Rutherford County News

Emily Walker will be spending her first Mother's Day weekend spreading the joy of spring, wildflowers and the special perks of motherhood.

A state lawmaker is calling for changes in the way North Carolina's Ethics Commission is operating.

HomeTrust BankShares has agreed to acquire a South Carolina community bank in its first merger after becoming a publicly traded company last summer.

The upper level low responsible for keeping clouds and chilly temperatures in the forecast is approaching.

This April 20, 2013, photo shows, Italian mutt bees housed by Beekeeper Jackson Corbin, a local beekeeper and member of the Rutherford County Beekeepers Association, at Earthperks Farm in Rutherfordton, N.C. Corbin has been beekeeping for more than 10 years.

Clean energy opponents turned to dirty tactics this week at the North Carolina legislature to advance a bill repealing the state's groundbreaking renewable power program.

Lawmakers on Wednesday could once again attempt to end a state renewables policy whose proponents say has elevated North Carolina to the nation's fifth-largest developer of solar farms.

Tonya Burnette, elections director for Granville County, was elected second vice president of the N.C. Association of Directors of Elections at the organization's conference in early April.

Her latest film, "Misguided Trust" will be shot in the Broad River area near Boiling Springs, in rural locations around Cleveland County and areas in Rutherford County.

Republican Party leaders from throughout North Carolina's 10th Congressional District gathered over the weekend in Lincolnton for the group's executive committee convention.

Her latest film, "Misguided Trust" will be shot in the Broad River area near Boiling Springs, in rural locations around Cleveland County and areas in Rutherford County.