Elevate 2050, a federally-required 25-year plan for the region that looks to 2050 and prioritizes transportation improvement projects over that timeframe. The MPO is seeking input on highway, public ...

Due to decreasing cases of flu and other respiratory illnesses, UNC Health Pardee lifted temporary age-based visitor restrictions, effective Wednesday, April 2.

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is administering the statewide program as part of a $524 million disaster package approved by the N.C. General Assembly, with nearly $311 ...

Henderson County and the city of Hendersonville are either edging toward a new escalation in their decades-long war over water and sewer service or tilting instead toward settlement negotiations.

Hailing the project as a model of cooperation, leaders of Henderson County, the city of Hendersonville and the School Board tossed shovels of dirt on Monday to mark the kickoff of construction of the ...

Storm-related household hazardous waste – Paint, oil, batteries, chemicals, cleaning supplies. Storm-damaged electronics – TVs, computers, DVD players, stereos, phones.

the Edneyville Community Center, 15 Ida Rogers Road.

Matthew Rogers had no access to his cabin in Big Hungry for almost six months after Hurricane Helene, yet he felt blessed that the cabin survived and that a couple from church offered him and his wife ...

We underestimated the demand for Unimaginable, our six-months-later look back on Hurricane Helene. We've ordered a fresh press run and will have copies for sale — $2 each — on Wednesday, April 2, at ...

Polk County currently has no mandatory evacuations thanks to significant progress firefighters have made to contain three major wildfires. Mandatory evacuation orders were also lifted in Henderson and ...

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 ...

Henderson County is experiencing unhealthy air quality due to heavy smoke from the ongoing wildfires, the Henderson County Department of Public Health said in an alert urging residents to stay ...