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The first Blue Ridge Beer Festival featuring 20 or more breweries, live music and food trucks is set for 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 30, at Blue Ridge Beer Garden, 402 S. Church St.
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Detectives and prosecutors are expected to change a felony child-abuse charge to murder after the death of a toddler.
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Heavy rain overnight Tuesday caused road damage and overwhelmed drainage pipes, especially in the Hickory Nut Gorge. More than that, the rainstorm triggered a sense of panic for some folks in Bat Cave and Gerton who lived through Hurricane Helene in Henderson County’s hardest hit valley.
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Roads were closed and expected to remain impassable after flash flooding caused washouts overnight, fire departments in the Hickory Nut Gorge warned.
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The National Weather Service early Tuesday extended a flash flood warning for central and northern Henderson County including Hendersonville, Mills River, Fletcher, Mountain Home, Bat Cave, Gerton, Chimney Rock State Park, Edneyville and Horse Shoe.
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At the developer’s request, the Henderson County Planning Board voted unanimously Thursday night to table its decision on whether to recommend commissioners greenlight a proposed townhome development off U.S. 25 near its intersection with Interstate 26.
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The city of Hendersonville invites the community to attend and participate in the 2026 Hendersonville Housing Summit at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 27, at the Hendersonville High School auditorium, 1 Bearcat Blvd.
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A Henderson County jury likely made state history when it returned a $101 million verdict against the Hajoca Corp. last week, attorneys representing plaintiffs in the case said in interviews with the Lightning.
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