Forest City News

The March issue of Southern Living magazine selected breakfast at Early Girl Eatery as one of the six best in the state, one of just two restaurants selected in Western North Carolina.

Zada Jane's Corner Cafe made Southern Living's list of "best breakfasts" in North Carolina.

As McDowell continues to cope with high jobless rates and folks struggling to get by, the new manager of the local ESC office hopes his staff can help these people find new opportunities.

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Send announcements to business@citizen-times.com . * John Miles , who holds the title Chief of What's Next at the Asheville firm Integritive , recently attended the four-day TEDActive conference in California, as a representative of TEDx Asheville .

A Marion attorney is making his political debut by running for District Court judge.

Two Rutherford County deputies are reportedly out of a job after they were charged with assault.

Police said that a man was found shot to death in the front yard of a home on Wednesday night.

Hometown: Forest City, N.C. It's a town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains .

The Farmer's Federation started as a Fairview cooperative in 1920, grew to involve the entire region's farmers, and then, in 1930, expanded to a religious mission.

Rutherford Hospital Inc. has affiliated its cancer program with Duke Medicine, widely recognized as one of the country's leading academic medical centers.

Leanne Ely started with a simple message and built an empire. Her message: Cook good food and eat it with your family.

A new commercial laundry facility planned for Forest City has received a large number of applications, but there are more opportunities for job hopefuls.

The Report Card issues grades A through F, and incompletes where necessary, to a variety of news items in this space.

A county that's seen the worst of the recession hopes to get a boost from a new textile company that will begin hiring for 55 positions this week.

David and Pam Bolton of Shelby and Richard and Trudy Holland of Cliffside, proudly announce the engagement of their children, Chrissy Michelle Bolton and Richard Wesley Holland.

Published: Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:10 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:10 p.m. Former Polk County Sheriff Chris Abril, who was arrested in October on a charge of DWI and has been charged with misdemeanor larceny, had his case continued Wednesday in Polk County District Court.

Two people were injured in a house fire in Rutherford County early Friday morning.

On the surface, it might have appeared nothing more than a dispute between a handful of business rivals, but 2009 will be remembered for the battle for the future of business in downtown Marion.

Spc. Seth Crowell, a nuclear, biological, chemical operations specialist assigned to Company A, Division Special Troops Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Multi-National Division Baghdad, has been recognized by members of his command for his ability to step outside the traditional role of an NBC specialist, and to adapt to the ever changing landscape ...