Morganton, NC News

• Morganton, NC News
• Thousands support message of love not hate at Newton protest
• Burke families remember sacrifices
• Burke veteran reflects on end of WWII
• Loans help export state goods
• Oak Forest church was built in a day
• 30's theater
• Hildebran opens community park
• Hildebran opens community park
• Hildebran opens community park
• Hildebran opens community park
• Hildebran opens community park
• Hildebran opens community park
• Hildebran opens community park
• Hildebran opens community park
• Hildebran opens community park
• Hildebran opens community park
• Hildebran opens community park
• Exploring Joara Foundation breaks ground on museum
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Area coffee, tea shops find their niche
• Burke unemployment rate dips again
• KKK rally in Harmony, N.C. spurs counter-protests
• Sale of 'Hunger Games' filming site in the works
• Protest against pastor's anti-gay sermon will go on at Catawba Justice Center
• BREAKING NEWS: Protest against pastor's anti-gay sermon will go on at Catawba Justice Center
• Rutherford College holds annual budget workshop
• Burke commissioners review requests for funding
• Police Blotter
• Burke school board to make transition from paper to iPads
• Maiden church's sermon spurs possible IRS scrutiny over tax-exempt status
• Maiden church's sermon spurs possible IRS scrutiny over tax-exempt status
• DeFeet recognized for export efforts
• Police Blotter
• Cowboy plans to travel from coast to coast to raise awareness
• N.C. church supports pastor despite controversy over anti-gay sermon
• 58 graduate from Burke Middle College
• County, schools sit down for face-to-face discussion
• Brenda Banks appointed to Hildebran council
• Hildebran unveils new community park
• Section of Wards Gap Road to close for five months
• N.C. pastor: Lock up gays, let them die out
• Burke school, county boards to discuss budget
• McDowell sex offender faces another charge
• Granite Falls motorcyclist still hospitalized
• Pets receive blessing
• County offers discount rabies shots
• Lighting expenses, savings on school board's agenda
• Students lay first bricks at NCSD
• Mama cat adopts rabbits
• Middle school rallies
• Author chronicles life in Central Children's Home
• Helping Haiti
• Police Blotter
• Zahra park nearly done, ribbon cutting Saturday
• Motorcyclist airlifted from scene of accident
• Morganton man dies in California wreck
• Airlifted motorcyclist charged with DWI
• Police Blotter
• Event raises funds for Burke Literacy Council
• Competitors gear up for Soap Box Derby
• Five things to do this weekend
• Burke revaluation could result in tax hike
• Drexel manager Settlemyer heading to Black Mountain
• Purchase proves newspapers remain vital
• Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to buy News Herald, Media General newspapers
• Ruling means June trial in Perdue campaign probe
• Volunteers to take part in cleanup effort
• Pilot offers tour of 'Hunger Games' locations
• Motorcyclist airlifted from scene of accident
• Traffic stop leads to drug charges for Marion man
• Hudson woman faces drug charges
• Police Blotter
• Connelly Springs sets first reading of budget
• Obesity, heart disease concerns for Burke
• Autopsy planned on SBI agent found dead at house fire
• Burke commissioners approve proposed roads program
• N.C. Democratic Party Chair David Parker's popularity prevails
• Suspects in Hickory cab driver slaying have court date postponed
• Bridgewater Hydro Station opens on Catawba River
• Vaughn, Prevette receive teacher of the year honors
• Autopsy planned on SBI agent found dead at house fire
• Draughn High School earns spot in top-20
• Couldn't dogs have been placed in homes?
• Priorities on marriage not what they should be
• Behavior at shelter a disappointement
• Keel sidewalks clear in downtown
• Thank you for votes, help in primary
• Picture, headline leave reader disappointed
• Shipping ports the reason for pipeline
• Burke school board members not rushing redistricting
• Train destroys semi in Long View crash
• No injuries, bad damage in train crash
• Police probe SBI agent's fire death in Granite Falls
• Man leads officers on chase in McDowell and Burke
• 4-H leader follows heart, finds dream job in Burke County
• Deputies find moonshine on church pew 50 years ago in Burke
• First brick store in Connelly Springs
• Burke County roads slated for improvement
• Nearly 300 earn diplomas
• Rockets, worries take off
• Area offers wide variety of spa, massage services
• Marion police charge three in textbook scam
• Democrats eye Parker's replacement
• Judge hears motions in NC governor campaign probe
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Man charged with exposing himself in Marion store
• Police blotter
• Dogs rescued in Burke will be up for adoption
• Event to celebrate diversity
• Fitness, fun meet at annual event
• Students promoting religious tolerance with trek across NC
• Postal worker wins $1 million from former NASCAR driver Mayfield in dog attack
• Boy critically injured in Lenoir accident
• 'Innovative' ideas in the works for NCSD campus
• NCSD deaf students show off their artistic side
• Postal worker wins $1 million from former NASCAR driver Mayfield in dog attack
• Local travels across ocean to educate others
• People have spoken on Amendment One
• Patterson, Meadows head to runoff election
• Dear friend passes away at 98
• Appreciation given for teachers at Mull
• Clannad means big family
• Blanket warmer donated to hospice
• Marriage Amendment passes in North Carolina by double-digits
• Effect of NC gay marriage amendment unclear
• Meadows, Patterson head to GOP primary runoff in 11th District
• Burke voter turnout high for primary
• Cates wins Democratic nomination for N.C. House 86 seat
• Primary narrows down commissioner candidates
• Hildebran voters give OK to beer, wine sales
• Marriage Amendment passes in North Carolina by double-digits
• Prom a success for Burke student
• Morganton OKs rezoning requests
• East Burke student invokes 'Citizen Kane,' Murrow
• Valdese man admits he caused McDowell County wreck
• Former N.C. auditor says parking tickets weren't his, either
• Man charged with 50 counts of animal cruelty in Burke County
• Water main break, fixed, asphalt needed
• Water main breaks on Whispering Pine Street
• Corporal punishment ends in Burke
• Burke animal control seizes 105 dogs from home
• UNC-Chapel Hill students seek peace through soccer
• North Carolina primary election on Tuesday
• Copper theft investigation leads to marijuana
• Police blotter
• Freedom flute player Cara Conway participates in all-state band
• Corporal punishment vote expected Monday in Burke
