The Lightning

• 'Not a math person' in elementary school, she's county's Outstanding Mathematics Teacher October 21, 2024
  Erin McMunigle, who was branded as "not a math person" in elementary school, has been honored as the Henderson County Public Schools Outstanding Mathematics Teacher of the Year.
• Edwards defends FEMA response after 'rocky start' October 21, 2024
  U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards is defending FEMA's Hurricane Helene response, saying that after a "rocky start" FEMA aid specialists "are showing up for the people of Western North Carolina."
• School Board candidates tackle pre-K, book bans, teacher pay October 20, 2024
  Republican and Democratic candidates for School Board on Sunday agreed that all children need preschool education and school system employees need to be paid more.
• Counties 'WANT, no NEED' fall tourists, congressman declares October 20, 2024
  Many have wondered whether the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene means that North Carolina mountain counties are able to handle the flock of fall visitors who ordinarily account for an economic boom.
• VOTER GUIDE: Henderson County School Board October 20, 2024
  Candidates for Henderson County School Board are Republicans Robert Bridges, Beth Campbell, Amy Lynn Holt and Kathy G. Revis and Democrats Lesley Carey, Mary Ellen Kustin, Rhonda Mountain and Josh Williams.
• VOTER GUIDE: NC House District 113 October 20, 2024
  Running for state House District 113 are Democrat Michelle Antalec and Republican Jake Johnson, a three-term incumbent.