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Mediation Center offers volunteer training starting next month

The Mediation Center, which offers free mediation of interpersonal conflict, including conflicts referred by law enforcement and the courts, will train a new cohort of volunteer community mediators starting at the end of August.   Read Story »

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Landowners seek rezoning for 63 townhomes on Brooklyn Avenue

City planners will host a neighborhood compatibility meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, on a rezoning application to allow for the construction of 63 townhome units on 6.33 acres on Brooklyn Avenue a quarter mile east of Spartanburg Highway.   Read Story »

Flat Rock News

St. John in Wilderness blesses pets on Oct. 6

The Episcopal Church of St. John in the Wilderness will offer a “Blessing of  the Animals” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, in the parking lot behind the Parish Hall at 1905 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock.   Read Story »

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St. Luke's becomes AdventHealth Polk

AdventHealth, one of the nation’s largest faith-based health systems, recently signed a definitive agreement to assume management of St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus.   Read Story »

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Sandburg Home gets funding to repair dam

Although the National Park Service has approved $1,081,600 to repair Front Lake dam at Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, the old entrance via the pedestrian bridge across the dam won't reopen for a while.   Read Story »

News Archive

• LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Zoning vote exacerbates housing crisis       Comments
• Autograph book covering 45 years of presidents goes on auction block       Comments
• Four Seasons Rotary accepting grant applications       Comments
• First Avenue Villas clears first hurdle       Comments
• VFW dedicates Wall of Honor       Comments
• Harris gains on Trump in Carolina Journal poll       Comments
• Men's Club invites all Republican candidates to speak on Sept. 14       Comments
• Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning       Comments
• Health department offers vaccine clinics Aug. 27-29       Comments
• Wanda and Roy Williams to serve as grand marshals of King Apple Parade       Comments
• KNOLLSCAM: Coyotes roam the forest       Comments
• NCDOT begins to explore sustainable funding options       Comments
• The bad aroma of pork       Comments
• Volunteers spruce up school yards before opening bell       Comments
• Here's the scoop on city's newest mural       Comments
• VFW to dedicate Wall of Honor on Thursday       Comments
• NC Parks, conservancies acquire 238 acres at Mount Mitchell       Comments
• LOCAL BRIEFS: St. Gerard House, dementia program, Farm Family of the Day       Comments
• Trump to visit Asheville Wednesday for talk on economy     Comments
• Mountain bikers mourn loss of rider who died in nationals at Ride Rock Creek       Comments
• Town hall on safe, secure elections coming to BRCC       Comments
• HPD holds Awards and Promotions ceremony       Comments
• eCourts goes live in Henderson County       Comments
• Trail coalition reaches deal to buy Saluda Grade rail line       Comments
• County embarks on $9½ million sports complex at Berkeley Park       Comments
• Livingston Farms homeowners bat down dense development       Comments
• Swiftwater rescue team races Down East to aid Debby's victims       Comments
• Debby not expected to make major impact here       Comments
• Business NC names Formation PR + Brand a Best Employer       Comments
• County rejects higher-density Hoopers Creek rezoning       Comments