• Freedom sophomore, Patton senior have pottery pieces in state exhibit
• Doctor hammers away for better care
• Phone service comes to town
• Glen Alpine art students shine
• Burke emergency officials train for disaster
• Preparedness key in emergency situations
• Christians should vote for Amendment One
• Amendment One claims are false
• More than 5,000 turn out for early voting
• Morganton to hear rezoning request
• Burke residents rally for rights of unborn
• Morganton man faces drug, weapon charges
• Lane closures ahead for N. Green St. construction
• Wife charged for shooting and burning husband
• Communities participate in National Day of Prayer
• Bothwell draws distinctions from Shuler
• GOP candidates put focus on plan for county
• City, town participants in National Day
• Chiropracter offers heartfelt goodbye
• Obama not helping with gas prices
• Worthy nonprofit benefits from Burke giving
• Wife charged for shooting and burning husband
• Early voting ends Saturday
• Drexel hosts park grand opening
• East Burke teen Josh Sparks makes it on MTV
• Christian school alumni gather for reunion
• Call For Artists 2nd Annual Art In The Park
• Woman leads troopers on chase on I-40
• Drexel utilities rates may go up
• Relay, rally for cure
• Police blotter
• Forum for Burke commissioner candidates Thursday
• Deputies investigate possible murder, suicide
• Hildebran keeps tax, sewer rates
• Military pilots to conduct firefighting training in Western North Carolina
• Morganton council tours facilities, considers capital projects
• Burke commissioners vote to support Lake James clean up
• Tasting Options -- Morganton charity hosts Art of Chocolate on Friday
• Morganton man flees from police in car, on foot
• Police blotter
• Burke's state legislators share priorities
• Ex-NASCAR driver Mayfield's home auctioned
• Icard principal, 33, continues recovery from heart attack
• Accident on I-40 kills Burke County man
• Police blotter
• Burke County electrocution victim remembered
• County to decide fate of abandoned home
• Woodworking artist creates dulcimers and more
• Brown Mountain light myth has governor looking for a new tax
• Modern Boxwood Tourist Court-Restaurant opens
• Man electrocuted in Drexel
• Area author pens novel
• Together We Can Move You: What it takes to get moving
• Unemployment trend continues
• Police Blotter
• Burke school board chair says 'lesson learned'
• Houses open, hunt begins
• Connelly Springs man faces drug charges
• Police blotter
• Festival aims to educate
• Lt. Governor candidate Dan Forest stops in Burke
• 5 Things to do this Weekend
• 5th grader recovers from open-heart surgery
• Alcohol sales on ballot in Hildebran
• Governor breaks ground at new Broughton Hospital
• Connelly Springs Town Hall security may see changes
• Police blotter
• Community honors citizens for works, character
• Program sheds light on alcohol, accidents
• MNH 0417 Prom Alcohol
• Homosexuality is a choice and a sin
• Congratulations to Brown on hall induction
• Salem Elementary School archers find their groove
• Larry Putnam named superintendent of Burke County schools
• UPDATE: PUTNAM NAMED SUPERINTENDENT
• Police blotter
• East Burke booster club volunteer charged with sex crime
• Corporal punishment vote to come at school board's next meeting
• Husband, wife charged in connection to stolen property
• UPDATE: Two injured in mid-day wreck on East Parker Road
• Punishment policy on Burke's school agenda
• Icard Elementary teacher picked for science academy
• Liberty middle student's 'favorite teacher' essay wins contest
• Burke board to vote on superintendent Tuesday
• 'The Brown Mountains Light' song hits radio airwaves
• Youngster caused 1931 train derailment in Drexel
• Book transcends pages, school inspired
• Clipping coupons cuts spending
• East Burke students schooled on finding a job
• Burke voters turning out early
• Common core a step toward nationalized education
• Politicians dont' care about citizens
• Local market opens, fresh flourishes
• Pastoral care extends across continents
• Tourism businesses learn, grow
• Senior citizens host series, raise funds
• Only one amendment on primary ballot
• Amendment would only humiliate citizens
• Dont' deny people a legal union
• 5-year-old struck by car
• Police blotter
• 11 people charged with sex, drug offenses at Thee Playhouse in Hickory
• UPDATE: Skeletal remains sent to SBI lab for testing
• 11 people arrested on sex, drug charges at Thee Playhouse in Hickory
• Early voting starts Thursday
• Police blotter
• Portion of N.C. 18 will close Thursday night
• Burke County Board of Commissioners candidate profiles
• Burke superintendent search down to three
• East Burke band brings home awards
• Has Zahra's skull been found?
• Commissioners award bid for phone system
• N.C. 11th Congressional District Republican candidate profiles
• N.C. 11th Congressional District Democratic candidate profiles
• Lights capture mystery, attention
• Cops: Heroin found with frozen hash browns
• School board subcommittee wants to re-open Mountain View building
• Morganton man convicted of sex offense
• Police blotter
• N.C. House 86 and 112 candidate profiles
• N.C. Senate 46 candidate profiles
• Publication of arrests scars families
• People watching sparks thoughts about universe
• NC 181 wreck claims Maiden man's life
• Jason Laws in police custody
• Burke teachers study, prepare for new curriculum
• Burke board of commissioners will consider grant application
• School committee studies student population
• Clint Bernard's hobby, music collide on Americana Stage
• N.Y. writer quotes (or misquotes) sheriff
• The building of Glen Alpine High School
• Amendment One supporters rally in Burke
• Burke Tea Party speakers blast Obama, liberals
• Food auction helps shoppers save
• Burke Tea Party set for Saturday
• Burke tornado recovery ongoing; help still needed
• Absentee voting is available to all voters
• Family disagrees with Payne parole decision
• Perdue encourages citizens to help make communities cleaner
• Two women charged with murder
• Family ties 90 years together
• Morganton man charged with kidnapping, strangulation
• Police blotter
• Suspicious death under investigation in Burke County
• Don't keep pets in cars
• Reader says put him in charge
• AIDS education group readies for race
• Burke legislators ranked by effectiveness
• Teen dies on off-highway vehicle trail
• Man paroled after 1988 Burke murder
• Burke 68th of state's 100 counties in health rankings
• Burke under fire weather watch
• Valdese chair featured on 'Price is Right'
• DOT to fix I-40 water hazard
• Clark named adult Citizen of the Year
• Managers, physicians make top salaries
• Doctors open private sanitorium
• Volunteers help track Burke weather
• Kiwanis offers another way to honor Zahra Baker
