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Kings Mountain Farmers’ Market opens April 25 with special grand event
Staff reports | Kings Mountain Hometown Farmers’ Market Kings Mountain – The Kings Mountain Hometown Farmers' Market will kick off the 2026 market season on Saturday, April 25 with a special Grand Opening event. The market will operate at 313 S. Battleground Avenue from 8 am until 12 noon every Saturday morning through September 26. The Grand Opening on April 25 will include an Earth Day celebration that will provide attractions and activities for market shoppers of all ages.

Staff Reports
Apr 7


County manager in hot seat after March 10th incident, county audit late
By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent The Cleveland County Administrative Building | Chuck Thompson An alleged botched protocol after a bomb threat and a late county audit put County Manager David Cotton in the hot seat last Tuesday evening. The March Cleveland County Commissioners’ meeting was going as expected until during the public comments section, Angelica Haslam spoke to the commissioners about the prank bomb threat made to the county administration building,
Chuck Thompson
Mar 23


Report: Tariffs are $695M risk to North Carolina farmers
By Alan Wooten | The Center Square North Carolina’s agriculture and agri-business economic impact is an estimated $111.1 billion annually. | The Shelby Independent file graphic (The Center Square) – Plausible reductions in agricultural exports because of retaliatory trade policies stemming from aggressive U.S. tariffs could cost North Carolina farmers $695 million, a new report says. Dr. Jeffrey Dorfman of N.C. State University, for the conservative-leaning John

Alan Wooten
Jan 15


Fair time brings fun times to Cleveland County
By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent 'the Beast' throws riders up in the air, hanging upside down over the weekend at The Cleveland...
Chuck Thompson
Sep 30, 2025


What’s all buzz at the Fair?
By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent Seen here, one of the display hives at the Fair, in the Dorton Exhibit Hall. Chuck Thompson...
Chuck Thompson
Sep 29, 2025


N.C.’s largest County Fair returns Sept. 25
SHELBY — Since 1924, the Cleveland County Fair has brought families together to celebrate agriculture, community and fun. With livestock...

Staff Reports
Sep 22, 2025


Crest FFA plows competition at state
Crest High School FFA Veterinary Science CDE Team earned recognition as first place team in the southwest region at the NC FFA State Competition this past Saturday at Lee County High School.

Staff Reports
Sep 17, 2025


Spotted Lanternfly creeping toward Western North Carolina
By Jamie Bookwalter | Extension Specialist, Mountain Conifer IPM Forestry & Environmental Resources NC State Extension, NC State...

Staff Reports
Sep 12, 2025


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Chuck Thompson
Aug 22, 2025


Commissioners vote for land conservancy assistance; residents talk property taxes
“We have a rich agriculture heritage and as Charlotte moves toward us, we become more urban and less farmland..."
Chuck Thompson
Aug 8, 2025
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