Flat Rock Playhouse receives tourism grant

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Cherry tree, bench and plaque honor Leisure Craft founder Dick Herman

On a brisk day on Thursday, Nov. 13, friends and family of the late Richard J. Herman gathered in the Patton Building at Blue Ridge Community College to honor the businessman, friend and philanthropist.   Read Story »

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Restoring water-flow control would boost Green River tourism

On June 10, 1987, a 7-foot diameter wooden pipe (flume) that carried water from the Lake Summit dam to the Tuxedo Hydro Station burst. The resulting torrent excavated 15,000 cubic yards of dirt and sent it hurdling into the Green River, shutting down the small electric generating plant for 4 1⁄2 years.   Read Story »

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Jeremy Jones digs deep into ancestor's 'scandalous diaries'

A parade of unlikely events starts in 1811, when William Thomas Prestwood jots down the first entry in his diary.   Read Story »

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Forest service conducts burn in Pisgah National Forest

The Pisgah National Forest conducted a prescribed burn on 1,200 acres on Friday.   Read Story »

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TDA wins top honors for marketing, including Best of Show

Visit Hendersonville earned three tourism achievement awards during the NC Travel Industry Association Leadership Conference Nov. 5-6 in Wilmington, including best of show honors for its "we're still open" social media campaign promoting the county after Hurricane Helene.   Read Story »

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• Winter Lights display tickets on sale     Comments
• Public hearing planned on proposals for hospital beds in Buncombe     Comments
• Edneyville church holding spaghetti dinner to benefit youth     Comments
• Funeral service is set for Vaughan Fitzpatrick     Comments
• County sees 'great first step' in receiving FEMA reimbursements     Comments
• Girls on the Run 5K aims to promote health and empowerment     Comments
• Downtown offers many ways to celebrate the holidays     Comments
• Chorale to hold free fall concert at Methodist church     Comments
• Adult Recovery Court celebrates its first graduate     Comments
• Parkway bridge removal will close I-26 at night again this week     Comments
• American Public Works Assn. honors city's Brooklyn Creek restoration     Comments
• Flat Rock Playhouse Christmas opens Nov. 28     Comments
• Kenmure Fights Cancer raises $79,000 advanced care at Advent     Comments
• City fire chief to retire at end of year     Comments
• Folk duo to perform Nov. 16 at St. John in Wilderness     Comments
• City and county offices to close for Veteran’s Day     Comments
• 10 pounds of pot, 5 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms seized in Blythe Street bust     Comments
• Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning     Comments
• Church Street repaving under way     Comments
• No serious injuries reported in morning school bus accident     Comments
• Edneyville sewer project in jeopardy after Legislature deletes grant     Comments
• Nonprofits step up after loss of SNAP     Comments
• Asheville man charged with firing shots into a car at McDonald's     Comments
• Open Arms Pregnancy Center names new director     Comments
• Vaughan Fitzpatrick, Westfeldt descendant and Ferncliff Park visionary, dies at age 76     Comments
• Fletcher man, 27, charged with 8 counts of exploitation of minor     Comments
• Growers win honors for State Fair apple exhibits     Comments
• Pardee's chief medical officer appointed to N.C. Medical Board     Comments
• UNC Health Pardee wins 5-star ratings in six clinical areas     Comments
• Pisgah Legal offers guidance for Obamacare, Medicaid enrollment     Comments