• 5 Things to do this weekend
• N.C. governor honors Town of Valdese, initiative
• UPDATE: George Hildebrand student takes top spot in Burke Mathcounts
• EBMS student places high in statewide contest
• Soul food provided at drive-thru
• Burke man convicted of raping child
• Break-in suspect found in Virginia
• Man charged with assaulting two Morganton Public Safety officers
• Police blotter
• Burke detectives capture Epley in Valdese
• AUDIO: Man reports fire police believe he started
• Drexel raises water and sewer rates
• Glen Alpine firefighter charged with arson
• Burke elections board ask for more county funds
• Janey Brittain ruled incompetent to stand trial
• Wanted felon evades capture in Morganton
• Meth on wheels -- Moped was mobile drug lab, Burke County officers say
• Thieves loot Burke County church's utility trailer
• Police: Avery County man caught with meth
• Motorcyclist airlifted from Saturday wreck on N.C. 181
• April 4 police blotter for Burke County
• Valdese bringing in business
• Three Burke schools will get new principals
• Former NASCAR driver Mayfield faces April 30 foreclosure
• Former NASCAR driver Mayfield faces April 30 foreclosure
• The Second Annual Art in the Park Call for Artists
• Commenter speaks out against 'pink slim'
• Morganton City Council considers water, sewer projects
• Two hikers rescued from Linville Gorge
• Mo-ped driver strikes vehicle, breaks leg
• Police blotter
• Former NASCAR driver Mayfield faces April 30 foreclosure
• Burke educators' salaries released
• Morganton on pace to get Direct Distance Dialing
• Burke county health assessment on commissioners agenda
• Burke educators' salaries released
• Burke school board expected to approve calendars
• GNCC racers give back, visit schools
• Charges mount for suspected robbers, including one from Burke County
• Hardware store celebrates 50 years
• Morganton children have an 'egg'-cellent time
• SAVINGS SOLUTIONS -- Make, save some dough
• Five from Burke County win Governor's Volunteer Service award
• Morganton City Council considers water plant contracts
• Valdese to consider roof repair bids for Old Rock School
• Child, 5, found in suspected meth house
• Rutherford College Town Council eyes litter sweep, appointments
• Tenth suspect charged in Burke County jewelry theft ring
• April 1 police blotter for Burke County
• Looking for a home: renting vs. buying
• 'Hunger Games' segment from Hildebran on 'Today' show on Friday
• Burke County man pleads guilty to child rape
• GNCC race a boon for Burke businesses
• March 30 police blotter for Burke County
• Broughton construction job fair draws big crowd
• 5 things to do this weekend
• 8th grade Burke County student set to compete in state geo bee
• Burke County business owner thwarts burglary attempt
• Investigator: Smash-and-grabs solved
• DWI charge filed after wreck
• March 29 police blotter for Burke County
• Mark Meadows wins Burke GOP straw poll
• Cinder blocks used for home break-in
• People need to cast vote for marriage amendment
• Both political parties corrupt
• Lack of law enforcement response troubling
• 11th Congressional District candidates speak at Burke GOP forum
• MNH 0328 forum
• Indictment: Man, 44, sexually assaulted child, 7, in Burke County
• Ex-Morganton Bobcats player indicted for alleged rapes
• Burke County residents turn in more than 105K pills
• Grand jury indicts 41, including suspected kidnapper
• March 28 police blotter for Burke County
• Burke commissioners reject bids for two projects
• Bobby Lee English pleads guilty to second-degree murder
• Bobby Lee English pleads guilty to second-degree murder
• Police blotter
• Quaker Meadows Gardening Club honors Sanderford
• Freedom students lock in full rides
• GOP Congressional candidates to take part in forum
• MNH 0326 Picture Burke
• 50 YEARS AGO: Rescue squad members earn certification
• Many hands out, but funds are limited
• Constitution keeps government out of churches
• Coffee stand draws ire of reader
• Kyote Koffee needs to Kwit
• "The Hunger Games" fans flock to Morganton theater for midnight show
• Job fair for Broughton Hospital construction
• Archaeology camp set for June
• Lake James filmmaker honored for documentary
• Burke County has long history of influential women
• Zoning ordinance on Hildebran Town Council agenda
• St. Paul's Episcopal Church offers stations of the cross
• Company applies antimicrobial in Chicago
• March 25 police blotter for Burke County
• Don't make children interpreters
• Let me tell you why I'm a Republican
• It's time for someone to speak up on Jason Laws
• A difference can be made May 8
• Emergency calls shouldn't come from toll-free number
• Dog wanders 200 miles from home after owner moves
• Burke County pill toss-out on Saturday
• Convicted kidnapper accused of repeat robbery in Burke County
• Burke County church reports trailer, grill stolen
• Trucker merges into car on I-40 in Burke County
• Driver flees three-car wreck in Morganton
• March 23 police blotter for Burke County
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Hickory woman indicted for murder in fatal Oct. 25 wreck
• Morganton theater holds midnight showing of The Hunger Games
• North Carolina to cover meth lab cleanup
• Wreck begets wreck -- cars crash in Morganton during Tuesday's storm
• March 22 police blotter for Burke County
• Railroad workers stop in Morganton
• Hildebran increases budget for farmer's market
• The Mayan calendar is no doomsday countdown, says WPCC instructor
• Commissioners re-open waiver for tornado victims
• Report: Shotgun-toting woman arrested in Morganton
• Four car pile up in Morganton leads to DWI charge
• Driver charged after fleeing wreck near Hickory
• March 21 police blotter for Burke County
• Utilities a concern for Valdese budget
• Burke's January unemployment rate up
• City planting new trees in parks
• New Burke County school policy would nix spankings
• Commissioners, college meet with state lawmakers
• WPCC submits budget request to county
• Red, White and Bluegrass Festival
• Burke school board narrows superintendent candidate list to 6
• Burke suspect escapes Florida police
• Cat Ervin was a teacher, civic leader
• Fishing trip yields tales of the big ones
• UPDATE: Burke superintendent survey now online
• Morganton potter practices craft the old fashion way
• Sean Carter, mom set to speak in Burke County
• Burke tornado victims ask for extension on waste fees
• Burke County Public School's budget proposal on meeting agenda
• Internet sweepstakes parlors target dreamers
• So you're ready to buy a home
• Burke County chase suspect escapes -- again
• Burke County investigators seek help IDing suspected church thief
• Burke County teens put on the B.R.A.K.E.S.
