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Hendersonville News

Fourth Avenue may be city's first bike-sharing road

Hendersonville could get its first "bicycle boulevard" soon, thanks to the Blue Ridge Bicycle Club and the City Council.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Man charged with church burglary

A man hiding in a basement in East Flat Rock was arrested by Henderson County sheriff's deputies and charged with multiple theft counts on warrants from Moore County in the Piedmont. Curtis Ray Hardy, 32, of Cameron, near Pinehurst, was arrested on charges related to a break-in of the Lighthouse Assembly of God Church in Moore County. Hardy was arrested around 5 p.m. Wednesday after warrant squad deputies found him hiding in a basement in the East Flat Rock. Hardy is charged in Moore County with burglary of the church, safe cracking, larceny and possession of stolen goods. He is also charged with making a forged endorsement and one count of forgery. Hardy was jailed in Henderson County under a $23,000 bond.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Hendersonville native brings modern dance to Asheville

Chase Brock, the Hendersonville native who made it big on Broadway as a dancer and choreographer, will bring his dance company to Asheville's Diana Wortham Theatre this month for three shows.     Read Story »

Henderson County News

Ask Matt ... about snow days, R&B crowds, celebrity house

The Lightning's Matt Matteson answers readers' questions.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning (2)

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

Hendersonville News

City, ECO join to give out recycling bins

The city of Hendersonville will give out 550 recycling bins to 21 Henderson County public schools and the Henderson County Boys and Girls Club in a joint project developed by the city's Environmental Sustainability Board and the Environmental Conservation Organization.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

DOT awards contract for Dana bridge repair

DANA — The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded a contract for improvements to the bridge over Saconon Creek on Stepp Mill Road in Henderson County. The project includes grading, drainage, paving, installing a retaining wall and retrofitting the existing structure, which was built in 1958.     Read Story »

Hendersonville News

Planners vote no on Ninth Ave. business zoning

The Hendersonville Planning Board voted 7-1 against a rezoning request that would have allowed medical offices, retail uses and other businesses on Ninth Avenue, with one board member saying he feared opening "a Pandora's box" of unknowns on the mostly residential city street.   Read Story »

Mills River News

Mills River welder helps Time make skyhigh photos

MILLS RIVER — Phil Weber has made and repaired all kinds of structural steel creations, from solar panel frames to steep-grade home foundations to the roller coaster at Ghost Town in the Sky.   Read Story »

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