Tryon News

A national traveling exhibit on Abraham Lincoln opens an eight-week stay in New Bern on Sunday.

Published: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 8:54 p.m. This holiday season, Operation Toasty Toes and the Henderson County Heritage Museum are honoring the men and women from Henderson County who have served their country since Sept.

Asheville-based HomeTrust Bank announced Thursday it is adding a sixth partner to its statewide network of mutual savings banks.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 6:39 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 6:39 p.m. Industrial Federal Savings Bank President and CEO Sid Biesecker said Tuesday a partnership with five other mutual savings banks in the state will help the 80-year-old Lexington financial institution stay independent and provide more services.

A graduate of Asheville High and Western Carolina University, she has been with the bank for three years and serves as manager of the Reynolds office and as a commercial lending officer.

Historical characters - some specific and some generalized - are beginning to appear around New Bern as part of a public art project aimed toward the city's 300th anniversary in 2010.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 6:56 p.m. Apple Valley Middle School will hold a fall workday on Saturday.

Sandy Cline was recently selected from more than 5,000 employees in six states as a 2009 ACTS Retirement-Life Communities President's Award winner.

Fred Baisden squeaked to a two-vote victory in the Saluda mayoral race Tuesday night, edging John Morgan 104-102, on a night in which voters turned out incumbent mayors of Saluda and Columbus.

The Tryon Palace Board of Commissioners and invited visitors were able to take a look Thursday at the North Carolina History Education Center downtown.

From O . Henry to Lilian Jackson Braun, North Carolina has nurtured some of the world's best-known mystery writers.

Kendal and her horse, Sazerac, won 1st place at Fence in Tryon, N.C. on Aug. 29. They also won 1st place at Stoneridge in Liberty on Sept.

Published: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 5:46 p.m. Mills River Agricultural Advisory Committee meets at 9 a.m. today in the Mills River Town Hall.

Published: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 8:16 p.m. To help people get out to enjoy this year's fall leaf show, the Friends of DuPont Forest is offering its popular Tour de Falls treks this weekend via shuttle bus.

Fall is in the air, and with it comes the annual Tryon Arts and Crafts Fall Festival on Saturday.

Polk County residents will see contested races for mayor in Saluda and Columbus this year.

The Flat Rock Playhouse has partnered with InspiredArts to stage its first Flat Rock Playhouse Craft Show, May 7-9. All interested artists are invited to submit an application to the juried show.

Former Polk County Sheriff Chris Abril was arrested late Tuesday night for driving while intoxicated after leaving a local bar, according to law enforcement.

What : Ache Around the Lake Run/Walk to benefit St. Luke's Hospital Foundation. When : 8 a.m. Saturday.

Hendersonville's Water and Sewer Department has experienced a water outage because of a water main break at the intersection of Howard Gap Road and Zeb Corn Road., located northeast of Hendersonville.