• City of Morganton planting new trees in parks
• Beatrice Cobb -- The legacy of a newswoman
• Water system a top concern for Rutherford College Council
• Delving into Broughton Hospital's past -- Presentation highlights institution's early years
• March 18 police blotter for Burke County
• Cops raid Drexel meth lab
• UDPATE: Morganton chase suspect escapes -- again
• Help needed catching mud thrower
• Revlauation of property shouldn't be delayed
• Morganton chase suspect escapes -- again
• Sheriff says Run and You're Done is working
• Culinary delights -- Patton High School students place in first invitational
• Lawmen seek Laws -- Burke County chase suspect remains on lam
• Moonshiner busted in Connelly Springs, police say
• March 16 police blotter for Burke County
• EJ Victor furnishes St. Regis Aspen
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Second Sharp brother named Morehead-Cain scholar
• Road rage leads to road rash -- Burke County driver assails biker with car
• Burke County chase suspect remains on lam
• Burke County driver dodges dog, hits wall
• Two nabbed for meth in Connelly Springs
• Police blotter for Burke County
• No more pre-k slots added in Burke
• Early Burke Schools' budget eyes more funds
• Cops hunt for suspect in car theft, high-speed chase in Burke County
• Two homeless after western Burke County blaze
• Copper thieves loot homes
• Pileup on U.S. 70 in Valdese
• Valdese driver charged with DWI
• Police blotter for Burke County
• Hullette family appreciative of support
• Time is right for ban on slots
• Address shouldn't affect ability to mail package
• Burke superintendent survey goes online Thursday
• School lunches getting healthier
• Film insider tells how to be an extra
• Fire causes $100K damage to Morganton home
• Man crashes bike, charged with DWI
• Police blotter
• Broughton Hospital construction can start April 2
• Teachers using iPads for interactive learning
• Morganton High students dial Sen. Sam directly
• Ladies of Valdese Avenue in Morganton pose for 1906 photo
• Burke libraries starts Countdown to Games
• 21 seek Burke superintendent job
• Volunteers find rewards in spending time with kids
• A look back -- Drexel business celebrates Black History Month
• Freedom High School senior brings B.R.A.K.E.S. to Burke County
• Frankie Silver's hanging in Burke County remains a hot topic
• Burke County Girl Scouts unearth time capsule
• Morganton man caught with pinched goods
• Thieves strike Burke County church
• Warrant: Morganton man sexually assaulted child
• Police blotter for Burke County
• Susan Haugen wins Morganton's ACC Chili Cookoff again
• Table Rock student turns birthday into fundraiser for friend
• Trucker charged with DWI after crash at Morganton K-mart
• Police blotter
• Tractor-trailer wreck snarls I-40 in Morganton
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Burke County native poised to take over as city attorney
• Police scanner -- X-ray machine added at courthouse
• Vandal strikes Habitat home
• Biker injured in wreck
• Drug-user's kit seized
• Police blotter
• Board approves funds for REACT, elevator
• Drilling in Burke -- Statewide tornado drill set for Wednesday
• Court rejects drug tax lawsuit
• Rutherford College fills in council vacancy
• Metro area makes top-10 list
• Accused pot dealer gets bond reduction
• Ex-clerk jailed for drugs
• Pet pilfered in home invasion
• Moped driver injured in wreck
• Businesses looted for car parts
• Police blotter
• Schools ask for more teacher workdays
• Morganton lawyer appointed as city attorney
• Order for arrest issued for Adam Baker in Caldwell County
• Habitat looking for families who need houses
• Sitton pleads not guilty to charges
• Police blotter
• Injured fireman, one year later
• Bull interrupts luncheon, steered back to butcher
• Ladies of the Pilot Club gather for meeting
• Bull interrupts luncheon, steered back to butcher
• Injured fireman, one year later
• Sheriff wants in on federal task force
• Patton chorus gets national attention
• Firemen quash midday blaze
• Rutherford College to swear in new mayor
• Valdese to hear economic development report
• Check your credit before buying a home
• The Great Outdoor Expo
• Burke commissioners hear budget requests
• Nina Ross -- wife, mother, lawman
• Loaded Burke -- Concealed carry permits on rise
• Burke schools names principal of the year
• Morganton council may appoint new city attorney
• Credit card thief sought
• Flipped SUV found in roadway
• Police blotter
• Put the BRAKES on distracted driving
• Suspected pot dealer back in custody
• Traffic stop leads to meth arrest
• Police blotter
• ACC Chili Cookoff returns
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Students read across Burke
• Close friend of Perdue pleads not guilty
• ID needed for Rx buys
• Chase suspect makes court appearance
• Family homeless after fire
• Suspected meth lab raided
• I-40 chase ends in wreck
• Police blotter
• Florist giving away 1,000 roses
• Filing period ends
• Tornado relief -- First new homes arrive
• Leap day a special birthday
• Morganton businessman files for Congress
• Burke commissioners allocate money for jail
• Hildebran council discusses auditorium
• School board looks east for ideas
• Ex-NASCAR driver Mayfield indicted for larceny in Caldwell County
• Lawmakers mull fix to copper thefts
• Prayers should be said in name of Jesus
• Decision by SACS CASI welcome news for schools
• 3 rd Democrat joins race for House seat
• Roundtable focuses on vo-tech students
• Library hosts Gathering of the People
• NCSD, McDonald's install an inclusion solution
• Entrepreneurial competition opens
• Singing Jackets of Olive Hill High featured in talent hunt
• Mauneys visit Henry River
• Burke Women's Fund aids groups
• Police release video, official account of chase through Morganton
• Retired sheriff files for N.C. Senate
• Tornado watch in place
• BREAKING NEWS: Accreditation fully restored to schools
• UPDATE: DWI charge filed after chase ends in wreck
• Chase ends in crash
• Driver hospitalized after I-40 rollover
• Valdese police, Burke deputies collar Forest City bank robber
• Valdese police, Burke deputies collar Forest City bank robber
• List grows for Congressional seat
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Muggers take Burke man's shoes, cash
• Heritage celebrates diversity
• Police blotter
• Valdese police, Burke deputies collar Forest City bank robber
• Full report issued on Jan. 11 tornado
• Peach farmer turned writer shares what inspires her
• Deputies find absconder, alleged burglars
• One files for Congress
• Hit-and-run driver sought
• Police blotter
• Case Farms holds job fair
• Court upholds murder conviction
• Learning from the past
• Residents make most of final session
• UPDATE: Absconder found by Burke deputies
• Commissioners recognize telecommunicators
• Ervin files for N.C. Supreme Court
• Report: Teen flees wreck on foot
• Vacant buildings may not be covered against metal thefts
• Gold thefts problematic in Burke County, too
• Thieves steal church's heat pumps
• Alleged dealer skips court date
• Report: Teen flees wreck on foot
• Police blotter
• Change in laws could lead to fewer abortions
• Learning from the past
• Constant texting a distraction at movie
• Calendar would not shorten summer
• Jeremy Mayfield indicted on four felony charges
• Fire displaces Conelly Springs father, son
• Police blotter
• Recyclers partner with police to end metal thefts
• Commissioners to recognize 911 dispatchers
