Rutherford County News

Published: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 1:47 p.m. To The Editor: Joseph English and John Lamb are two of the "little known" pioneers of present Transylvania County.

John Turner Camp took third place in the county-wide 2009 Farm-City Connection poster contest.

Asheville-based HomeTrust Bank announced Thursday it is adding a sixth partner to its statewide network of mutual savings banks.

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 10:18 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 10:18 a.m. The view from the top of Gray Rock is spectacular.

Industrial Federal Savings Bank will join the HomeTrust Banking Partnership, the 80-year-old Lexington home lender has announced.

You know times are getting tougher when people dedicated to donating to the Salvation Army now need its help.

One early Rutherford County resident was a hero at the battle of King's Mountain during the American Revolution.

With a possible patent in the works, a man with Cleveland and Rutherford county ties could have discovered a way to help thousands of people with limited use of their legs.

Tim Will and his wife Eleanor moved to rural North Carolina a few years hoping to pursue a decades-old dream to become organic farmers.

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 8:46 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 8:46 p.m. The ongoing credit crunch and resultant difficulty in getting loans was mentioned several times in a small business roundtable discussion held Monday at Davidson County Community College.

School choice advocates have brought a lawsuit in North Carolina seeking funding equity in public education.

State officials are seeking public comments on whether 22 communities in the Broad, Chowan, Pasquotank and Neuse river basins should be required to implement more stringent controls to prevent stormwater pollution.

Congratulations to Tim Will, 61, of Rutherfordton, N.C., a telecommunications executive who brought broadband to Rutherford County and created an online ordering system that enables local farmers to sell their produce directly to Charlotte restaurants.

Help farmers help themselves. Simple. Charged with growing entrepreneurs in rural Rutherford County, Tim Will surveyed foothills numbed by 14 percent unemployment and illiteracy and limited by few high-speed links to the global marketplace.

This photo shows an earlier demosntration against a coal-fired energy unit being built in Rutherford County.

New home starts were down substantially in Western North Carolina during the third quarter, but the head of the company that compiles the data said he sees signs of a turnaround.

The N.C. Division of Air Quality plans to issue a public notice today on the renewal of the air quality permit for the Duke Cliffside plant in Rutherford County.

McDowell County officials said they would work with the U.S. Census Bureau to make sure everyone gets counted.

Next week, an inspirational rally "for ladies of all ages" will be held at East McDowell Junior High School.

Published: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 9:40 a.m. PATRICK SULLIVAN/TIMES-NEWS 29-September-2009 Two Henderson County businesses were awarded the Outstanding Small Business Success honor during a luncheon Tuesday.