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Big fish in U.S. acquires biggest fish in WNC real estate

Henderson County News

Move more, junk food less to prevent Alzheimer's

With more than 6 million Americans and 180,000 North Carolinians living with Alzheimer's disease today, researchers are working tirelessly to advance science that will lead to earlier detection, preventions and additional new treatments for Alzheimer’s and all dementia.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Alexia Jones Helsley is guest speaker at Saluda Train Tales

SALUDA — Alexia Jones Helsley, historian, archivist and author, will be guest speaker at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at Train Tales presented by the Saluda Historic Depot and Museum at the depot.   Read Story »

Edneyville News

Local farmer named Apple Grower of the Year in Eastern U.S.

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Henderson County News

LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Opp House winddown calls for strict oversight

The Opportunity House, led by a president-chairman of questionable management ability and a board made up of two allies, has now voted to dissolve itself.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Barbara Garrison, migrant health pioneer, dies at age 90

Barbara Joretta Hill Garrison, a family nurse practitioner who founded Henderson County’s first health clinic to serve migrant farmworkers and worked for more than three decades in community health, died Sunday, Aug. 7, at age 90.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Fifth Avenue to be closed for parking deck work

Fifth Avenue West between North Church Street and Wall Street is scheduled to be closed from Aug. 19 through Sept. 1 as construction of the city's new parking deck continues.   Read Story »

Laurel Park News

County commits most of its ARP money; towns are slower to spend

In a quarterly meeting attended by the county’s mayors last month, Henderson County Board of Commissioners Bill Lapsley had the floor first when it came time to describe how local governments were spending American Rescue Plan money.   Read Story »

North Carolina News

North Carolina a rare safe haven in the South for abortion — for now

It’s been six weeks since the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade eliminated the constitutional right to abortion. Abortion regulation is now in the hands of states, and at least for now, no new restrictions on abortion have been imposed in North Carolina.    Read Story »

Henderson County News

Hole in lakebed forces closure of pedestrian bridge to Sandburg home

A hole in the lakebed of Front Lake has caused the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site to close the pedestrian bridge from the parking lot to the main walking path leading to the home, goat barn and hiking trails at the site.   Read Story »

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