The Board of Commissioners voted unanimously last week to take the first step in putting a farm preservation bond issue of up to $25 million on the Nov. 3 ballot. In discussing whether to green light ...

Henderson County farmers could get access to $25 million in farmland preservation grants to ensure that their land stays in agriculture use instead of becoming subdivisions or another type of ...

Apple, pear and berry farmers gathered at the Laughter family’s Pilot Mountain Pears in Edneyville on Saturday to hear from Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee in the closely watched contest with ...

Jamie Ager continued his fundraising advantage over U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards as the battle for 11th Congressional District seat enters the final 15 weeks, campaign finance reports for the second ...

The Natural Resources Conservation Service works to help facilitate practical, voluntary and locally led conservation solutions to conserve natural resources, strengthen agricultural production and ...

A new 20.7-acre nature center has opened in Saluda, offering a 1.2-mile trails, a pavilion and native plant gardens on the route of the future Saluda Grade Trail. Free and open to the public, Henry’s ...

Flat Rock Preservation Celebration will offer tours of Beaumont, St. John in the Wilderness and Many Pines from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22. The tour includes: Beaumont, wher ...

MountainTrue manages five of the 24 camping sites along the 146-mile French Broad River between Rosman, NC and Newport, TN, all of which are marked on the trail’s interactive online map. The map and ...

Sheetz, the fast-growing mid-Atlantic restaurant and convenience chain, continues to expand its Western North Carolina footprint this week with the opening of a store at 21 Airport Park Road, Fletcher ...

As peak tomato season nears, the Hendersonville Farmers Market is celebrating one of its favorite annual traditions. Shoppers are invited to join the fun during the market's annual Tomato Day ...

Rudi Haug can do it for you. He can also put your fingerprints on a pendant (some people ask for that). In fact, there isn’t much in the business of gold, silver and gems that he hasn’t done. And for ...

Henderson County’s Republican Party will host China expert Gordon G. Chang as the keynote speaker at its annual Lincoln Reagan Trump Dinner on Saturday, Aug. 1. The barbecue pork and grilled chicken ...