The Lightning

• Deputies who shot and killed shooter 'feared for their safety,' sheriff says April 25, 2024
  The deputies who shot and killed a 29-year-old man on April 13 were put in a situation where they feared for their safety and thus justified in shooting, Sheriff Lowell Griffin said Wednesday.
• Edwards returns fire after standards committee sanctions him over newsletter April 24, 2024
  The U.S. House Communications Standards Commission sanctioned U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards on Wednesday, declaring in a letter to Henderson County’s Democratic Party chair that the panel in a 6-0 decision had “found substantial reason to believe a violation occurred” in Edwards’s newsletters attacking President Biden and his son, Hunter.
• Sober social bar hosts Buzz Bash for Recovery April 24, 2024
  The Buzz WNC and Hope Coalition will host Buzz Bash for Recovery, a dynamic concert event benefiting the mission to prevent substance misuse and provide essential recovery resources, on Saturday, April 27, at The Buzz, 225 S. Grove St.
• Friends of the Oklawaha Greenway celebrate new birding trail Saturday April 24, 2024
  The Friends of the Oklawaha Greenway will host a mini-class in techno-birding, a ribbon cutting ceremony and a bird walk in a celebration of the new Birding Trail on Earth Day Saturday, April 27.
• Maggie McCall joins Montreat's sporting clays team April 24, 2024
  Maggie McCall, a senior at Mountain Gems Academy in Hendersonville and the daughter of Rex and Danielle Stepp McCall, signed a letter of intent last week with Montreat College to shoot on the Cavalier Sporting Clays Team.
• Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning April 24, 2024
  Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning.