Opinion: Rutherford County schools are banning books. It's a slap in the face to freedom.
The Rutherford County school board voted to remove six books from its libraries. Book bans like these are an affront to free ...
North Carolina Lake Lure Dam Failure Update: People Must Leave Immediately
A North Carolina dam failure is imminent after water levels at the Broad River rose 10 feet in only a few hours from ...
See photos, videos of flooding and damage in Chimney Rock, Lake Lure, NC
Chimney Rock and Lake Lure in western North Carolina appears to have been devastated by flooding after Hurricane Helene swept ...
Rutherford school board pulls 'Beloved,' 5 other books from campuses
"Beloved" and five other books will be removed from Rutherford County Schools libraries, officials decided Thursday at a packed meeting.
‘There’s just nothing left.’ Helene wipes out Chimney Rock’s Main Street
Tracy Stevens had left her house in Chimney Rock Thursday night and gotten a room at the Lake Lure Inn, which had a generator ...
NC officials detect damage to Lake Lure dam after emergency evacuation of people nearby
The nearly 100-year-old dam suffered damage to its structural supports but was still holding Friday afternoon, officials said ...
‘Damage is unimaginable’ in Chimney Rock after images show half of village wiped out
Chimney Rock is along U.S. 64 hugging the Broad River in Rutherford County. Lake Lure is located just east of Chimney Rock also along U.S. 64. Photos from the village of Chimney Rock showed about half ...
2 arrested after Rutherford County Schools receive ‘more than a dozen threats’ in a two-week span
Deputies in Rutherford County announced Tuesday that two juveniles have been arrested in relation to threats that were made ...
Tree grafts to succeed 176-year-old sycamore at Rutherford Courthouse
One of Rutherford County's most keen silent observers, a 176-year-old dying tree, may be resurrected on the Courthouse square ...
Lake Lure Dam no longer at imminent risk of failure, officials say
The Lake Lure Dam is no longer at an imminent risk of failure, emergency management officials in Rutherford County posted on ...
Where to report missing loved ones, seek reunion in Western NC after Helene floods
Because cellphone service is down in WNC, getting in touch with family members is hard. Here are ways to try to get in touch ...
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Opinion: Rutherford County schools are banning books. It's a slap in the face to freedom.
The day after the Rutherford County Board of Education voted to remove ... The problem is that people’s views of what is objectionable can be different, and, regrettably, these requests to ...