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County under thunderstorm, flood watches
Tue, 15 May 2012 12:45:03 -0700
A band of low pressure in Western North Carolina could cause severe weather tonight. Cleveland County is under a severe thunderstorm watch Tuesday until 10 p.m. The National Weather Service issued the watch for half of North Carolina's counties,...
McCrory, Dalton win; will face off in November
Tue, 08 May 2012 16:22:27 -0700
Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory will face Rutherford County's Walter Dalton in North Carolin
High school spring sports roundup
Thu, 17 May 2012 20:45:46 -0700
By Langston Wertz Jr.
Rutherford County Teen Indicted For Killing His Father
Wed, 02 May 2012 18:34:58 -0700
Rutherford County Teen Indicted For Killing His Father
East-West all-star rosters set in basketball & football
Thu, 17 May 2012 20:47:56 -0700
GREENSBORO,NC (WWAY) - Our region will be represented on July 16 in Greensboro. We've posted the rosters for the East-West All-Star boys basketball game below. We'll post the girls rosters as soon as they become available. Basketball: East Alex Bradley Pine Forest Elon Edwards Rose Terrill Hilliard Rocky Mount Denzel Ingram Chapel Hill DJ Mason West Bladen Josh Mellette Southern Lee Shi’Chee ...
Facebook data center marks Forest City opening
Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:54:01 -0700
FOREST CITY, N.C. (AP) — Facebook is updating the status of its data center in Rutherford County. Officials from the social networking website joined lawmakers and other North Carolina officials Thursday in the grand opening of its Forest City data center.
Nearly 20,000 Reports of Abuse, Neglect of Elderly and Disabled in 2011
Sat, 12 May 2012 12:57:49 -0700
There were nearly 20,000 reports of abuse, neglect or exploitation of elderly citizens and younger adults with disabilities made to North Carolina's county departments of social services in 2011
County residents meet governor hopeful Bob Etheridge
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:08:10 -0700
SHELBY — Robert Clary got a few minutes of face time Friday with the man he hopes will be North Carolina’s next governor. The Boiling Springs resident spoke to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bob Etheridge during an afternoon campaign stop at...
Facebook completes first data center in Forest City
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:22:10 -0700
The social networking company has a second data center now under construction at the Rutherford County site 75 miles west of Charlotte.
Obama lost 1 in 5 votes to "no preference;" Romney faces challenges, too
Sun, 13 May 2012 21:18:13 -0700
North Carolina voters, six months away from the presidential election Nov. 6, will be bombarded by campaigns touting the strengths of Democratic President Barack Obama and his likely Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, as the candidates vie for support in this every-vote-counts state.