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Whats in store this weekend? Theres Daniel Tiger for the kids, plus theater, chances to win free Clippers passes and music including Tori Amos.

William Daniel Harms died Saturday, April 2 in Jackson, Wyoming with his family by his side following a battle with cancer. He was 67.

Michelle Owens, a veteran tourism marketer with long-standing ties to Western North Carolina, has been named executive director of the Henderson County Tourism Development Authority. Owens brings nearly two decades of marketing and tourism experience to her new role, including six years as executive director of the Rutherford County TDA from 2009 to 2015. She emerged from a field of 40 applicants to fill the opening created by the retirement of Beth Carden on March 31. Owens takes the helm at a...

Garden Jubilee to combine Main Street vendors, countryside tour for 2021 event From staff reports Hendersonville’s garden extravaganza this Memorial Day weekend will combine vendors and activities on Main Street with the popular pivot last year to countryside tours of nurseries and orchards.  Last May, the event was renamed Garden Jubilee Nurseries & Orchards Tour and shifted from a downtown gathering to a countryside tour of nurseries and orchards. Brought about by the pandemic, the change ...

Last May, the event was renamed Garden Jubilee Nurseries & Orchards Tour and shifted from a downtown gathering to a countryside tour of nurseries and orchards. Brought about by the pandemic, the change received overwhelming approval. The 2021 Garden Jubilee Nurseries & Orchards Tour combines both worlds by blending the tour concept with a revamped Main Street experience scaled back for social distancing. This new town-and-country format takes place Friday to Sunday, May 28-30, with the downtown...

The Henderson County Health Department reported 92 Covid-19 related deaths since the first coronavirus death last March. Of the 1,563 deaths, the coronavirus accounted for 6 percent of the total or one death in seventeen. According to a recent CDC report, in 94 percent of Covid-19 deaths, an underlying medical condition such as diabetes, respiratory failure or cardiac arrest was a contributing factor. While I was pulling death figures, I looked at the average number of deaths in the county for...