Rutherford County, NC, Western North Carolina, News,arrests, RC Catalyst, Judicial District 29A
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2022 – 00:00 The State Board of Elections on Wednesday, November 9, will randomly select precincts, early voting sites, and absentee-by-mail ballots to be counted by hand as part of a statutorily required post-election audit. RALEIGH, NC The State…Read More »
**OPINION** 11/02/22 Our Sheriff’s race has been quite a roller coaster ride this year. First we had candidate Tony Roberson (former Polk County deputy) throwing his hat in the ring two years ago as a Republican candidate, we also knew that…Read More »
**Opinion** 10-23-22 On May 17, 2022 this county along with McDowell County essentially voted to re-elect Ted Bell for DA for four more years. This was in spite of all the things he has and has not done during his tenure. D.A.…Read More »
**Opinion** UPDATE: 10-13-22 I still have not heard back from Polk County Sheriff’s office concerning the training and certifications request but did receive an email from Isothermal Community College confirming that Tony Roberson DID complete and pass his BLET on 10-09-1996…Read More »
10-03-22 On Oct 1st I published an article about the three candidates for Sheriff in Rutherford County using data received from public records requests. In that article I stated for anyone who has questions to contact the candidate. It appears that some…Read More »
9/30/22 This November Rutherford County will have the opportunity to vote in a new Sheriff. Our current Sheriff Chris Francis after multiple incidences with the office decided not to run again. Sheriff Francis has been in office for twelve (12) years…Read More »
By Jon King NC Policy Watch August 23, 2022 In Courts & the Law, News Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Photo: Michigan Advance Two men whose first trial on charges of planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 ended in a mistrial, have been…Read More »
Raleigh, NC Aug 15, 2022 The State Board of Elections invites public comment on proposed campaign finance rules addressing processes for North Carolina political committees or referendum committees that fail to file a campaign finance disclosure report by the statutory deadline. 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 »
August 10, 2022 Here in Rutherford and McDowell County we don’t have a choice for District Attorney in November. That decision was made by 13% of voters back in May in the Republican primary. Ted Bell who has altered body cam…Read More »