Rutherford County, NC, Western North Carolina, News,arrests, RC Catalyst, Judicial District 29A
RUTHERFORDTON – The Rutherfordton Town Council approved a new social district, “The Mint District” for the downtown area at its May meeting. At a recent hearing on the creation of the Mint District, local leaders and merchants spoke in support stating that…Read More »
FreightWorks Transportation & Logistics (FreightWorks), an asset-based truckload carrier, is a small family-owned business headed by President and CEO Joshua Farmer in Rutherford County, NC. While the company began with one used truck in 2012, FreightWorks had well over 100 trucks when they…Read More »
November 23, 2022 Rutherford Regional Health System (RRHS), a Duke LifePoint hospital, has named Tory Shepherd its chief executive officer (CEO). Shepherd has served as interim CEO at RRHS since September. She will begin her tenure as CEO immediately. “We are excited…Read More »
Raleigh Governor Roy Cooper says more people rode the N.C. Department of Transportation’s intercity passenger rail service in September than any previous month in the 32-year history of the NC By Train service. The Carolinian and Piedmont trains handled 48,488 passengers last…Read More »
Raleigh Oct 17, 2022 More than $30.1 million from the N.C. Volkswagen Settlement Program will be distributed by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to fund 161 new school buses across the state, with the majority of the funding going toward…Read More »
$13.5 Million Buildout Would Connect Nearly 3,000 Homes and Small Businesses to Gigabit Broadband with Starting Speeds of 300 Mbps ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Spectrum today announced it has been awarded a North Carolina Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Program grant…Read More »
MORGANTON, N.C. — On August 18, 2022, Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina received its national accreditation renewal from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission for the third consecutive term since the organization was first accredited in 2010. Thanks to this renewal, Foothills Conservancy…Read More »
SPINDALE – Tabitha Lucas, a student in advanced manufacturing at Isothermal Community College, became the college’s first registered manufacturing apprentice this week. She will go to work and continue her studies at Sonoco, a plastics injection molding operation in Forest City. The…Read More »
Candidates Financial Reports Total Spent Second Quarter Total Spent this Campaign Sherriff Chris Francis, Incumbent (R) 7,103.19 (mostly refunds to supporters) 12,764.27 Steve Theodoropoulous (R) 2,760.60 24,253.72 Aaron Ellenburg (R) 5.570.00 28,997.69 Jason…Read More »
NVR, Inc. to add 261 new jobs across the state Raleigh NVR, Inc. [NYSE: NVR], a leading homebuilder, will create 261 new jobs in an expansion involving Cleveland and Cumberland counties, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will invest more than…Read More »