Legislature adopts $311M disaster relief bill for farms

News

Citlally Diaz-Mar named state Youth of the Year

Citlally Diaz-Mar, a North Henderson High School senior who is a top student, AP Scholar and leader of her peers outside school, has been named the 2025 North Carolina Youth of the Year, the Fazio Family Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County announced.   Read Story »

News

Farmers’ check will come from ‘the government or a developer’

Terry Kelley knows the numbers.   Read Story »

News

LOCAL BRIEFS: Career Tech Teacher, Good Citizens, storytelling at ArtMob

  Read Story »

News

Gated community would offer pickleball, dog park and playground

The owners of 31 acres on Sugarloaf Road are seeking a rezoning to allow a 50-home gated community called the Cottages at Sugarloaf Meadow.   Read Story »

News

Send us your Helene photos

A picture, goes the saying, is worth a thousand words.   Read Story »

News

Thunderstorm knocks out power for thousands

Severe thunderstorms that thrashed the area early Sunday knocked out power at thousands of homes and businesses, Duke Energy said.   Read Story »

News

'Shaped by Sound' features folk pioneer Alice Gerrard

Asheville bluegrass artists will be spotlighted on upcoming episodes of Shaped by Sound, a new original music performance series produced by PBS North Carolina.   Read Story »

News

Ask Matt … what happens to mountains of debris left by Helene

Q. How much wood debris has been collected in Henderson County and what will they do with those piles of mulch you see on N.C. 191? Can it be burned for fuel?   Read Story »

News Archive

• Bullington Gardens announces spring plant sale       Comments
• Ask Matt ... to crack the mystery of the Spinx (plus a new Sheetz)       Comments
• Forest Service offers salvage timber contracts along Appalachian Trail       Comments
• Shepherd Memorial Park remains in limbo after failed auction       Comments
• Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning     Comments
• Moon honored as Chick-fil-A Teacher of the Year       Comments
• County lifts burn ban     Comments
• Asheville man sentenced to prison for home burglary       Comments
• HAC proposes 132 apartments on Dermid Avenue       Comments
• UPDATE: Pipe repair complete; boil water advisory remains     Comments
• League presents program on preventing juvenile crime       Comments
• Halfmoon Heights developer wants to eliminate pervious surfaces requirement of zoning permit       Comments
• Planning board OKs subdivisions containing 97 lots in Tracy Grove, Dana       Comments
• Postal Service moves mail service closer to Bat Cave       Comments
• I-40 at gorge opens with narrow lanes, 35 mph speed limit       Comments
• Pardee breaks ground on medical office building in Brevard       Comments
• 10-YEAR ROAD PLAN: What's in, what's out, what's delayed       Comments
• County leaders assure Hickory Nut Gorge they're committed to recovery       Comments
• Polk man sent to prison for selling fentanyl that caused death       Comments
• Realigned intersection will improve Henderson Crossing access       Comments
• Here's how to find Girl Scout cookies       Comments
• Commissioners call special meeting in Bat Cave     Comments
• NCDOT seeks input on road repair plans for Gerton, Bat Cave and Chimney Rock     Comments
• UPDATE: Missing elderly woman is found safe       Comments
• Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning       Comments
• Dead waterfowl at Osceola Lake tests positive for bird flu       Comments
• Teens’ minor cases resolved in ‘restorative justice’       Comments
• Nominations open through Feb. 28 for Physician of the Year       Comments
• Subdivisions proposed on Orchard Trace par-3 course, Tracy Grove Road       Comments
• Council delays decision on 59-home phase 2 of Half Moon Heights       Comments