Filling a Need
Almost 200 Henderson County children have been identified by administrators at their schools as being “food insecure,” i.e., lacking consistent quality nutrition at home….
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Brewing Ahead of the Boom
Students looking to get their feet wet within the brewing industry don’t have to venture outside the south-mountain region thanks to the Brewing, Distillation…
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The Raspberry Beret Effect
The abrupt death of Prince two years ago had fans of all ages in deep mourning. But now might be the time to break…
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Fairy gardens can make you feel warm year round
The flowering crocus, daffodils, and Bradford pear trees seem to promise that this unusually cold winter is finally over. But then again, Western North…
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Expert on vintage games shares a nostalgic passion
With one peek inside, it all comes back. The quarters. The hammering of plastic buttons. The electronic sounds. The flippers stopping the ball from…
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Mountaineering film fest honors the extreme
It’s not like we don’t have plenty of our own adventurers in these parts. After all, the Canada-based Banff Mountain Film Festival travels all…
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Nonprofit puts a warm-fuzzy face on a local law enforcement
There’s a saying in show business often misattributed to the classic Hollywood actor W. C. Fields: “Never work with children or animals.” Those universally…
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Church woodchopping crew found a down-to-earth way to help their neighbors
When winter winds whip through Hickory Nut Gorge, some 25 or so families warm themselves with firewood chopped and delivered to them by men…
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Real life for a hometown groundhog
Emily Walker, education manager at Chimney Rock State Park, doesn’t mince her words when it comes to Greta, the park’s 14-pound woodchuck. “Greta is…
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Day-long program helps shape the plans of future homesteaders
In the winter, when nothing is really growing, the would-be homesteader’s thoughts turn to squeezing sorghum and raising laying hens. Urbanites might consider installing…
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Furthering MLK’s Message in 2018: Unity Committee Hosts Annual Breakfast
“Every man must decide if he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness,” Martin Luther King,…
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Tinsel Town
Founded by Stephen Jackson and curated by Pat Childress, the Aluminum Tree & Ornament Museum (ATOM) has shifted locations over the decades, settling in…
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