in December, John and Donna Culp perceived a sense of urgency local people felt about helping soldiers returning home from war.   Read Story »

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Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning

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

League forum aims to bridge partisan divide

Hendersonville in elite company as Tree City Growth Award winner

Deputies shoot and kill man who fired at them after chase, sheriff's office says

Dogwood calls for RFPs on recovery and treatment programs

Mobile PreCheck is at AVL this week

City honors Mundy, Pope

Deputies return fire after gunman crashes van and shoots at them

Edwards's support for Ukraine aid earns him national spotlight