Low chatter rumbled through the halls as a crowd of students surrounded the entrance to the classroom of Spanish teacher Melissa Hannah. It was a Tuesday morning, and the collective feeling of dread caused...

In any other biology class at West Henderson High School, the only living creatures you’ll see are in the textbooks. That isn’t the case in Tiffany Owens’ class. Her classroom is home to not only...

Women’s Tennis   Date Opponent Location Score Aug 15 North Buncombe Away 2-7 L Aug 16 Hendersonville Home Aug 17 East Henderson Home Aug 22 TC Roberson Home 0-9 L Aug 23 Erwin Away 8-1...

Senior Katie Kennedy was leaving a winter track meet in January when her friend, senior Haley Staton, texted her that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill acceptance emails had been sent. Kennedy...

Kevin Thomas Down 21-0 to Franklin at halftime on his senior night in 2010, former Falcon running back Kevin Thomas was determined to bring his team back. At halftime Coach Paul Whitaker provided both...

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English teacher Teresa Davis passed back graded papers to her junior English students.  She noticed an odd fruity scent wafting through her classroom, but she didn’t think much of it. A student sat...

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Freshman Dalton Cole saw a sea of faces surrounding him. His earth and environmental science class was so large that there was not a desk left for him to sit in. Instead, he had to sit at one of the lab...

  Students and community members attending concerts and shows in the West auditorium will be “sitting pretty” this fall after construction workers recently completed the installation of new theater-style...

A third-grade Emily Treadway stood in her driveway, the mix of gravel and asphalt crunching beneath her feet. Her mother stood next to her staring at the red and blue flashing lights of the ambulance as...