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Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning (195)

You won't want to miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning, on the street now. It's a 72-page issue filled with all local information, news and people.   Read Story »

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Season of Giving in this week's Lightning

Make sure you pick up a copy of this week's Lightning, featuring our annual Season of Giving section on nonprofits and volunteers. You'll read what nonprofit leaders say are the best practices for volunteers and board service, meet 10 volunteers and see the dozens of volunteer opportunities at nonprofit organizations and city and county advisory boards. If you're not already a subscriber — why would you not be? If you're not yet a subscriber or regular single-copy buyer, better get your copy now because it's only in print and only in the Lighting!   Read Story »

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Health Dept. investigating a case of whooping cough

The Henderson County Department of Public Health received a positive laboratory result of whooping cough in a school-age child that had contact with other people in Henderson County and warned residents to take precautions against spread of infectious diseases.   Read Story »

Edneyville News

Greenway plan envisions 71-mile network of trails

Henderson County has been talking formally and informally about greenways since the early 1990s and even had a greenway commission that adopted a map depicting 200 miles of bike and walking trails.   Read Story »

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Sierra Nevada sets up fund for Camp Fire, which threatens its headquarters

Potentially threatened by the devastating Camp Fire in northern California, Chico-based Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. has set up a fund to help with recovery and rebuilding in the aftermath of the fire.   Read Story »

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Local nonprofit wins grant to continue David Holt's State of Music

The Hendersonville-based Will & Deni McIntyre Foundation has been awarded a $15,000 grant from the Perry N. Rudnick Endowment Fund of the Community Foundation of Henderson County to help fund the fourth season of David Holt’s State of Music, an Emmy-nominated public TV series that premiered on North Carolina Public Television in 2015. The show is distributed nationally by PBS. “David Holt’s State of Music features real talent in real locations around our region,” says the show’s director, Deni McIntyre, who lives in Hendersonville. The program’s third season, which will air on UNC-TV beginning in December, features mandolin legend Sam Bush, IBMA Guitar Player of the Year Molly Tuttle, young country blues artist Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton, champion fiddler and step dancer April Verch, mid-life breakout artist Joe Newberry, and Dobro master Jerry Douglas. The season was shot on location at the Haw River Ballroom, the Hayti Cultural Center in Durham, the Asheville Guitar Bar, Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage outside Nashville, The Down Home in Johnson City  and historic Hachland Hill Farm in Joelton, Tennessee. Series host David Holt is a four-time Grammy Award winner who lives in Asheville. The Will & Deni McIntyre Foundation was established in 2009 to raise the profile of the arts and selected non-profits through creation of videos, books, and photography for websites and related media. The foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Laurel Park honors Lt. Hubert M. Smith, a late casualty of WWI

In a letter to his mother from the battlefield of World War I, Hubert M. Smith showed a wisdom beyond his years.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Brother Wolf waives fees for senior dogs and cats in November

In honor of Adopt a Senior Pet Month, Brother Wolf Animal Rescue is waiving the adoption fees for senior dogs and cats for the month of November. 

Senior adoption fees will be sponsored by Kevin and Lisa Fox of Fox Dental Associates. The Foxes recently adopted a senior dog named Venus from Brother Wolf. Venus is one of many senior and special needs animals who came to Brother Wolf as a result of their recent merger with Friends for Life Forever Farm. 

“Before arriving at Brother Wolf, Venus had resided at Forever Friends for six years,” Brother Wolf President Denise Bitz said. “She has gone through so much over the past few months, including losing an eye to a chronic condition. But it has not affected her amazing spirit. She has only been in her new home with Lisa and Kevin for a short amount of time, but she is already settling in and has become best friends with Rusty, a 13-year-old sweetie who has accepted Venus with open paws.”At Brother Wolf, the term “senior” applies to dogs 8 years of age and older and cats 10 years of age and older. The shelter has dozens of special seniors in their care awaiting forever homes. To find an animal who is the right match for you, visit the Brother Wolf Adoption Center at 31 Glendale Avenue in Asheville or visit www.bwar.org/adopt.     Read Story »

Henderson County News

Award-winning duo
 perform old-time music Nov. 17

Award-winning old-time musicians David Holt and Josh Goforth will perform a Mountain Music concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, in Thomas Auditorium on the campus of Blue Ridge Community College as part of Keeping the Fires Burning, a series of the Center for Cultural Preservation.Recognized as one of the nation’s foremost folk musicians and storytellers, Holt has been collecting and performing the music of the old-time Southern mountaineers for 35 years. A Madison County native, Goforth is a Grammy Award nominee and is descended from many of the old-timers that Holt learned from in the late 1960s in Lonesome Mountain. For David, combining forces with Josh is coming full circle. “Josh is one of the finest musicians in North Carolina and is helping bring the music that is his birthright into the 21st century,” says Holt, a four-time Grammy winner. “Our show is about folk traditions that are exploding with creative energy and fun.”Tickets are $25 and $20 a person. To order, visit www.saveculture.org or call the Center at (828) 692-8062. The Center’s next program will be a concert featuring the Kruger Brothers on Jan. 26. Tickets are now available online at SaveCulture.org   Read Story »

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