630k still without power - Hendersonville Lightning
Sep 29, 2024 · By Bill Moss, Published: September 29, 2024 Swiftwater rescue teams from the area and across the state have rescued more than 200 people since Tropical Storm Helene approached the N.C. mountains, U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards said in his Sunday update on the circumstances on the ground.
Nearly 1,000 properties damaged or destroyed, with many more …
Oct 16, 2024 · Jimmy Brissie, the county’s emergency services director, told county commissioners during their regular monthly meeting that ongoing assessments by officials from various agencies so far have found that 798 structures, including homes, sustained major structural damage and are uninhabitable until they are repaired.
'Hundreds' of bodies concealed by authorities? Nope. It's a hoax.
Nov 3, 2024 · Eustace Conway, a former reality TV star and founder of the 1,000-acre Turtle Island Preserve in Watauga County, has become one of the most prominent North Carolina voices promoting claims — widely and emphatically debunked — about the devastation of Hurricane Helene, giving them traction and an audience well beyond North Carolina on …
In hard-hit Bat Cave, firefighters checked door to door for survivors
Nov 5, 2024 · Schools closed Friday as forecasters ratchet up snowfall predictions (2037); Here are the stories of those lost to Helene (1845); Helene's farm damage tops $135 million in county (1682); City seeks $25M grant to raise greenway 'Above the Mud', connect to Ecusta (1501); Susie Barber Coppedge, a friend to her hometown, dies at age 54
UPDATE: City working on restoring water to areas that are without
Sep 30, 2024 · Currently all Hendersonville water customers remain under a system pressure advisory. Portions of the water system are experiencing outages and periods of low pressure in the distribution system.
Playhouse announces 2025 season - Hendersonville Lightning
Dec 12, 2024 · By Lightning Reports, Published: December 12, 2024 A Tony-award winning musical, an “unexpected, gut-busting hit” of a comedy, the return of CATS after its 2024 Helene cancellation and musical tributes to the King of Pop, Carol King, Led Zepplin, Billy Joel and Elton John headline the 2025 Flat Rock Playhouse season, the theater announced Friday.
Obituaries - Hendersonville Lightning
Jun 11, 2024 · Schools closed Friday as forecasters ratchet up snowfall predictions (2012); Here are the stories of those lost to Helene (1758); Helene's farm damage tops $135 million in county (1670); City seeks $25M grant to raise greenway 'Above the Mud', connect to Ecusta (1395); Susie Barber Coppedge, a friend to her hometown, dies at age 54
Insurance commissioner announces hurricane assistance center
Oct 19, 2024 · The Hendersonville center will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday at Blue Ridge Commons, 2111 Asheville Highway, . As previously announced, insurance camps will be set up in Buncombe County at Lowe’s Home Improvement, 19 McKenna Road, Arden, N.C. 28704 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 23-24.
Incumbent City Council members cruise - Hendersonville Lightning
Nov 6, 2024 · By Bill Moss, Published: November 6, 2024 Two incumbent Hendersonville City Council members coasted to re-election on Tuesday, easily vanquishing a challenge from DJ Harrington, a conservative Trump supporter who also ran for Hendersonville mayor in 2021.
News - Hendersonville Lightning
Jan 10, 2025 · Fine artists from all over Western North Carolina and South Carolina will exhibit and sell oil, water colors, acrylic paintings and drawings, wood working, photography, pottery, jewelry, sculptures, stained glass, metal working, and more at the ninth annual Saluda Arts Festival, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 19 on historic Main Street in downtown Saluda.