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Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning

By Bill Moss, Published: April 22, 2026

Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning.

 You'll get a fresh update on the NCDOT's progress repairing roads and bridges damaged by Hurricane Helene and news of a new "express-design" approach by the agency that could be used to plan improvements on Haywood Road from Asheville Highway to Mountain Road. 

Associate Editor Amy B. McCraw has details of what detectives when they executed a search warrant at the home of Gudrun Linda Jean Casper-Leinenkugel, the 53-year-old Hendersonville woman who is charged with two poison-murders and under investigation for a third, plus the Lightning has a comprehensive timeline of Casper-Leinenkugel's life and activities in Henderson County since the early 2000s. And as always we've got other local news and photos, community news and more.