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LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Balfour's Parent has already won

Henderson County Opinion

Moss column: Every morning is Sept. 11

Inevitably, people will say that we're in danger of forgetting Sept. 11.   Read Story »

Henderson County Opinion

LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: McCrory to farmers: Drop dead

Farmers began harvesting the 2013 apple crop last week. If they have trouble getting help, they can thank Gov. Pat McCrory.   Read Story »

Henderson County Opinion

LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: The long way to the right answer

For a week of summer doldrums — if doldrums and monsoon can co-habitat July — our local government honorables  treated the audience to a fascinating performance.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Opinion

Moss column: Crowded dance floor, parking are good problems to have

Even in the summer of rain, tourists and local folks stroll up and down Main Street and diners wait 45 minutes for a table. Parking, I hear, is a crisis.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Opinion

LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Is Wingate best choice for mill property?

The developer who won the right to renovate the old Grey Hosiery Mill for an expanded Wingate University campus downtown seems well qualified and well intentioned.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Opinion

Can anyone around here drive?

My wife and I moved to Hendersonville a year ago and have found this to be a friendly little city that's easy to live in.   Read Story »

Henderson County Opinion

LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Conservatives win in budget vote

Henderson County commissioners invested in public safety and crime prevention, granted a modest public school funding request and made good on an overdue promise to Green River this week as they finished up their work on the 2013-14 budget — all without raising taxes.   Read Story »

North Carolina Opinion

LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Repealing the right to know

The North Carolina Legislature continues its assault on the people's right to know, consumer protection and newspapers' role in broadly reaching a community audience.   Read Story »

Henderson County Opinion

LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Pardee better off without politics

The Henderson County Board of Commissioners bent to the reality of both the free market and the government-controlled market when it acceded to a major change designed to eradicate politics from Pardee Hospital's governance.   Read Story »

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