Rutherford County News

A state-run sex offender tracking program is intended to make the public feel safe by taking the most serious and dangerous sex offenders and making them wear electronic monitors.

In partnership with Warren Wilson College's Environmental Leadership Center, Xpress presents The Swannanoa Journal , short audio essays on regional environmental sustainability issues, written and recorded by WWC students.

Dumpsters with trash collected from spots around campus were hauled to the quad so students could pick through the waste as a way to demonstrate how much recyclable material was headed for the landfill.

Angie McCraw looks through piles of debris where a home once stood on Piney Mountain Road in Ellenboro.

Authorities are searching for a 61-year-old Rutherford County man who was reported missing and is listed as endangered.

Police in Forest City make an arrest in an early morning break-in. At 1:45 am Monday morning were called to the Puff-N-Stuff at 735 South Broadway Street in reference to a burglar alarm at the business.

Awarded to Western North Carolina agencies, 1995-2011: Asheville Police Department: $4.1 million Buncombe County Sheriff's Department: $1.2 million Rutherford County Sheriff's Department: $990,627 Henderson County Sheriff's Department: $982,503 Yancey County Sheriff's Department: $665,318 Transylvania County Sheriff's Department: $589,935 Haywood ... (more)

A judge sent a Rutherford County defendant to prison for his role in robbing an elderly McDowell man two years ago.

The wild political landscape facing North Carolina voters in 2012 saw another seismic shift with Gov.

WRAL's Bruce Mildwurf will have a full report on the candidates and questions raised Saturday at the Democratic party's annual Sanford-Hunt-Frye Dinner.

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton is all in for succeeding fellow Democrat and Gov.

Keever formally announced her candidacy to represent North Carolina's 10th Congressional District.

Wes Westmoreland will be installed as Cleveland County's state senator in the same room where his great-great-grandfather governed as a member of the North Carolina Senate more than a century ago.

Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that financial assistance is available for survivors of the tornadoes that struck Burke and Rutherford counties last week.

A Rutherford County Sheriff's Department patrol sergeant is on administrative leave, following domestic violence allegedly aimed at his girlfriend.

Rutherfordton native Walter Dalton, currently the Democratic lieutenant governor of the state and former seven-term senator from nearby Rutherford County, racks up some heavy-hitting supporters and some serious speculation on his future.

The Owls Nest Sports Lounge in Forest City will host a free benefit concert today.

Additional financial assistance is available for homeowners whose residences were affected by a Jan.

A Rutherford County man credits his pet for saving his life, when his house goes up in flames.

Storms rolled across the state on Jan. 11 causing more than 15 injuries, destroyed 25 homes and damaged dozens of others in Burke and Rutherford counties.