Rutherford County News

The N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation has begun the process of creating a master plan for Chimney Rock State Park.

Some workers at a plan tin Rutherford County may be out of work for a while. Thursday, July 2, 2009 A fire that started Wednesday afternoon at the Carpenter Design plant in Rutherfordton off of Highway 74 injured a worker and a firefighter battling the blaze.

More than a $1 million has been awarded to Cleveland County municipalities through the Rural Economic Development Center, Inc.

The secretary at a Rutherford County business confirmed Wednesday afternoon that a plant at the business was burning.

Brian Randolph Wood Jr., 27, of 283 Vannoy Lane, Boone, was served with a warrant on a charge of harassing phone calls.

McDowell County saw an increase in unemployment claims for the month of May, giving the community the second-highest unemployment in the state.

Last fall, as Americans watched anxiously as the stock market collapsed, book editor and writer Christina Davidson decided to find hope in the unlikeliest of places.

The Burke County Board of Education will discuss administrators' contracts, budget issues and a proposed public-comments policy during a special called meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Staff Development Center, 509 W. Concord.

The Department of Veterans Affairs will open a new community-based outpatient clinic in Rutherford County.

SPARTANBURG SC 200 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHELBY... EASTERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 245 PM EDT * AT 158 PM EDT...NATIONAL ...

Consumer and environmental advocates have reached a settlement with Duke Energy Carolinas on its Save-A-Watt program.

Collecting photographs of veterans and currently enlisted military men and women until June 15.

A doctor and North Carolina legislator as well as four others have been honored for saving the life of a lawmaker who went into cardiac arrest in her office.

At the Glamour photo shoot, Leslie Akins hammed it up with Herve, the French hairdresser, and Jody, the Australian makeup artist.

On June 2, Federal District Court Judge Lacey Thornburg will once again take up the case of Southern Alliance for Clean Energy et.

The N.C. Highway Patrol is investigating an accident on Interstate 26 in Polk County this morning, but it's not holding up traffic, dispatchers say.

A strong thunderstorm will affect southeastern Buncombe County, northeastern Henderson County, west-central McDowell County and west-central Rutherford County through 5 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

Published: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 1, 2009 at 8:40 p.m. A man charged with murdering 83-year-old Paul Chanin and three men charged with murdering Oscar Corn were indicted by a Henderson County grand jury Monday.

Cities like Charlotte, Austin and Denver have something Nashville and Rutherford County don't: regional mass transit.

Moore County followed the state trend when it came to unemployment figures for the month of April released today by the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina.