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Henderson Oil awards $7,000 to schools

Henderson Oil Company awarded a total of $7,000 in ExxonMobil Educational Alliance grants to 14 Henderson County public schools on Thursday, supplying elementary, middle and high school principals with extra funds for necessary materials and programming.   Read Story »

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Asheville Tea Party sets candidate event

The Asheville Tea PAC, the political action committee of the Asheville Tea Party, is hosting a candidate fair at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Skyland Fire Department, 9 Miller Road, in Asheville.   Read Story »

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Deputies looking for shooter in East Flat Rock incident

Henderson County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man who drove away in dark-colored Lincoln Town Car this afternoon after shots were fired at a house on Lamplighter Lane in East Flat Rock. No one was injured as a result of the altercation and the alleged shooter fled the scene before deputies arrived. He was described as a black male. Due to the close proximity of the altercation, both Flat Rock Middle and Hillandale Elementary schools were placed on a soft lockdown with increased Sheriff’s presence. There was no direct threat to students and the lockdown was lifted at approximately 1:10 pm., the sheriff's office said in a news release. Anyone with information on the driver of the Lincoln or its whereabouts is asked to contact the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office at (828) 697-4911 or Crimestoppers at (828) 697-STOP.   Read Story »

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Meadows endorses Cruz

U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows on Wednesday endorsed Ted Cruz for president, calling the Texas senator "the best-positioned leader to restore power to the people and uphold the Constitution."   Read Story »

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Veteran Valley Hill firefighter loses house in fire

Valley Hill firefighters responding to a house fire learned that the home belonged to one of their own.   Read Story »

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No, the Carolina Panthers did not take our snowplows

Five days after the big snow, rumors about plowing roads flew more furiously than the snow itself.   Read Story »

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Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning (69)

Don’t this miss this week’s Hendersonville Lightning.   Read Story »

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Neill transferred from federal to state prison

Sam Neill, the disbarred Hendersonville attorney sentenced to six to eight years in prison for embezzling from estates he was entrusted to safeguard and distribute, was released from federal prison last week and transferred to a state prison in Salisbury.   Read Story »

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Chopper crew rescues man from Mt. Pisgah

Members of the North Carolina Helo-Aquatic Rescue Team, known as NCHART, rescued a man Monday night who was stranded near the top of Mt. Pisgah after the cable car used to transport him to and from the transmitting equipment stopped working, leaving him about 400 feet down an embankment in more than two feet of snow.   Read Story »

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