Rutherford County, NC, Western North Carolina, News,arrests, RC Catalyst, Judicial District 29A
May 28, 2020 On Tuesday May 26 Foothills Health District (FHD) had their board meeting in the Rutherford County Annex Building. It was streamed live from the Rutherford County Commissioner’s chamber. Foothills Health District is the organization in charge of the McDowell…Read More »
By Forest Health Along with donning face masks, some North Carolinians may also be wearing earplugs! After nearly two decades underground, a wave of periodical cicadas is beginning to emerge this month and they will be a noisy bunch! Last spotted in 2003,…Read More »
Press Release: May 27, 2020 “On Friday, May 29th, Foothills Health District will conduct a drive thru COVID-19 testing site. Testing is from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm or until all available tests run out. Additional testing dates will be publicized at…Read More »
5-27-2020 On May 19th heavy rains caused a partial road collapse on U.S. 64/74A around 7 miles east from Lake Lure after a culvert failed. The area is located at the intersection of Rock Branch Road and 64/74A aprox. 1/2 mile…Read More »
The Forest City Police Department is seeking information as to the identity of a suspect who conducted a ‘Short Change’ scam at Wal-Mart on May 18, 2020 just before 4:00 p.m. The suspect conducted a transaction, then repeatedly asked for change. He…Read More »
G Voran Littlejohn, age 62, was last seen on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 in Rutherford County on Coopers Gap Road. Littlejohn is an African-American male with brown eyes and salt and pepper colored hair. He is 6’3” tall and weighs approximately 240…Read More »
Spindale Police: Officers with Spindale Police Department and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation are investigating a deadly shooting that happened at the Town and Country Inn Suites in Spindale. The shooting happened on 5/26/2020 around 7:30 pm on Reservation Dr.…Read More »
HIGHLANDS, N.C. — Volunteers have completed a roughly two-mile trail through a dense web of old-growth forests on land that was once slated to become a subdivision in the Highlands area. Kyle Pursel, stewardship coordinators with the Highlands Cashiers Land Trust, the…Read More »
By Allison Winter, NC Policy Watch WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats and the Trump administration are in an intensifying dispute over workplace safety as businesses begin to re-open in North Carolina and across the country. Democrats and labor groups have pushed the…Read More »
