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NC Lt. Gov. Dalton will run for governor
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:51:00 -0800
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, of Rutherford County, is all in for succeeding fellow Democrat and Gov. Beverly Perdue.
Tornado, storms injure 15, destroy homes in North Carolina
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:57:51 -0800
Dozens of western North Carolina homes were damaged, including 16 destroyed, in a tornado and storms that also injured 15 persons, authorities said Thursday. In Rutherford County, a tornado Wednesday left 10 persons injured and a dozen homes damaged, ...
Severe weather leaves 5 injured in North Carolina
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:57:13 -0800
Authorities assessed the damage in North Carolina on Thursday after severe weather raked the area, injuring a number of people.
Storms injure 15 in western North Carolina
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:57:40 -0800
At least 15 people were injured and at least 60 buildings damaged when a possible tornado struck in western North Carolina, the National Weather Service said Thursday.The storms struck in Rutherford and ...
Was North Carolina hit by rare winter tornado?
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:01:47 -0800
Sixty buildings were damaged in North Carolina and at least 15 people were injured in what the National Weather Service suggests was a tornado. Investigators are surveying the area to confirm if it was a rare, winter tornado.
Possible tornado injures 10 in North Carolina
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:54:43 -0800
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - A possible mid-winter tornado has struck a small western North Carolina community, injuring 10 people, two seriously, authorities said on Thursday. The violent storm hit Ellenboro, in Rutherford County, about 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday and the destruction extended over a three-mile area, said Tommy Blanton with the county's emergency management office. Crews were ...
15 injured in storms in 2 North Carolina counties
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:27:36 -0800
At least 15 people have been hurt in an apparent tornado that struck two counties in western North Carolina.
Tornado hit 2 North Carolina counties
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:46:35 -0800
There was a tornado in the storm system that swept through parts of western North Carolina late Wednesday, damaging dozens of buildings and injuring nearly 20 people, weather officials confirmed Thursday.
With Perdue out, Dalton to run for governor
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:32:12 -0800
Dalton is a former Rutherford County senator elected in 2008 to the No. 2 position in the executive branch.
3 injured after possible tornado rips through North Carolina
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:44:28 -0800
National Weather Service officials say an apparent tornado ripped through two counties in western North Carolina, injuring at least three people while damaging dozens of buildings and a mobile home park.