• Sheriff proposes overhaul in court security
• Mother, daughter-in-law spread warmth to cancer patients
• Morganton couple witnesses John Glenn's launch
• Chambers was mother of 14
• UPDATE: School on 2-hour delay
• Report: Drunken driver sideswiped prison bus
• One injured in possible DWI wreck
• Police blotter
• Heavy metal hauls -- Thieves loot vacant property for quick cash
• Tax refund can help on the path to home ownership
• School calendar on work session agenda
• Election 2012: Blackwell files for re-election
• Black History Month -- Morganton's first black cop
• Cops looking for missing sex offender
• Suspected drug den raided near Drexel Elementary
• Folklore, not racism, led to Brown Mountain Lights answer
• Right to Live marks anniversary of Roe v. Wade
• Publication of answer was thoughtless
• Faulty relay switch blamed for Freedom fire alarm
• Burglars hit Habitat for Humanity's Morganton ReStore
• Study suggests seniors struggle with expenses
• Two more file for Congressional seat
• Montreat offers degrees through WPCC
• Morganton man indicted on child sex crimes
• Drive-by shooting under investigation
• Police blotter
• Deputies nab federal fugitives hiding in Burke
• More file for office
• Drexel Chargers want in county sports
• Housing authority receives HUD award
• Arson suspected in Rhodhiss fire
• Police blotter
• FBI seeking clues for missing Shelby girl
• Man charged in home invasion
• School visioning committee sets priorities
• Former sheriffs should have stayed out of Turner case
• Answer to question shows race still an issue
• Answer to question upsetting to African-Americans
• Answer to Feb. 12 question part of lights folklore
• Culture disrespected with answer to question
• HPU poll shows Obama would lose to unnamed Republican challenger
• Courthouse security a top concern
• December murder case continued
• Two hospitalized in I-40 wreck
• Man collared after short chase
• Burke man among two nabbed in McDowell heavy metal thefts
• None file locally Tuesday
• Commissioners review efficiency study
• Mayor pro tem will fill vacancy
• Huffman a "driving force"
• Rutherford College mayor dies
• For the love of books
• Nine file for state, Burke offices
• Rep. Hager will seek re-election
• Police blotter
• Two fires damage home, barn
• McDevitt the right person to elect
• Prayer policy raises questions about First Amendment
• Chamber pushes forward with 5-point plan
• Elections director answers questions about request
• 211 calls up by 80 percent from last year
• Drexel employee serves town for 60 years
• Sen. Daniel seeks second term
• Burke County homelessness on the rise
• Brown Mountain Lights remain a mystery
• Official: More minorities needed in leadership positions
• Just like everyone else, homeless men dream
• Blackwell seeks re-election
• New traffic lights coming to Rutherford College exit
• Police: Accused gunman shoots, injures self
• Sex offender accused of child rape
• Accused motorcycle thief held at gunpoint
• Police blotter
• Filing period begins Monday
• One dead after shooting at magistrate's office
• Norovirus spreading in County
• 107 and still going strong
• Good Samaritan Clinic receives grants totaling $9,500
• Pregnant mothers and daughters sought for VH1 docu-series
• Tornado aftermath: One month later
• Report: Drunken man tasered after bout with cops
• Wood responds to defamation suit
• Police blotter
• Sex Offender Registry goes mobile
• Fewer students dropped out of school last year
• Drexel applies for grant
• Moped wreck leads to 11th DWI charge
• Police blotter
• Public looks to the future in hiring superintendent
• Commissioners ok temporary RV ordinance
• Valdese, WSVM revise agreement
• Far fewer students paddled in Burke schools
• Burglars held at gunpoint
• Accused shooter charged with arson
• Police blotter
• Mayor, others care about Morganton
• Family thankful for help
• Mayor's role in festival a conflict of interest
• Past decisions lead to little superintendent input
• Man accuses public safety of police brutality
• Police blotter
• Board considers temporary RVs
• Burke students may see shorter summer break
• McDevitt will run for N.C. Senate
• Getting dirty is Jesse Robinson's job
• Prayer on school board's agenda
• Economic development on council agenda
• BLACK HISTORY MONTH -- The fight for equality
• Business in Burke: Morganton Feed and Seed expands operation
• Group forms to educate Burke residents and sell homes
• Citizens recall county's past
• Suspected 'smoke house' raided
• 'Justice wasn't done' -- Robber's plea deal frustrates victims
• Bike rider hospitalized after wreck with car
• Police blotter
• Settlemyer retires after 34 years
• Western Piedmont: We're ready for the worst
• Local students vie for $5,000 with dropout plan
• Ervin announces N.C. Supreme Court candidacy
• Police blotter
• Cop car in fender bender
• Burke County Rescue Squad goes heavy
• Burke unemployment rate inches upward
• Mayor: In spite of challenges, financial state of city is sound
• Driver crashes into home, charged with DWI
• Glen Alpine police looking for car burglars
• Police blotter
• Fire damages Joe Gibbs Racing machine shop
• Competition for superintendents may hurt county
• County, schools seek common ground
• UFOs spotted over Long View, Hickory
• Suspects plead guilty in 2007 murder
• Police: Man charged in pepper spray assault
• Police: Infant found at suspected drug den returned to mother
• Police blotter
• Justice Newby talks historical documents
• Band students unite for clinic, concert
• Controlled burn at Dobson Knob
• DA fires prosecutor
• Aussie mom clueless about Zahra's ashes
• I-40 West closed near Tenn. border due to rock slide
• Red Cross holds disaster recovery meeting
• McDevitt forms exploratory committee
• Hickory man arrested for multi-state theft
• Adam Baker back in Australia, but ICE didn't deport him
• Morganton wins N.C. Main Street awards
• Four area counties have superintendent vacancies
• Police blotter
• NCSD students turn clay into bowls
• Lake James State Park offers activities
• County, schools hold joint meeting
• Triebert, the cyclists' advocate
• Red Cross holds disaster recovery meeting
• Burke County veteran still struggles with time in war
• News Herald right for taking down comments
• Christian prayer not an endoresement of Christianity
• Preayer needed in schools, prior to meetings
• MNH 0129 Iraq Vet
• Schools left to wait after accreditation visit
• Infant found at suspected drug den
• Cops: Child seized from pot, mushroom grow
• UPDATED: Baseball bat burglar stole donation jar and soda, deputy says
• Vaughan-Bassett announces reopening of furniture plant in Galax
• Deputy: Baseball bat burglar stole donation jar, soda
• Cops: Child seized from pot, mushroom grow
• Police blotter
• Investigator: Toddler set fire
• Five things to do this weekend
• SACS CASI concludes visit
• Hundreds expected to attend district bridge tournament
• Board names jail administrator
• DSS selects Hernandez for director's position
• Demolition of Valdese high school begins
• Demolition of Francis Garrou High under way
• UPDATED: Perdue will not seek re-election
• Perdue issues statement
• Police blotter
• Confessed embezzler faces $360K restitution, jail time
• Charges against assistant district attorney Bellas dismissed
• Speeding ticket turns to 100 mph pursuit
• Sectarian prayers not needed before meetings
• City elections top council's agenda
• Burke DSS phones on fritz
• Support group focuses on grandparents raising grandchildren
