Gathering early on a recent Saturday morning at Gold Hill Assembly building off Academy Street in Spindale, approximately 40 volunteers received directions to various homes across the county for the second annual Day of Caring.

Mrs. Dot DeBrule sat in a recliner in her room at Fair Haven Forest City and shared a few life stories.

A temporary bridge is under construction by the North Carolina Department of Transportation for access to Chimney Rock Park.

An Ohio woman with her sisters painted 10 tiles for the American Horizon mural that was unveiled nine days ago in Rutherfordton. The massive Mural Mosaic's Global Roots Project, "American Horizon," is hundreds of small tiles painted by artists across the country. There are 200 tiles painted by people across Rutherford County and placed in the mural. Each has a story.