BRCC police chief wins worldwide association's 40 under 40 Leadership Award

Hendersonville News

GOOD JOB!/NEEDS WORK ... Festival shines but where's the beer?

Introducing our new editorial feature, Good Job!/Needs Work, in which we issue shoutouts for good deeds, good decisions or good ideas and gentle criticism for things that could have been done better.   Read Story »

Flat Rock News

Campaign kickoff highlights battle lines in Flat Rock election

FLAT ROCK — Three candidates for Flat Rock Village Council pushed back last week against charges that their opponents have made about the Highland Lake Road project and other village matters, putting the issues in the fall campaign in stark relief.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

Hockenberry returns to her old job leading Boys & Girls Club

Julia Hockenberry, who left as Boys & Girls Club executive director nine months ago for a fundraising job with the Flat Rock Playhouse, is returning to the youth club in her old job.   Read Story »

Legislative News

Judges brand Senate District 48 an 'extreme gerrymander' that must be redrawn

State Sen. Chuck Edwards said he remains confident in his re-election campaign despite the fact that his is one of the Senate districts that a court branded an "extreme partisan gerrymander" that must be redrawn.   Read Story »

Edneyville News

Stepp orchard shows Meadows 'agritainment' and sustainable family farming

EDNEYVILLE — At Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchards, U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows stood in the retail shed to learn about one of Henderson County’s first and most successful U-pick apple farms.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

United Way kicks off campaign Friday at SAB

The Super '60s band will perform at the United Way’s Campaign Kickoff Concert at 7 p.m. Friday at Southern Appalachian Brewery.   Read Story »

News Archive

• LIGHTNING REVIEW: Playing Little League for big laughs     Comments
• Test scores rank county schools 11th in state     Comments
• Edwards kicks off campaign for third term in Senate     Comments
• Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning (223)     Comments
• Budget standoff stalls Medicaid managed care transition     Comments
• Redistricting ruling may change lines in Henderson, Transylvania counties     Comments
• Henderson County hopes to 'get a charge' out of VW settlement fund     Comments
• Commissioners delay action on gem mine attraction in Tracy Grove     Comments
• NC Supreme Court upholds conviction of driver in fatal crash     Comments
• Hendersonville tops list of best mountain towns     Comments
• Hood column: NC next to last in rural roads safety (2)     Comments
• After-5 discus hurler going to World Senior Games     Comments
• From slabside to King Luscious, heirloom apples have a story to tell     Comments
• Defendants sent to prison for statutory rape, neglect of disabled     Comments
• Beware of bicyclists on these roads on Labor Day     Comments
• Budgie comes home after weeks in the wild     Comments
• APPLE FESTIVAL GUIDE: Daily schedule     Comments
• APPLE FESTIVAL GUIDE: Officers and board members     Comments
• APPLE FESTIVAL GUIDE: Entertainment     Comments
• City may get a pubcycle     Comments
• Here's winners of the apple displays     Comments
• Festival honors Apple Farmer of the Year     Comments
• CAUTION: Festival's open     Comments
• Suspected bank robber caught in East Tennessee     Comments
• Children & Family Resource Center hires new director     Comments
• County to commemorate president's visit to 1992 Apple Festival     Comments
• Short crop high in quality, growers say     Comments
• Lightning's Apple Festival guide available     Comments
• Parade grand marshal wants to honor teachers     Comments
• Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning (222)     Comments