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Moss column: Remembering Theron at a country buffet

The first time I met Theron Maybin he was eating lunch with Chicken Man at Orr’s Family Restaurant in East Flat Rock.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Missing teen may be with felon from East Flat Rock

A teenager missing from her home in Buncombe County since last Thursday may be with an 18-year-old East Flat Rock man wanted on felony probation charges, the Asheville Citizen-Times reported. The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on the whereabouts of Amanda Lucinda Rogers, 14, who was last seen at her home on North Turkey Creek Road in the early morning on Feb. 16. She is suspected to be with Marcus Quartez Young, 18. Henderson County has two arrest warrants for Young, who has been convicted of second-degree burglary, conspiracy second-degree burglary, larceny of a motor vehicle, and larceny after breaking and entering, according to the N.C. Department of Public Safety. He was sentenced to 18 months of probation in December 2015, the Asheville newspaper reported. Rogers is a white female, 5’5”, 85 lbs, with brown hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing a pink sweatshirt with “PINK” in black letters; she had on either black leggings or jeans and brown boots. Anyone with information regarding Roger’s whereabouts was asked to contact the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office at 828-250-6670.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Meadows moves to South Asheville

U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows has been a resident of South Asheville since last summer even though his official website biography still lists his home as Jackson County.Meadows and his wife, Debbie, are renting an apartment in South Asheville while they look for a home in the area. The third-term Republican registered to vote in Buncombe County on Aug. 5. “We’d had our house on the market for a long time. It finally sold,” Meadows told the Franklin Press, for a story it published on Jan. 20. “We’re renting until we figure out where we ultimately want to go.”The couple sold their Glenville home and surrounding 5.96 acres in an exclusive gated community in June for almost $1.3 million, the Franklin Press reported. The couple moved to Western North Carolina in the mid-1980s from Tampa, Fla., and lived in Highlands until about 2003, when they moved to southern Jackson County.The move puts the third-term congressman close to the district headquarters in Hendersonville and near the center of the 11th Congressional District, which stretches from Catawba County to the Tennessee line.“If they were going to pick me up it was an hour and half drive,” he said of the time the district aides spent shuttling him home from the Asheville Regional Airport. “It allows me really to fit in a few more constructive meetings. I essentially pick up another three hours of work time.”     Read Story »

Henderson County News

Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning (118)

You won't want to miss this week’s Hendersonville Lightning. We take a closer look at the options cities have for providing animal control services after the sheriff pulled the services from cities. You'll also read coverage of the Planning Board's OK for a master plan for Horse Shoe Farm and read a news obit on beloved Green River farmer Theron Maybin and remembrance of the "ambassador from Rock Creek" by editor Bill Moss. As always we have loads of local briefs, community news and pictures of your friends, neighbors and coworkers. But ... you've got to get a copy because it's only in print and it's only in your Hendersonville Lightning.Here’s where you can pick up a Lightning Hendersonville• Hendersonville Lightning Office, 1111 Asheville Hwy• Pop's Diner, 5 Points, North Main Street• Triangle Stop, 701 North Main Street• The 500 block of North Main Street(First Citizens Bank / Mast Gen. Store)• Black Bear Coffee Co., Main Street• The 300 block of North Main Street(McFarland's Bakery / Mike's on Main). Pardee Hospital in the lobby. Flat Rock Playhouse, downtown(100 block of South Main Street) Southside Hendersonville(Spartanburg Highway)• Hairstyles by Charlene, Joel Wright Drive• McDonald's, Spartanburg Highway• Norm's Minit Mart, Spartanburg Highway• Hendersonville Co-op• Burger King/BP, Spartanburg HighwayIngles Supermarket Southside Hendersonville(Greenville Highway)Carolina Ace HardwareWhitley Drug Store Flat Rock/East Flat Rock• Flat Rock Post Office• Zirconia Post Office• East Flat Rock Post Office• Orr's Family Restaurant, Spartanburg Hwy• Energy Mart Exxon, Upward Road & I-26• Triangle Stop, 754 Upward Road & I-26Village Café and PubPage 2 Hendersonville(Kanuga Road)• Hot Dog World, Kanuga Road• Mr. Pete's Market, Kanuga Road• Norm's Minit Mart, Kanuga Road Hendersonville(Fifth Avenue)Hendersonville Post officeFifth Aenue Shell Laurel Park• YMCA H'ville, Sixth Ave & Oak Str• Laurel Park Village, Rite-Aid.• Energy Mart Exxon, Brevard Road at Daniel DriveDixie Diner, Brevard Road Highway 64(Brevard Road)• Horse Shoe Post Office• Mr. Pete's Market, Etowah, Hwy 64-W• Blue Ridge Pizza, Etowah, Hwy 64-W• Etowah Shopping Center, Etowah Highway 191(Haywood Road)• Joey's New York Bagels, Hwy 191• One-Stop Store #8, Haywood Road (Hwy 191)• Dollar General, Hwy 191 & Mountain Road Mills River• Triangle Stop, 4197 Haywood Road, Mills River• Mills River Family Restaurant. Food LionIngles Page 3 Eastside Hendersonville and Four Seasons Boulevard• Norm's Minit Mart, Dana Road• Fatz Cafe, Dana Road & Four Seasons Blvd• Grocery Outlet, off Four Seasons Boulevard• McDonald's, Four Seasons Boulevard• Energy Mart Exxon, Four Seasons BoulevardMustang Cafe Highway 64 East(Chimney Rock Highway)• Triangle Stop, 2545 Chimney Rock Road, Hwy 64-E• Mr. Pete's Market, East, Hwy 64-E • Griffin's Store, Edneyville, Hwy 64-E• Edneyville Post Office. Griffins Store, EdneyvilleShell station, 64 East and Sugarloaf RoadIngles, Howard Gap RoadMoose Cafe Highway 25 North(Asheville Highway)• The Ugly Mug Coffee Shop, Hwy 25-N• Triangle Stop, Hwy 25-N, Balfour• Mountain Home Post Office• Fletcher Post OfficeInglesNaples Post OfficeTravel Plaza, US 25 and I-26 Southern & Eastern Henderson County, Polk County• Dana Post Office• Rosco's Grocery, Green River• Saluda Post Office• Triangle Stop, 1487 Ozone Road, SaludaAll Henderson County Ingles StoresAll Henderson County Post Offices   Read Story »

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Repair job will close one lane of I-26 East Thursday

One lane of eastbound traffic on Interstate 26 will be closed for an emergency repair on Thursday night  just east of the I-26 rest area at mile marker 42 in Henderson County.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

County files zoning application for new HHS

Residents will get their first opportunity to comment on plans for a new Hendersonville High School next week.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Firefighters battle Cold Mountain fire

Firefighters made progress Monday knocking down a 134-acre fire on Cold Mountain thought to have been caused by a neglected campfire. On Sunday 49 firefighters and support staff were on the scene of the fire in the Shining Rock Wilderness Area of the Pisgah National Forest, about 20 miles south of Waynesville. The fire on the mountain made famous by Asheville author Charles Frazier's Civil War novel was reported on Friday afternoon. In an update Monday afternoon, forest rangers said the fight-fighting force had increased to 83, including two crews, two engines and a helicopter. The fire was 50 percent contained. The firefighting effort is cooperatively managed under a unified command structure of the North Carolina Forest Service and the U.S. Forest Service.   Read Story »

Green River News

Theron Maybin, farm leader and 'mayor of Green River,' dies at age 73

Theron Larnce Maybin, an influential voice for farming, patriarch of his church, Vietnam veteran and leader of the Green River community over the past five decades, died on Friday night after an extended period of declining health. He was 73.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Tip leads to meth charges on Substation Street

Responding to complaints about drug activity, Henderson County sheriff's deputies and state probation officers last week conducted a search at 229 Substation Street in Hendersonville and arrested three people on multiple charges related to meth possession and trafficking. Alvin Eugene Miller, 47, was charged with:-- One felony count of trafficking methamphetamine-- One felony count of maintaining a dwelling for controlled substance-- One felony count of possession with intent to sell and deliver methamphetamine-- One misdemeanor count, possession of drug paraphernalia Miller is being held in the Henderson County Jail on a $53,000 secured bond. April Lynn Holloway, 37, was charged with:-- One felony count of possession of methamphetamine-- One misdemeanor count, possession of marijuana-- One misdemeanor count, possession of drug paraphernalia Holloway is being held in the Henderson County Jail on an $8,000 secured bond. Victoria Corn Cabral, 44, was charged with:-- One felony count of possession of methamphetamine-- One felony count, fugitive from justice/extradition (Florida) Cabral is being held in the Henderson County Jail on a $36,000 secured bond. In a separate case, deputies on Monday arrested a 29-year-old man in the course of serving a warrant on West Leslie Way in Hendersonville. Adam J. Lopez of Hendersonville was charged with: -- One felony count of possession with intent to sell and deliver methamphetamine-- One felony count of maintaining a dwelling for controlled substance-- One misdemeanor count, possession of marijuana-- One misdemeanor count, possession of drug paraphernalia-- One misdemeanor count, resisting a public official Lopez was arrested and released on a $13,700 secured bond.       Read Story »

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