Pete Zamplas
New, Larger, Healthier Main Fire Station Nearly Built
Hendersonville’s new main fire station is nearing completion in coming weeks, and will open as early as next month.
Four More HCEF Education Hall of Famers Inducted
Gary Mitchell Rivers, Robert Dean Jones, Cynthia K. Ellis, and Hilda W. Hamilton are the newest Henderson County Education Hall of Fame inductees.
Shawshank Redemption is Very Redeeming at FR Playhouse
Faster than you can clearly enunciate “Shawshank Redemption,” the stage version of the hit film takes you into a chilling world of torturous incarceration.
Local Stars Earn WNC Sports Awards
Several Buncombe and Henderson county teams and athletes received awards for their achievements from spring 2023 through winter 2023-24.
West Tennis is a Gallant Galactic Gallian Battalion
The Falcon boys’ tennis team won three rounds this spring to help fuel West Henderson’s encore to one of its greatest all-around athletic seasons ever.
Hurdlers Hall and Woodyard, Shot Putter Cannon Win Gold
Several locals shined in the recent state outdoor track meet, especially at the 3A level where several stars won their events.
Rams Achieve a Rare Repeat as 4A Baseball State Champions
T.C. Roberson Rams swept Wilmington Ashley in two games last weekend, becoming merely the third NCHSAA school ever and first in 20 years to repeat as state champions.
Roberson Defends its State Baseball Crown This Week
T.C. Roberson swept Catholic Central in two games last week to win the West Region and advance to 4A baseball finals, looking to repeat as the state champions.
Lady Bearcats, ‘Foo Fighters’ Go Furthest in Soccer Playoffs
It was a rainy Waterloo-like exit for local girls soccer teams in round four on Thursday, May 23, as the last two teams playing concluded their playoff runs on slick wet fields.
Baseball Falcons Again Reach Round Three
West Henderson closed the Truitt Manuel era by both reaching at least the third round of 3A playoffs and winning more than 20 games for the third year in a row.