The Foothilly Daylily Club's inaugural event on Saturday near Green Hill was to educate the public about the world of daylilies, how to plant and grown them and gave visitors an opportunity to see some of the area's finest in daylilies.
Gov. Pat McCrory says he's unsure if he and legislative leaders can agree on a final North Carolina state government budget before the new fiscal year begins in about two weeks.
The North Carolina House has voted to repeal public financing for political parties through state tax returns.
A protest led by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP led to the arrests of more than 80 people Monday at the state legislature in the seventh installment of the civil rights group's near-weekly demonstrations.
Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Holshouser has died.
Your average Forest City Owl comes from a town far, far away from Rutherford County. They find a family willing to house them for two months and need directions for every food or Wal-Mart run. Not Lucas Owens.
Athletic director Bubba Cunningham saw North Carolina win a pair of NCAA championships this season and earn recognition as the nation's best women's athletic program. Now he's looking ahead to facility upgrades that could include changes to the home of the Tar Heels' men's basketball team.
Throughout the day I find myself frequenting the AP wire and various sports websites in search of the latest, most intriguing stories.
Most of the time I just find regurgitated stories tweaked a little to fit a certain team or sport, or another story about another player busted for drugs of some sort or even more ways to keep Tim Tebow in the news.
However, something caught my eye Friday evening. The headline of the story read “Lem Barney: No football in 20 years.”
What? No football?
Heading into Friday night’s match-up with the Columbia Blowfish, the Forest City Owls were riding a nine-game losing streak.
Through the first six games of the skid the Owls (2-9) offense was under scrutiny for scoring just seven combined runs on 28 hits in that stretch, but in the final three loses, the focus has swung to the pitching as the Owls have 16 runs on the board with 28 hits but have nothing to show for it.
All next week before the Forest City owls take the field for Coastal Plain League action, McNair Filed will be taken over by a younger generation of ball players.
More than 45 outdoor enthusiasts gathered Monday afternoon at the trail head of 2.5 miles of a new hiking area near Isothermal Community College.
There was plenty of childrens' rides and games to entertain the hundreds who flocked to the festival with parents and others and the 20th Annual Blue Ridge Barbecue Festival in Tryon.
Your average Forest City Owl comes from a town far, far away from Rutherford County. They find a family willing to house them for two months and need directions for every food or Wal-Mart run. Not Lucas Owens.
The Foothills Daylily Society will host a daylily exhibition on Saturday, June 15 at Gardenwoods Landscape Accessories, Woodcraft, and Gifts, located about half way between Rutherfordton and Lake Lure at 4250 US 64 -74 A Hwy.
Distinguished local artist, Roscoe Conn, Jr., will lead Rutherford County Arts Council and Rutherford County Schools summer art camp, “Visual Arts for the Theater.” The camp, which begins Monday, June 17 and ends Thursday, June 27,will focus on creating three dimensional masks and two dimensional scenes for use on stage in a production prepared by students in another camp focusing on drama.
A company that specializes in jet engines and aircraft system production plans to break ground this year on a parts factory near Asheville.
Chimney Rock State Park in North Carolina has won the platinum award for favorite state park in Blue Ridge Country’s 2013 Best of the Mountains poll.
North Carolina's attorney general says he'll challenge an electricity rate increase taking effect Saturday that will cost the average home an extra $88 a year.
A high back rocking chair similar to the one JFK had in the Oval office was a Father's Day gift my sisters and I gave our daddy a long time ago it seems.
Today is not a day for parades or other fanfare, but it is a special day nonetheless.
For those of us who worry about the vitality of free speech in the “land of the free,” the news this week isn’t good.
Political and government news from Rutherford County to Washington, D.C.
The chairman of North Carolina's Democratic Party and four current or former party leaders are resolving their dispute.
Gov. Pat McCrory says he's unsure if he and legislative leaders can agree on a final North Carolina state government budget before the new fiscal year begins in about two weeks.
The North Carolina House has voted to repeal public financing for political parties through state tax returns.
A protest led by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP led to the arrests of more than 80 people Monday at the state legislature in the seventh installment of the civil rights group's near-weekly demonstrations.
