Footbridge work to close Hooker Falls access

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Video: Flat Rock Playhouse updates facade

Flat Rock Playhouse updated the façade of the historic theater and reroofed the building.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Dana children teach local leaders a thing or two

DANA — Business owners, bankers, non-profit organization executives, company CEOs and county commissioners came to Dana Elementary School Friday morning and learned that 5-year-olds could teach them a lot about good habits.   Read Story »

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Overflow crowd denounces Penrose biomass plant

BREVARD — An overflow crowd expressed opposition to a proposed biomass plant in Penrose during the first public presentation of a project that residents said had been in the works for more than a year.   Read Story »

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Biomass foes urge leaders to think BIG — 'Beyond Incinerating Garbage'

Opponents of a waste-to-energy plant in Penrose met Tuesday night to plan strategy in advance of a public presentation on the biomass facility Thursday. They adopted the slogan, Think BIG, for Beyond Incinerating Garbage.   Read Story »

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• AT recordholder Pharr-Davis to speak at library     Comments
• Jim Marshall, a stockbroker, Rotarian, charitable donor, dies at age 87     Comments
• Land of Sky seeks Friend of River nominations     Comments
• Rebranded Green Room adds music, dinner     Comments
• Litter Sweep offers prize for 'unusual trash'     Comments
• LIGHTNING REVIEW: Loyal patrons appreciate predictable 'Odd Couple'     Comments
• LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Board uses codebook it wants to weaken     Comments
• HSO tops list of things to do this weekend     Comments
• Parkway chief to keynote annual Sandburg meeting     Comments
• Farm labor solution has 'genesis' in Henderson County, Meadows says     Comments
• Waste-to-energy plant proposed in Penrose     Comments
• Pool chlorine may have caused fish kill, city says     Comments
• LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Keep public notices public     Comments
• Flight sale would produce no money for Neill victim     Comments
• ABC board members decline pay offer     Comments
• Legislators file bill to merge water-sewer utilities     Comments
• Ingles plans a Gas Express at Asheville Highway store     Comments
• MISSION-PARDEE CAMPUS ADDING A NEW YMCA     Comments
• Rain expected on Easter Sunday     Comments
• Guide to Easter egg hunts and Holy Week services     Comments
• Education exhibit closing this week     Comments
• Edneyville researchers feast on 'yummy' research     Comments
• Report: Barnwell family conserves more Bearwallow Mountain land     Comments
• Dental Society names top dentist, dental workers     Comments
• ECO, under new boss, looks to challenges, threats     Comments
• Top law officers honored     Comments
• LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Village can make park work     Comments
• Playhouse offers discount for county residents     Comments
• Firefighters, first responders practice wildfire strategies     Comments
• B Sims remembered as a selfless friend to all     Comments