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Henderson County News

Outages drop to 1,300 as daytime highs inch up

Nearly 13,000 homes and businesses in Henderson County were without power Saturday at sunup as a winter storm sent temperatures below zero and brought wind-chill values as low as minus-16. As the temperature rose to the mid-20s under sunny skies, power was restored to all but 1,298 users, a tenth of the high mark.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Tribute to a vanishing breed: the fulltime farmer

We recently attended a memorial service for our lifelong friend and neighbor, Emory Carland (1935-2022).   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Dr. Das retires after 8,000 joint replacements

The thousands of patients who limped into Amal Das’s office and walked out with new joints that helped them hike, bike or resume pickleball can thank the Florida rattlesnakes.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

TOP 10: Lightning's Year in Review is on the street

In this week's issue Hendersonville Lightning presents its annual roundup of the Top 10 news stories of 2022.   Read Story »

Mountain Home News

Developer files plans for county's first Spinx gas station plaza

Henderson County will get its first Spinx gas station, convenience store and carwash plaza if developers complete plans they've submitted to the county planning department.   Read Story »

News Archive

• BRCC honors fall graduates       Comments
• Here are holiday closings for city, county       Comments
• Apple Valley student one of four essay contest winners from across U.S.       Comments
• CHEWY CHRISTMAS: Stand TALL donates Kongs to sheriff's office K-9s       Comments
• Duke Energy donates $50,000 to support county's response to severe weather events       Comments
• City man charged with sexual exploitation of minor       Comments
• In 3-2 vote, commissioners endorse 5-story addition to 1995 courthouse       Comments
• Zoning board OKs permit for treatment center in Saluda       Comments
• Brookdale residents raise concerns about 185-unit apartment complex       Comments
• Gun safety advocates to remember Sandy Hook shooting       Comments
• Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning (330)       Comments
• ALL ABOARD! Downtown hosts free holiday train rides Saturday       Comments
• LOCAL BRIEFS: Sheriff's Citizens Academy, Bounty volunteers, Christmas lights       Comments
• Bounty invites volunteers to serve in variety of roles       Comments
• NHHS students, staff mourn loss of classmate, 17, killed in crash       Comments
• HOLIDAY BRIEFS: Mitten Tree, 'A Christmas Memory,' best Christmas lights       Comments
• Drug task force seizes drugs, charges alleged dealer in Mountain Home       Comments
• Ask Matt ... about handheld credit card readers       Comments
• Gardening for Life Celebration features best-selling author       Comments
• Law enforcement, detention officer graduates are pinned       Comments
• Dogwood grant helps BRCC expand childcare training       Comments
• Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning (329)       Comments
• Moeller, Pardee OT, named Team Member of the Month       Comments
• Health Department reaccredited with honors       Comments
• Trap sentenced to confinement, muzzle after dangerous dog designation       Comments
• Business owners raise concerns about proposed lighting ordinance       Comments
• Land of Sky honors Volk, Brissie and Edwards for leadership       Comments
• Voting opens in Christmas lights contest       Comments
• Velma Gillespie goes to school       Comments
• LOCAL BRIEFS: 'A Christmas Memory,' Santa letters, toy collection       Comments