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Don't miss this week's Hendersonville LightningNews |
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NPS names new superintendent of Carl Sandburg HomeNews |
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Sheetz plans store on Upward Road across from QuikTripNews |
![Drivers of the 4.3-cent property tax increase include, clockwise from top left, $9 million in debt service for the $170 million courthouse-jail construction, a $4 million increase in pay for sheriff’s deputies and jailers, $50,000 for a Fletcher library feasibility study and a $1.2 million increase for the local teacher supplement. [PHOTOS BY AMY MCCRAW, DYLAN SHEEHAN, HENDERSON COUNTY SCHOOLS]](../images/stories/2026/06/2x2.png) |
How county commissioners added $17.6 million to the budgetNews |
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City offers $3.5M in tax incentives to lure factory employing 148 workersBusiness |
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Firecracker Jazz Band kicks off Rhythm & Brews next weekNews |
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'Meals on the Bus' rolls this summer to feed schoolkidsNews |
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VFW display honors hero featured in “Pork Chop Hill”News |
![The BorgWarner factory going up off McMurray Road in the Upward community (left) is not a data center. Neither is the vacant Coats America mill (right) in Laurel Park. [DYLAN SHEEHAN/Hendersonville Lightning]](../images/stories/2026/06/Side by Side borg_coats.jpg) |
The cultural mood turns sharply against AI data centersFour Seasons Politics |
![Southern Railway's Asheville Special emerges from the 260-foot Burgin Tunnel, east of Ridgecrest, on July 24, 1949. [DAVID P. DRISCOLL/American-Rails.com collection]](../images/stories/2026/06/PassengerTrain.png) |
Council endorses renewal of passenger rail service to AshevilleNews |
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Pardee hosts Walk-In Wednesday hiring events weekly through Aug. 26News |
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Commissioners raise property taxes after 5-hour meetingNews |
