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Lightning wins eight NCPA awards in Raleigh meet
The Hendersonville Lightning earned eight prizes at the North Carolina Press Association Winter Institute, including honors for murder coverage of Thomas Bryson, the Hendersonville High School story, prominent obituaries, editorials, and a family profile. Firsts went to columns on house trapping humor, beat news on VIPs, Bryson murder timeline, and the Kraus family profile. Cited judges praised narrative detail and reader impact.
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Lightning
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Hendersonville
North Carolina Press Association
Thomas Bryson
Hendersonville High School
Bill Humieker
Bill Moss
Frank Blazey
Green River
Theron Maybin
Dot Marlow
News Enterprise
Thomas A
Tommy” Bryson
Phillip Michael Stroupe II
Bryson
Moss
Kraus
Kathleen
Ken Kraus
HHS
Meredith
NCPA