• Video of chase shows driver dodging stop sticks
• List of qualities to look for in a superintendent grows
• Metro area lands on list of worst areas to find work
• Old habits die hard on roads
• Homes for Hearts thankful for donations
• Tornado tail: Animals displaced by storm, too
• Burke couple charged with thefts
• Police blotter
• Officials look to put pinch on copper thefts
• Hildebran makes changes to park contract
• Prayer policy in the works for school board
• Trove of N.C. teacher evaluation data online, with more to come
• Officials will work with residents on nuisance dogs
• Abortion is 'legalized American holocaust'
• Questions unanswered in Lail shooting
• Burke sheriff launches Project Lifesaver
• Police blotter
• Students map high schools' carbon footprints
• 911 calls reveal panic, compassion in wake of storm
• Hallyburton graduates 72
• Former Marine looks back at service
• More charges for alleged sex offender
• Red Cross delivers emotional aid
• SACS CASI meeting on agenda
• Disasters make mark on children
• Disasters leave mental health issues in their wake
• Eight-mile chase down I-40 ends with arrest
• SBA offers relief for Burke County's tornado victims
• Burke Arts Council finds new leader
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Collector to auction 27 cars, including Intimidator Camaro
• Burke seeing more unaffiliated, Libertarian voters
• Homeless count for Burke County planned for Wednesday
• Repairs under way at Riddle Center after fire
• Excess regulation not the key to cleaner water
• People, not government, should be responsible for pets
• It's never too early to teach fire safety
• Perdue issues disaster declaration making aid available
• Three homeless after Morganton mobile home blaze
• State awards Broughton construction contract
• Burke roads to receive $2 million facelift
• Suspect flees from car crash, Morganton police say
• Commissioners waive fees for tornado victims
• School board gets input on superintendent job
• Extension office offers free radon tests
• Gunman sought after home invasion
• Fla. fugitives caught at motel meth lab
• Man charged in March home invasion
• Symposium delves into Brown Mountain lights
• Police blotter
• Morganton man dies in car wreck
• Staffing and efficiency study on board's agenda
• Golden LEAF board member's firm works on projects funded by board's grants
• Rest home fire injures three
• A family remembers the MLK Memorial dedication
• Hospice welcomes new leader
• What do you want in a superintendent?
• Rest home fire injures three
• Police roundup nets nine
• Tornado response winds down in eastern Burke County
• More details released on Wednesday's tornado
• Veteran reflects on Iraq war
• Questions remain about cleanup funds
• Kindness of stranger appreciated
• Thanks for help with PHS projects
• Out-of-control dogs a nuisance
• Work left to be done to honor King's life
• Questions remain about cleanup funds
• Rotary names Norvell Man of the Year
• Local charities helping tornado victims
• Tornado rips apart homes but spares lives
• Reflections on 2011 city election
• Thanks to public safety
• Voting should require ID
• We are our brother's keeper
• Storm survivors feel 'blessed' after twister
• Officials: Response to vicious storm went 'smoothly'
• County waiving some fees for victims of tornado
• Local charities helping tornado victims
• National Weather Service: A tornado hit Burke
• Perdue tours storm area, McHenry and Hagan promise assistance
• Emergency officials assessing damage in Burke
• Possible tornado hits Burke County
• 'Hardcore' auto racing show this weekend
• Indictment: Treasurer embezzled $34K from fire department
• Ekornes opens Morganton plant
• DWI suspected in hit-and-run
• Suspected robber nabbed
• Truck gives out on fleeing suspect
• Steps must be taken to protect unborn
• Thanks to those that helped at garden
• Elections shouldn't take place in Burke schools
• Valdese officer only guily of poor judgement
• White teens with noose threaten black student
• White teens with noose threaten black student
• Psych evaluation ordered for murder suspect
• Cops unravel burglary spree
• USDA closing Burke rural development office
• 'Let it snow'
• Police: Impaired driver hit parked cars
• More charges for accused rapist
• Driver sought in hit and run
• Valdese to compile economic development report
• Age led to equipment failure at wastewater plant
• Gasoline prices on the rise across the state
• City OK's wastewater equipment
• Elections, required days may cause conflict
• Boy on mend after heart transplant
• Widow speaks out about husband's death
• Police blotter
• Zoning issues will be focus of meeting
• Old home gets major facelift
• New meth law to slow cooks
• Officials break up suspected meth labs
• New arrest made in burglary spree
• Car strikes gas pump
• Police expect more meth busts in 2012
• Rutherford College town administrator semi-retiring
• Elecions director to propose day off for schools
• Officials break up suspected meth labs
• No charges for cop, gunman in Dec. shooting
• Morganton man charged after deputies find runaway
• Burke residents seek heating aid
• Plans for median causes concern
• Great Dane brings smiles to hospital patients
• Adam Baker sentenced to jail
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Adam Baker pleads guilty to misdemeanor
• Elisa Baker pleads guilty to one drug charge
• Riddle Center building evacuated in midday blaze
• MNH 0106 Riddle fire
• Fire leaves five homeless
• Burke GOP weighs in on Iowa Caucus
• Kincaid is the voice students long to hear
• County sees slight rise in unemployment rate
• Bakers could wrap up plea deals Thursday
• County offers plenty of ways to drop pounds in 2012
• Tax bills due Thursday
• Adam Baker may make plea deal Wednesday
• Fire destroys mobile home
• New year brings new laws to North Carolina
• School system prepares for accreditation visit
• Elisa Baker in federal court Thursday for plea hearing
• Another successful year at Trail of Faith
• Soros, Mansato behind food safety bill
• high hopes for the new year
• Teachers to receive updated guides
• DA: Investigations of killings ongoing
• Trio face drug charge
• Man jailed for shooting into home
• Couple weds in hastily-assembled ceremony at cancer center
• MNH 0101 Wedding
• Valdese eyes buying WSVM property
• Valdese cop resigns
• Immigrant charged with sexual assault on a child
• Law enforcement pioneer hangs up badge
• Year in review: 1 a.m. vote ousts Stellar
• Killer sought after Caldwell man found dead
• Time running out to make tax-deductible donations
• Schools faced ups and downs in 2011
• State park wildlife courses keep kids educated over break
• County focused on economic development
• Public Safety gets $34K fire grant
• November elections shake up boards, councils
• DeFeet named Small Business of the Year
• Slayings snuff bloodless streak
• Fire leaves family of five homeless
• Christmas Eve blaze leaves family of five homeless
• Year In Review: Economy
• Woman makes new life after tragedy
• MNH 1225 Holiday Family
• Police: Meth lab found in apartment
• One dead, two injured in knife fight
• Elisa Baker looking to make a deal on federal drug charges
• Rhonda Hinson's murder turns 30
• Hinson's family seeks answers, closure
• How the Grinch's dog stole my heart
• AAA: 2.4 mil. to hit NC roads
• One dead in triple stabbing
• N.C. lawmakers to discuss illegal immigration
• Attorney: Is Brittain competent for trial?
