Making Sure Every Vote Counts
Election workers will receive hazard pay in 2020 Karen Hebb has been an election precinct worker since 1986, but after accepting the position of…
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Lending a Helpful Healing Hand: Where Medical Equipment is Accessible and Affordable
The Medical Loan Closet is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that lends a wide variety of medical equipment to residents of Henderson County at an…
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True Ridge Serving the Blue Ridge
Lori Garcia-McCammon, Director of True Ridge, co-founded the organization in 2017 to help support the under-resourced Latinx community of Henderson County. The mission of True Ridge is guided by the three principal values of community, culture, and connection.
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The Tools That Take You Higher
If your father races motorcycles, he can’t tell you not to be an artist. Michael Sherrill says his dad was “enough of a rebel that it gave me permission to not fit into certain middle-class constraints. He encouraged me to not give up on my dream of doing what I’m passionate about.”
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Running So Others Get Ahead
Seventeen-year-old Connor Mailander suddenly found his high school and cross-country training facilities closed due to COVID-19. Undaunted, he committed himself to keep running, but for a cause much greater that his own athletic achievement.
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A Bug’s Life
No one is too small to make an impact on river health The MountainTrue organization works in 23 counties throughout WNC to advocate for…
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Less is More
Rare Leap Day baby remembers hard times and a tricky birthday People born on February 29 — unquestionably the least common birthday, as it…
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Tightening What’s Frightening
Flat Rock Playhouse makes a gothic classic even scarier It’s not a Halloween story, but Flat Rock Playhouse is presenting the psychological thriller The Turn…
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Libations in the Library
It’s no mystery that wine makes scavenger hunts more fun “We think it’s the most fun you can have in a library,” declares Lanier…
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One Hundred Banjos and the People Who Love Them
Camp led by bluegrass bigwigs culminates in a public concert Kristin Scott Benson was the 2018 recipient of the Steve Martin Award for Excellence…
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