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More Than 100 New Jobs To Be Created In Burke County More Than 100 New Jobs To Be Created In Burke County February 22, 2021 Governor Roy Cooper’s Office and the North Carolina Department of Commerce last week announced the award of a Building Reuse grant to support the growth of a Burke County manufacturer. J.E. Ekornes USA, Inc. received a $500,000 grant to support the expansion of its facility on Wamsutta Mill Road in Morganton. The expansion is projected to create 102 new jobs with 80 tied...

More Information Released On Arrests Of Three Suspects In Drug Trafficking Case L-R: Jermaine Douglas Grandy, Khyran Rasaan, Littlejohn, Nevaeh Douglas Grandy More Information Released On Arrests Of Three Suspects In Drug Trafficking Case February 16, 2021 39-year-old Jermaine Douglas Grandy, 25-year-old Khyran Rasaan Littlejohn, and 18-year-old Nevaeh Douglas Grandy were all arrested Sunday (February 14) by Caldwell County Sheriff’s Officers. Jermaine and Nevaeh Grandy are father and son and...

Morganton-based brewery goes coastal with acquisition of Wilmington business Charlotte Business Journal Replay Video Catawba Brewing Co. is expanding its footprint to the North Carolina coast by way of acquisition. The Morganton-based brewery — which also operates a location in Charlotte — closed its purchase of Skytown Beer Co. on Wednesday.

WCCB Charlottes CW February 11, 2021 MORGANTON, N.C. — Officials with family-owned Catawba Valley Brewing Company say they are expanding their services to North Carolina’s coast by opening their newest location at the beach in Wilmington. Catawba Valley Brewing Company purchased Wilmington, N.C.’s Skytown Beer Company location after having conservations with restaurant owners Hayley and Stephen from Beer Barrio. “We’ve been actively evaluating locations for some time and have come to ...

Catawba Brewing Co.’s Peanut Butter and Jelly Time is one of its most popular releases of the year, and will be celebrated in time for its grand opening celebration in Wilmington on April 2. However, the brewery will open to the public at the end of this month in the old Skytown Brewing space. (Port City Daily/Courtesy of Catawba Brewing Co.) WILMINGTON — Catawba Brewing Co. will become brewery number 19 to join the Port City’s craft beer scene as it takes over Skytown Beer Company on New...

By Jessica Maurer, posted Feb 11, 2021 Catawba Brewing Co.’s newest facility is at 4712 New Centre Drive in Wilmington, formerly home to Skytown Beer Co. (Photo courtesy of Catawba Brewing) Catawba Valley Brewing Co., one of the Southeast’s oldest and largest family-owned craft brewers, has announced its expansion to North Carolina’s coast, having acquired Skytown Beer Co. at 4712 New Centre Drive in Wilmington. Family restaurateurs Hayley Jensen, Stephen Durley, Carol...

COVID-19 field hospital in Lenoir to close as cases, hospitalizations drop Dave Faherty Replay Video UP NEXT Cases and hospitalizations are improving so much that a field hospital in Lenoir is getting ready to close. Samaritan’s Purse opened the 30-bed field hospital outside of Caldwell Memorial because of high community spread, but the county health department said things are finally starting to turn around. Breaking Lenoir- Samaritan’s Purse is getting ready to take down ...

* Not his real name. James is among 120 Polk Correctional Institution offenders, ages 18 and older, who have enrolled during the past three years in either for-credit or noncredit courses in which philosophy faculty, graduate students and undergraduates correspond or teach. His behavior in prison caused his transfer to the Butner, North Carolina, facility’s most secure unit. Now, philosophy offers James a chance for reflection to counteract his limited social contact. Fulfilling the Universit...

Burke County Woman Among Three Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Case Chasty Elaine Hinson Stallings February 1, 2021 Late last week, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell handed down sentences ranging from 120 to 144 months in prison, to three individuals, including a Morganton woman, for their involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking ring. The announcement was made by Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The sentencing occurred last Thursday (January...

On Tuesday, January 26, 2021, Dr. William Robinson Bagby of Montezuma, NC passed from our mortal realm of natural causes. Bill “Doc” Bagby was born July 22, 1925, to James Willis Bagby and Lucile Shuford Bagby in Johnson City, TN. He and his twin brother, Robert Bagby, were the youngest of six children. Bill grew up in Johnson City in eastern Tennessee, and Avery County in western NC; mountain country that he loved fiercely his entire lifetime. Grandfather Mountain, NC, was his symbol...