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Asheville Highway used car lot gets another new chapter

Horse Shoe Farm spa and retreat was voted No. 8 in a USA Today Reachers' Choice survey. [COURTESY OF HORSE SHOE FARM]

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Horse Shoe Farm makes Top 10 for Best Wellness Retreat Centers

Horse Shoe Farm has scored a spot in the Top 10 in USA Today's Readers' Choice Award for Best Wellness Retreat Centers.   Read Story »

Sports

Sullivan Park gets grant from Shaq

Basketball courts at Sullivan Park in Green Meadows will get a rehab job and upfit thanks to a grant.   Read Story »

The stonework of Lenox Spring dates to 1917, when developer F.A. Sumner formed the Lenox Park subdivision. In the summer of 1919, a newspaper reported that ‘hundreds of people have visited and drank water from Lenox park spring during the past sixty days.’

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Ancient spring becomes a historic landmark

Lenox Park these days sees lots of visitors, thanks to the Ecusta Trail, the popular Trailside Brewing Co. and the new Ecusta Market and Café at Lennox Station.   Read Story »

Senate Bill 69, originally filed to codify a broad agreement between the city of Hendersonville and Henderson County on annexation, sewer extension and zoning, was replaced with an unrelated bill on elections and other matters in Haywood County, Jackson County and the city of Jacksonville.

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Water war settlement derailed in Raleigh

Convened in separate special called meetings on June 16, the Henderson County Board of Commissioners and the Hendersonville City Council each voted unanimously to adopt an interlocal agreement and proposed legislation to settle their differences over city utility extensions. At last, it appeared, the end was in sight for the decades-long water war —  and in a way that could not be undone by future city councils and county commissions.   Read Story »

Jennifer Hensley

Four Seasons Politics

Hensley announces candidacy for mayor; Volk to retire

Dr. Jennifer Hensley, a 20-year healthcare professional, five-year member of the Hendersonville City Council and current mayor pro tempore, announced on Wednesday that she is running for mayor of the city.   Read Story »

Four Seasons Politics

Four Seasons Politics

Jennifer Hensley

Hensley announces candidacy for mayor; Volk to retire

Fletcher mayor looks ahead while honoring his family's legacy

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Community News

More than 100 homeowners who live on and around Haywood Road filled the council chambers and an overflow room on the third floor of City Hall during a neighborhood compatibility meeting on a proposed 180-unit rental development between Maplewood Court and Blythe Street. [BILL MOSS/Hendersonville Lightning]

Haywood Road rezoning request triggers NIMBY uprising

Here's the latest on debris removal, hazard mitigation, long-term recovery

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Showers and thunderstorms forecast through Saturday

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue tonight through Friday with a 60 percent chance of rain or higher each day.   Read Story »

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Advent raises Buncombe hospital request to 222 beds

AdventHealth invites the community to learn more about its plan to apply for a Certificate of Need to add 129 acute care beds to the hospital already approved for construction in Buncombe County.   Read Story »

Preston Blakely

Fletcher Four Seasons Politics

Fletcher mayor looks ahead while honoring his family's legacy

My grandmothers were born in a time when their race made casting a ballot dangerous. Now, their grandson is a mayor.   Read Story »

$11.5M in revenue bonds to fund water-sewer projects

Comic book history tells harrowing, inspiring and tragic stories of Helene

'Chalk It Up!' set to turn sidewalks into outdoor gallery

Airports council honors AVL's Tina Kinsey

Ed Foundation thanks outgoing board members, welcomes new ones

Laurel Park Highway near Crystal Spring Drive closed Monday for tree removal

Seven Henderson County seniors graduate from School of Science and Math

City OKs Pardee's southside medical office building