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Critics of downtown’s most prominent — and maligned — piece of public art can rejoice.
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A Hendersonville woman charged with using poison to murder two people, including one of her daughters, will remain held in jail under no bond, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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The Henderson County Planning Board is scheduled to consider a request this week to rezone a 12½-acre tract of land off Asheville Highway near I-26 for a 102-unit townhome development.
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Critics of downtown’s most prominent — and panned — piece of public art can rejoice.
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We've got the story on the new public art on Main Street, an advance on a rezoning proposal to allow 102 dwellings on Asheville Highway at I-26, Associate Editor Amy B. McCraw's story on a plumbing company owner charged with numerous accounts of tax evasion and the Lightning's 2026 Summer Guide!
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The 34th Garden Jubilee, set for Saturday, May 23, and Sunday, May 24, on Memorial Day weekend, brings more than 150 plant and craft vendors filling Main Street, transforming downtown into a vibrant garden-inspired destination.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Carey O’Cain, Hendersonville native, HHS and Clemson graduate and Laurel Park mayor, has an insatiable hunger for southern Appalachian history. Lucky for us, he has put that curiosity to good use. WTZQ began airing Carey’s “Broadly Speaking” feature — about the people, places and history of the French Broad River Valley — in March 2025. This week the Lightning begins offering the written version of the recordings. We start with Carey’s introduction of the series, which grew out of a conversation he and his wife, Lutrelle, had with WTZQ morning show hosts Mark Warwick and Paige Posey. We think you’ll agree Broadly Speaking is good stuff.
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The owner of a 5-acre site on Cornerstone Way off Stoney Mountain Road is seeking a rezoning to permit 10 existing duplexes to be subdivided to create 20 townhome units and the addition of two new townhomes on a vacant parcel.
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PilgrimQuests will present the musical “Godspell” next week under a tent at Laurel Green in Laurel Park.
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