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City native Jim Lampley heads to Boxing Hall of Fame

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WATCH: KnollsCam gets good video of a gray fox

Thomas Brass and his Haywood Knolls nature cam got a good shot of a gray fox.   Read Story »

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LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Pardee campaign worthy of support

Everyone knew the news. Everyone knew “the ask” was coming. Yet everyone showed up. Well, not everyone exactly but enough to fill close to half the seats in the Bo Thomas Auditorium at Blue Ridge Community College.   Read Story »

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Ask Matt ... about tennis court cracks, park grants

Matt Matteson, the Lightning's intrepid researcher, gets answers to readers' questions.   Read Story »

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County, Mills River at standoff in fight over fees

The high stakes game of chicken over who pays for fire safety inspections in Mills River escalated when the Mills River Town Council said it won’t pay for them and Henderson County said, fine, we’ll stop doing them.   Read Story »

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Descendants organize to save Pleasant Hill Cemetery

The Drake family’s connection to Pleasant Hill Cemetery goes back 150 years yet just how many Drakes rest there came home to George Drake as he looked around closely.   Read Story »

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Council slashes nonprofit requests

The Hendersonville City Council, smarting from the loss of $360,000 in business taxes and already committed to a tax increase to balance the budget, trimmed requests by nonprofit agencies by $113,000.   Read Story »

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Pardee announces golf tournament winners

Pardee Hospital Foundation’s 20th Annual Tournament of Champions at Kenmure Country Club in Flat Rock raised more than $75,000 for the purchase of an Electronic Medical Records Computer Software program for the Cancer Center at Pardee Hospital.   Read Story »

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Council endorses 2-cent property tax increase

Hendersonville residents can expect a property tax increase this year of 2 cents per $100 valuation.   Read Story »

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McCrory signs summer camp building code bill

Henderson County summer camp owners are thanking state Rep. Chuck McGrady for his work on a bill that relieves the camps of what they describe as onerous and unnecessary commercial building code requirements.   Read Story »

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