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Late-starting Balkcom hopes to catch Ager in tight race for Congress

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READ FREE: City candidates weigh in on Flock cams, annexation policy

Four candidates are running for two seats on the Hendersonville City Council. Terms are four years.   Read Story »

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READ FREE: Fletcher candidates prioritize growth management

In Fletcher, incumbent Amber McKinney faces challenger John Brandon Olsen for the District 1 Town Council seat. Mayor Preston Blakely and District 4 council member Trevor C. Lance are running unopposed.   Read Story »

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Absher spent 'tens of thousands' of Only Hope cash at casinos, Amazon, bankruptcy trustee says

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READ FREE: NC House Districts 113 and 117

In state House District 113, the smaller of the two House districts in Henderson County, Democrat John Morgan of Saluda is challenging four-term incumbent Rep. Jake Johnson, who lives in Columbus. Johnson did not respond to the Lightning’s candidate survey.   Read Story »

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READ FREE: NC Senate District 48

On the whole Democrats did a poor job fielding candidates for local offices in 2026, ceding nine Henderson County and judicial district offices to the Republican Party without a fight, including two judgeships, three Board of Commissioners seats, district attorney, clerk of superior court, register of deeds and sheriff.   Read Story »

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Four injured in meat market crash

Paramedics took four people to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Saturday after a car crashed into the M&M Meat Market on Asheville Highway.   Read Story »

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Bullington Gardens hosts blood drive on Tuesday

Bullington Gardens and the Blood Connection will host a community Blood Drive from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at the gardens, 95 Upper Red Oak Lane.   Read Story »

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Remains of second WWII MIA back home after 83 years

The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Charles R. Smith returned home Friday, 83 years after he went missing while flying aboard a B-24D Liberator during a bombing mission over Italy in 1943.   Read Story »

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Helene a fresh memory as mountain voters cast ballots

Lunch hour is busy at the Haywood Public Library, where people from Canton and surrounding areas have come to cast their early-voting ballots.   Read Story »

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