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Landowners seek rezoning for 63 townhomes on Brooklyn Avenue

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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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Walk to End Alzheimer's scheduled for Sept. 21

The Alzheimer’s Association is inviting Henderson County residents to join the fight to end Alzheimer’s by participating in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday, Sept. 21, in Hendersonville.   Read Story »

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Deadline is Monday to enter Apple Recipe contest

The North Carolina Apple Festival is inviting cooks to submit their best baked goods made with apples during the 2024 Apple Recipe Contest.   Read Story »

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NCDOT announces I-26 closings

A schedule has been set for overnight closures on Interstate 26 this week.   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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Hendersonville station gets two new state troopers

The State Highway Patrol welcomed 41 new troopers during a graduation ceremony of the 163rd Basic Highway Patrol School last week in Cary. The class included two troopers who will be assigned to the SHP’s Hendersonville station.   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 »

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LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Zoning vote exacerbates housing crisis

When 13 elected and appointed leaders passed judgment on a rezoning request for a residential development in Hoopers Creek, only two got it right.   Read Story »

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Autograph book covering 45 years of presidents goes on auction block

The end of the Civil War was still more than a year away when Jerome B. Diver, a paymaster in Abraham Lincoln’s administration, found a way to get his new autograph book in front of the president and his wife.   Read Story »

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