• Commissioners give bonus green light
• Man jailed after alleged sexual assault
• Five charged in 11 break-ins
• 85-year-old charged with killing husband
• Green grants help businesses save money
• Brittain to 911: "I have killed someone"
• Board OKs job ad
• Law enforcement makes holidays special
• Businesses, individuals make breakdown not so bad
• Board members look other way on certain spending
• Memorial park thankful for help
• Center's gift brings joy to Burke residents
• Study: Fewer Burke teens getting pregnant
• Crime spree leads to community watch
• Board will consider demolishing house
• Burke man charged in burglary spree
• Two father/son reunions in one week
• Dad home from Afghanistan, surprises son at school
• 1,200 affected by power outage
• County sees bump in visitors
• Police: Gunman nabbed after heist
• CoMPAS may lose three channels
• Pajama drive honors cancer victim
• New women's shelter hosting one to two a night
• Accused kidnapper released on $5K bond
• Driver: I'm lucky to be alive
• Three charged in suspected meth lab
• Hazing occurred on activity bus
• I-40 repair work is on section recently repaired
• Newest meth lab makes 32 busts in 2011
• Police: Drivers mistake gas for brakes
• CoMPAS may lose three channels
• Former fundraising chief enters plea
• Housing sales about the same as last year
• Have you ever been the victim of hazing?
• Hazing leads to dismissals from Draughn team
• Stakes high in superintendent search
• Burke shooting victim released from hospital
• Report: Homeowner snares burglar brother
• Police: 20 stores sold booze to teen
• Accused burglar charged
• Fire razes vacant home
• Archaeology center to take shape in spring
• Funds appropriated for courthouse elevator repairs
• Subcommittee meets on superintendent hiring process
• Shriners grateful for area's support
• Community supported debut of documentary
• The extermination of innocent lives
• Photographers take then give photos
• Hedrick makes first appearance
• Police blotter
• Reichard expected to plead guilty to campaign finance violations
• Accused shooter out on bond
• Official explains flashing yellow signal
• Grant seeks to renew workforce
• Wanted: Skilled laborers
• Photo gallery: Santa flies into Burke
• Man jailed for suspected DWI crash
• Restitution ordered in hit-and-run
• UPDATED: Valdese officer's weapon used in shooting, sheriff says
• Man pleads guilty to murder charge
• Valdese library planning expansion
• Man pleads guilty to murder charge
• American Roller Bearing creating 231 jobs
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Prosecutor turned professor writes 12th paralegal textbook
• Pearl Harbor survivor speaks to VFW
• Police blotter
• Morganton seeking new city attorney
• Old Valdese high school faces uncertain future
• Annual sampler is The Outreach Center's top fundraiser
• Zahra Baker's remains went to her father
• MNH Morganton Parade 9
• MNH 1208 Morganton Parade 8
• 1208 Morganton Parade 7
• MNH 1208 morganton parade 6
• MNH 1208 Morganton Parade 5
• MNH 1208 Morganton Parade 4
• MNH 1208 Morganton Parade 3
• MNH 1208 Morganton Parade 2
• MNH 1208 Morganton Parade 1
• Fire displaces three families
• Valdese to condemn old high school again
• Police seek Lowes theft suspects
• Police blotter
• Donate food, clothing for zip line tour
• Roles of school board subcommittees changed
• Superintendent search tops to-do list
• Morganton council authorizes property sale
• Reaction to bomb threat sparks questions
• Deism, Libertarianism trump all others
• Contest winners give grown-up talks
• WWII documentary to premier Wednesday
• Police charge woman with slapping handicapped person
• Man faces theft of telephone line charge
• Police blotter
• Hickory man crashes car into DWI checkpoint
• Overdose fatalities are 'epidemic'
• Recollections of Pearl Harbor — 70 years later
• Sugar and spice make for a nice competition
• Man crashes car into DWI checkpoint
• Four new school board members to take oath
• Morganton council considers property sale
• Police blotter
• MNH Parade Video Thumbnail
• No one is suggesting a Robin Hood society
• Thrift stores charging too much
• 5 Things to do this weekend
• A hero's welcome home
• Atkinson submits plan on residential schools
• Unemployment rate falls again
• Principal says bomb threat taken 'very seriously'
• Lawmen seek family in need for Operation Blue Christmas
• Police blotter
• Overdose fatalities are 'epidemic'
• Christmas tree lots see more shoppers
• How many of Burke County's parades this week will you attend?
• How many of Burke County's parades this week will you attend?
• Debate between holiday greetings goes on
• Thank you for a successful project
• Principal: Bomb threat at East Burke Middle School a hoax
• MNH 1201 Trees
• Students take top prizes in speech contest
• Morganton attorney released on bond
• Police blotter
• DOT seeks solution to watery wrecks on I-40
• Where will you do most of your holiday shopping?
