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LENOIR, N.C. (AP) — A humanitarian group is building a 30-bed field hospital to help...

Meth Trafficking Among Charges Filed Against Hickory Man Calvin Steven Parker Meth Trafficking Among Charges Filed Against Hickory Man December 31, 2020 40-year-old Calvin Steven Parker of Berry Road in Hickory was arrested by Burke County Sheriff’s Officers. He’s charged with felony counts of trafficking in methamphetamine and maintaining a vehicle, dwelling, or place for controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. According to information released today (Decemb...

COVID-19 Field Hospital To Be Constructed At Caldwell UNC Healthcare In Lenoir COVID-19 Field Hospital To Be Constructed At Caldwell UNC Healthcare In Lenoir December 31, 2020 Samaritan’s Purse will begin the construction of a 30-bed, emergency field hospital on the grounds of Caldwell UNC Health Care in Lenoir, Friday (January 1). The unit will provide regional COVID-19 care support, assisting five health systems in western North Carolina. Those systems are Caldwell UNC Health Care, Appalach...

    MCDOWELL COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Authorities have released the names of five individuals they say face charges in a McDowell County home invasion that took place in November. According to the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office, the following individuals have been charged with assault on a female, first-degree burglary, robbery with a dangerous weapon, first-degree kidnapping and assault inflicting serious bodily injury: Joseph Farrakhan Hardy, 21, Marion Jesus Gomez, 19, Morg...

BLOWING ROCK — We are approaching the end of an unusual football season, so why not reflect for a while on the life of an unusual man not just in college football, but all of college athletics? It is one of those inspiring stories of accomplishment that you hope can rub off on you, even if just a little bit. A lot of people have met him, but only a relative few know his story. How did a newly turned octogenarian who grew up in Morganton end up with Blowing Rock as a permanent residence? We...

Morgan Machray McKie and Jacob Andrew Keicher Thwing wed October 10, 2020. Pastor Terry Price of Gatlinburg officiated the ceremony on the patio of The Barn at Chestnut Springs in Sevierville. The bride is the daughter of Michael & Kimberly McKie of Greeneville. She is the granddaughter of Geraldyn Dobbins McKie of Greeneville and the late Robert Haig McKie of Kew Gardens, New York; Jo Ann M. Anthony and Jim Harris of Brevard, North Carolina; and the late Allard W. Anthony. The groom is the son...

Library Matters Dec 20, 2020 Most Wanted List Those who have a new or gently used copy of any of the Top 10 Titles and would like to donate it to the library, it would be most appreciated. To date, the library has received 902 of the “most wanted” books. Current BCPL Top 10 Holds 1. “Too Much and Never Enough” by Mary Trump – 12 requests* 2. “A Christmas Message” by Debbie Macomber – 11 requests* 3. “The Return” by Nicholas Sparks â...

BY SHARON MCBRAYER Staff Writer Burke County added another 114 cases of COVID-19 over a two-day period, and the state reported its highest one-day number of cases at more than 8,000. The Burke County Health Department reported 5,456 on Saturday and 5,386 cases of the virus on Friday, up from 5,342 cases on Thursday. The Burke County COVID-19 dashboard, which lags behind the health department’s daily briefing, showed 1,159 active cases of the virus in the county on Friday. It al...

BY SHARON MCBRAYER Staff Writer Burke County added another 44 cases of COVID-19 on Friday, and the state reported its highest one-day number of cases at more than 8,000. The Burke County Health Department reported 5,386 cases of the virus, up from 5,342 cases on Thursday. The Burke County COVID-19 dashboard, which lags behind the health department’s daily briefing, showed 1,159 active cases of the virus in the county on Friday. It also showed 23 Burke County residents currently...

Share: MORGANTON, N.C., Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Nicholas Barker, a passionate writer with deep roots in the folklore of North Carolinas Blue Ridge Mountains, has published his new book "Inhumanity": a spellbinding novel that draws heavily on his knowledge of the supernatural and mythology and brings new worlds to life for the avid fantasy reader. Enter a hidden world of darkness with Benjamin Price! A lone banker cannot fight back the darkness in his familys past. Set in the ninetee...