It’s Never Too Late for Lavender
“Where have all the flowers gone?” was a fair assessment to be made last month, with hordes of tourists at Craggy Gardens seen grumbling…
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One on One with the Weatherman
Inside the difficulty of mountain forecasting By Jarrett Van Meter Toward the end of May, Western North Carolina saw near-record-low temperatures. But by mid…
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All the Feelers
If Matt Willey looks happy, it’s probably because, after more than a year of delays — most of them pandemic related — he finally…
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So Much Depends Upon Local Teachers
Poetry contest encourages student voices Since 1999, the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in Flat Rock has hosted its annual, nationwide Student Poetry…
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Back on The Trail
Unlike Conserving Carolina’s White Squirrel Challenge — a series of hikes — the environmental group’s recently announced Flying Squirrel Challenge is simply a list…
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A Sport Anyone Can Handle
Lumberjack-style fun is great catharsis for modern stress Crystal Slagle prefers the larger axe over the smaller hatchet. She grips the handle with both…
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Brand New Key
Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on Feb. 21, 1933, in Tryon, the “High Priestess of Soul” would have been 87 this month. Early in her…
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Bee the Change
Grounded in a personal mission to paint 5,000 honeybees across the U.S., artist Matthew Willey has gone far beyond what he thought was attainable…
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A Special Report from Community Foundation of Henderson County: June 2019
Making Your Philanthropic Dreams a Reality More than a dozen charitable giving techniques are available through the Community Foundation of Henderson County, and it…
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Rooting for the Community
What’s growing on the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge Since Bold Life reported two years ago on the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge (LLFB), the project’s…
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