Unknown Lineage and Other Happy Endings
The fourth annual Tryon International Film Festival, held in Western North Carolina’s famous equestrian town, bursts onscreen with a rambunctious “woof” instead of a…
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Thousands of Steps to End Hunger
A rural county known for agricultural production may seem like the last place where children would not have enough to eat. But the statewide…
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Time of His Life (for the Last Time)
At 45, Lyle Laney admits he’s not the dancer he used to be. But to thousands of fans, he’s still Lake Lure’s favorite…
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“I Hadn’t Been Near a Horse in 30 Years”
At an age when many executives are retiring, Lucy Hooper is happily mucking out horse stalls, pushing wheelbarrows full of manure, and pitching flakes…
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Farm to Fork to Farm
This spring’s record rainfall, floods, and mudslides couldn’t have come at a worse time for Henderson County’s agriculture and the family farms whose business…
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A New Home for Hounds
With their expressive eyes and big floppy ears, coon dogs have an irresistible way of tugging at the heartstrings. (Anyone who ever cried reading…
Read MoreCommunity Foundation of Henderson County: Cultivating Community
Find out what Community Foundation of Henderson County has been up to this past year in this special report…
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Proud of the Plaid
“There is absolutely no truth to the myth that ‘Mac’ is Scottish and ‘Mc’ is Irish,” boldly claims Rich Shader, a member of the…
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Spreading Its Wings
Down a quiet road bordering Hendersonville Airport’s grass strip sits a nondescript gray hangar. But when the doors roll open, the WNC Air Museum…
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Three-Season Secret
Polk County native Dawn Jordan is her home region’s Agricultural Economic Development Director. The local government’s ag office and nonprofits such as Growing Rural…
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In the Moment, for the Past
Saluda’s Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, with its distinctive square steeple and Carpenter Gothic details, has been a local landmark since the building was…
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A Hero (or Antihero) for Every Taste
At this very moment, they are walking among you. Mild-mannered men and women across Western North Carolina go about their daily business, blending into…
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