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LOCAL BRIEFS: High-tech greenhouse, Earth Day, Community Band concert

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Free concert wraps up the Joy of Jazz! festival Saturday

The halls of Hendersonville High School will ring out with the sounds of jazz when the seventh annual high school Joy of Jazz Festival! gets under way at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 19, and culminates in a free public concert by the young musicians at 4 p.m. in the school auditorium.   Read Story »

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City utility crews honored as Sustainability Heroes

The Hendersonville Environmental Sustainability Board honored Hendersonville’s Water & Sewer Department with its third annual Sustainability Hero Award during the April 3 meeting of the City Council.    Read Story »

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6 MONTHS LATER: Rebecca's miracles

As overwhelming as they were, the first few days of Hurricane Helene did bring a series of lucky breaks that boosted the county’s recovery effort. Rebecca McCall calls them miracles.   Read Story »

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Here's where to get Lightning's special edition on Helene

For this special edition, we conducted dozens of interviews, compiled photos from our coverage, first responders, city and county officials and Lightning readers. To a person, every fire chief, rescue technician and emergency manager said, in one way or another, we knew the storm was going to be bad — even very bad — but it was much worse than we thought. The trauma, damage and destruction was far worse than anything these veteran rescuers had ever seen. The power of Hurricane Helene, they seemed to all agree, was unimaginable.   Read Story »

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County to host disaster recovery fairs at public library branches

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Education Foundation announces class of 2025 Hall of Fame inductees

A popular elementary school phys-ed teacher and strong advocate for outdoor education and a former Henderson County and western district math teacher of the year will be inducted into the Education Hall of Fame on April 29, the Henderson County Education Foundation announced.   Read Story »

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HomeGoods to hold grand opening on March 20

HomeGoods, the leading off-price home décor store in the U.S and worldwide, will open its new store at the Blue Ridge Mall on Thursday, March 20, and hold a grand opening that day from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.   Read Story »

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Last-second 3-pointer ends Eagles' storybook season

East Henderson High School's storybook season ended on Friday night when the Oak Grove Grizzlies pulled out a 75-72 victory on a last-second long-range three-pointer after East fought back from two nine-point deficits.   Read Story »

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East Eagles soar as Coach Jones and Caiden Brewer lead the way

For most of the school’s history, the men’s basketball team at East Henderson High School has been, frankly, a doormat.   Read Story »

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