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Mills River News

U.S. agriculture secretary to highlight Mills River grower

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will visit a large commercial vegetable grower in Mills River to highlight the agency's Farmers to Families Food Box Program.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

Against the odds, the Lightning marches on

Shanghaied by coronavirus coverage, our graduation section, planting tomatoes and walking the dogs — census down to two Jack Russell rescues after Tater Tot died at age 16½ last month — I failed to note recent anniversaries of the Lightning.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Conservancy donation adds 717 acres to DuPont Forest, creates vast corridor of public land

There is now more land in DuPont State Recreational Forest, including clear trout streams, rare wildflowers and important wildlife habitat.   Read Story »

Laurel Park News

After disaster, Crate owners discover lots of friends

LAUREL PARK — Weekend before last, the line at the Crate Wine Market & Project snaked around the building as customers to buy up the shop’s inventory.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Businesses air grievances with Covid-19 restrictions

About two dozen local business owners and politicians gathered at Hannah Flanagan’s Pub on Tuesday morning in a Republican Party-orchestrated event to air grievances about the state’s business restrictions in the coronavirus pandemic.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning (248)

Don't miss this week's Lightning.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Henderson County farmworkers to receive PPE

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is taking further action to prevent and respond to covid-19 outbreaks among the agricultural workforce, delivering critical personal protection equipment for use by agricultural workers across the state.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

School Board orders remote learning through September

Students would go to school in person for one week and then have two weeks of remote learning at home under a Return to Learn plan school administrators presented to the Henderson County School Board Monday. But after hearing multiple concerns about how that would work, the School Board voted to go with Plan C, remote learning only, for at least the first six weeks of the school year.   Read Story »

Fletcher News

Three candidates seek appointment to Messer's District 2 seat

Three candidates are seeking the appointment to the seat on the Henderson County Board of Commissioners made vacant by the death of Charlie Messer.   Read Story »

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