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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 »
The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing juvenile: GRACIE ELAINE MULL. Gracie is a 17-year-old female that has blue eyes and brown/strawberry blonde hair. Gracie is 5’4″ tall and weighs 103 pounds. She was last…Read More »
Investigators with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office have charged two people in connection to an overdose death in Rutherford County. On March 21st 2022, Deputies were called to a residence in Ellenboro for what appeared to be an overdose death. Amanda Lee…Read More »
On Thursday, October 13, 2022, a Forest City man, Akeil Kelis Omar Franklin, who was charged with shooting Senior Police Officer Hill and firing upon two other Forest City Police Officers in August of 2021, had a hearing in Rutherford County Superior…Read More »
Detective Richard Pittman with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged 32-year-old Jessica Annette Barnes of Old Fort with Statutory Sex Offense with a Child Less Than 15 Years of Age and Indecent Liberties with a Child. A Magistrate issued Branes a $300,000…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 »
RALEIGH Sep 28, 2022 Patriot militiamen encamped in Polk County changed the course of the Revolutionary War and their actions will be recognized with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker. The marker recognizing the Overmountain Men will be dedicated at NC 108…Read More »
An exhibit examining the myths and misconceptions behind the mountain “hillbilly” stereotype will open Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Mountain Gateway Museum & Heritage Center (MGM) in Old Fort. “Hillbillyland: Myth & Reality of Appalachian Culture,” will run through May 7, 2023,…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 »