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New Names Added To Burke Most Wanted List L-R: Jesse James Goin, William Shane Patton, Gregory Lee Barus Courtesy of Burke County Sheriffs Office New Names Added To Burke Most Wanted List January 26, 2021 New names have been added to the Burke County most wanted list. All of the new names were added this past Friday (January 22). 41-year-old Jesse James Goin is wanted for felony interfering with an electronic monitoring device and failure to report a new address as a sex offender. Goin is o...

1 arrested, 1 still being sought after equipment theft worth $30K from rescue squad 1 arrested, 1 still being sought after equipment theft worth $30K from rescue squad By Steve Ohnesorge | January 21, 2021 at 5:59 PM EST - Updated January 21 at 7:32 PM MORGANTON, N.C. (WBTV) - Morganton Public Safety officers have charged a man with felony larceny after more than $30,000 worth of equipment was stolen from the Burke County Search & Rescue Team last Friday night. Christopher Otstott was arre...

Part of our community is about to get cleaner thanks to a new group being formed.

RALEIGH — As vaccinations begin to make an impact in Avery County through local health department rollout, statistics for COVID-19 on the local and state levels continue to concern health

Vote-by-mail turnout for August primary higher than in previous elections Cady Casellas sent her primary ballot through the mail two weeks early, because she was not sure it would arrive in time to be counted by 7 p.m. on Aug. 18. The 22-year-old UF telecommunication alumna voted by mail for the very first time in the Aug. 18 primary. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grip the U.S. as it has since March, tens of thousands of other voters in Alachua County followed suit.  More people voted ...

Woman serves as shining example in recovery     Morganton, NC (News Herald) — Looking back on the turmoil of her life just two years ago, Morganton native Chelsee McConnell said it’s sometimes hard to believe how far she has come. On Dec. 20, 2018, McConnell had flipped her car on Kirksey Drive near River Trail. She was charged with a DWI and misdemeanor resist, delay or obstructing a police officer. Only a month before, a Morganton Department of Public Safety officer administered a do...

Reply After 10 months of the pandemic, "this is the most worried that Ive been for our state," DHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen said Friday. (Shutterstock) NORTH CAROLINA — A highly contagious variant of COVID-19 is likely already circulating in North Carolina, the states top public health official said Friday. The variant, which is no more dangerous than the original virus but is much more easily transmitted from person to person, was first found in the United States Tuesday in Colorado. Officials...

Here’s where we’re seeing snowfall across the WBTV viewing area Wintry mix expected around uptown By WBTV Web Staff | January 8, 2021 at 5:44 AM EST - Updated January 8 at 11:15 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A winter storm is moving through the WBTV viewing area. Schools have changed learning plans and businesses have closed as areas see snowfall and wintry weather. Friday 7 p.m. Snow will taper off early tonight, with overnight low temperatures cooling into the 20s by Saturday mor...

DIRECTORY: Public health department contact information in the Carolinas. WCNC Charlotte has compiled a list of county-by-county COVID-19 vaccine clinics. The following includes the contact information for each county. Author: James Brierton (WCNC), Meilin Tompkins Published: 5:18 PM EST January 4, 2021 Updated: 4:46 PM EST March 11, 2021 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — WCNC Charlotte has compiled a list of county-by-county COVID-19 vaccine clinics. The follo...

LENOIR, N.C. (WTVD) -- As North Carolina reported a record number of hospitalizations 23 times in December for COVID-19 cases, the humanitarian group, Samaritans Purse is doing its first good deed of the year by setting up an Emergency Field Hospital in the western part of the state. The international headquarters of Samaritans Purse, led by Reverend Franklin Graham, is located in Boone, N.C. The group is constructing a 30-bed field hospital for COVID-19 patients in Lenoir, North Carolina in a ...