• Driver hydroplanes into trooper in I-40 wreck
• Johns River tops banks after rain
• More charges for suspected cigarette thieves
• Area retailers report strong opening-weekend sales
• Suspected hit-and-run driver turns self in
• Police blotter
• Case Farms to add 100 jobs in Morganton
• Hildebran purchases park equipment
• Eichenbaum the right person for Congress
• Regret expressed over write-in effort
• Family appreciate kindness following loss
• Judge finds probable cause in Skeens case
• Grand jury indicts Morganton's Sitton
• Huntersville man involved in motorcycle accident
• Police blotter
• City wasting money while food banks suffer
• Family appreciatve of vet's compassion
• "Hacker" appreciative of area course
• Plenty of parades set for this week
• Revolutionary thinking leads to textiles success
• Rural center awards several grants in Burke
• Cyber swindlers on prowl, AG Cooper warns
• Film about Drexel barber shop up for award
• Man dealt pain pills to undercover cop, police say
• Police blotter
• Hickory man: 'I've been flimflammed'
• Fewer alcohol related arrests in Valdese
• BUYERS BEWARE — thieves prey on holiday shoppers, sheriff says
• 5 Things to do this weekend
• Area's middle, high schools receive report cards
• Which Burke schools made the grade?
• Fallen tree destroys house, leaves family homeless
• Feds pick up meth lab tab
• Police blotter
• Cops to arrest Christmas woes for needy family
• Drug raid nets three arrests
• Troopers hit the road
• Cops snare suspected scammer
• Deputies uncover suspected meth lab
• Police blotter
• $7.2 million grant helps build 911 center
• Burke schools honor more than 360 volunteers
• Conover man arrested on drug charges
• Remembering Nov. 23, 1963
• Quality of education at heart of school report
• Community 'optimistic' after DPI recommendation
• N.C. DPI recommendation applauded
• N.C. DPI gives recommendation on deaf school consolidation
• Police blotter
• Fire consumes unoccupied home
• Help available for heating costs
• Furniture industry still a part of county
• Official: Colder weather breeds fire risk
• State superintendent schedules new conference on future of NCSD
• Commissioners, school board talk finances
• Question of the day
• A thank you to Burke County voters
• A tribute to Michael Martin
• Support comprehensive health care reform
• Who is in the right?
• WBTV's Franson meets No. 1 fan
• Burke broadband study on the way
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Police blotter
• Fire destroys unoccupied house
• Burke Thanksgiving prices show lower than national average
• Groundbreaking for Zahra's playground held on her birthday
• More stolen goods found on Mayfield's property
• Hunter, 11, seeks adoption
• Bryanna, 15, seeks adoption
• Youth seek forever homes
• JIRDC re-opens cottage after mercury spill
• Police blotter
• Public safety warns of bogus inspector calls
• Family thankful for work of Burke Hospice & Palliative Care
• Church is responsible for decline of America
• Travelers appreciative of Morganton couple's kindness
• Thank you to supporters in Valdese
• Cain, Abel and accreditation agencies
• Burke commissioners amend personnel policy
• City, county not making good use of tax money
• Construction in downtown Morganton continues
• Thank you to veterans who honorably served our country
• Write-in votes don't change Burke election outcomes
• Police blotter
• A thank you to the good people
• Open letter to a purse thief
• Donation can me a bigger world for child
• POLL: Should county employees who don't pay their property taxes be terminated?
• Truck crashes into downtown Morganton store
• Blue Ridge recycles TVs to Burke schools
• Former schools employee files defamation lawsuit
• USAF band to perform at CoMMA
• Police blotter
• Former Concord High teacher charged with sex offenses with students
• BCFFA receives solar hot water system
• Cobb trust still helping community
• County's first homeless shelter for women, children to open
• County to weigh terminating empoyees for delinquent taxes
• Machining a growing industry in Burke
• Should a county employee lose his or her job for not paying their property tax on time?
• Suspect driver caught
• Scammer may be targeting elderly, deputy warns
• Police blotter
• Wedding in Hickory cemetery to honor veterans
• Local veteran reflects on somber memories
• Heart transplant — School rallies around C.J.
• Autopsy: Shooting death was a suicide
• Cops nab alleged jewel thieves
• Hasson: Pill drop a success
• Treats in the Streets
• Suspected burglar charged
• Smash-and-grabs solved, investigators say
• Confessed killer to be paroled today
• Whisnant ends 16 year service on council
• Police blotter
• Burke unemployment rate drops
• Looking for a black cat?
• Don't get spooked — Tips for keeping Halloween safe
• Sheriff: Death likely a suicide
• UPDATE: Death likely a suicide
• UPDATE: Valdese, Morganton host food drives
• 13 things to do this Halloween
• NCHSAA ruling on Freedom football
• Freedom's principal appeals to NCHSAA
• Blaze engulfs Oak Hill home
• Pill toss-out on Saturday
• Troopers reconstruct fatal wreck
• Sheriff's office investigates Freedom brawl
• Chase ends in crash, drug charge
• Company's renewable energy efforts contribute to community
• Woman charged in fatal hit-and-run
• BREAKING NEWS: Wreck shuts down interstate
• Spooky decorations in Rutherford College
• Spooky decorations in Rutherford College
• Spooky decorations in Rutherford College
• Spooky decorations in Rutherford College
• Downtown hosts food drives
• UPDATE: Woman charged with DWI in hit-and-run fatalities
• Hildebran council accepts resignation
• Driver dodges one wreck, causes another
• Two killed in hit-and-run
• Land being cleared for Apple solar farm in Maiden
• Death penalty sought in cab driver slaying
• Community support needed to fill area food pantries
• Amish furniture store opens
• Police blotter
• Helicopter retrieves motorcyclists from mountain trail
• Oyster Outing celebrates 10th year
• Campaign launched for deaf retirement community
• Community job fair set for Thursday
• Shelves are bare at BUCM
• Gondola rows to Morganton
• 5 Things to do this weekend
• Police blotter
• Gadhafi killed in hometown battle
• Police blotter
• "Life in the Carolinas" features Burke
• Morganton council will discuss elections
• Commissioners waive CDBG loan
• Rutherford College candidates vie for three open seats
• Police blotter
• Early voting starts Thursday
• Valdese races crowded with candidates
• Police blotter
• Three Burke candidates have criminal pasts
• Obama in Marion: A presidential plate to go
• BREAKING NEWS: President stops in Marion for lunch
• Obama bus tour rolls through Hickory
• Board has full plate for Tuesday's meeting
• School board candidates discuss issues
• Williamson departs WPCC, Hildebran
• Tilley named BPW Woman of the Year
• School board candidates discuss issues
• School board candidates discuss issues
• Ben Folds headlines N.C. Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony
• Jailed homicide suspect charged in violent assault
• Four-legged officers bring keen senses to force
• Scott ends school board bid
• Mass casualty mockup
• PAM brings parents into the classroom
• Cut for the Cure returns
• Bus vandals strike at Freedom
• Crash snares cash grab getaway
• Police: BB gun vandal caught
• Cohen re-elected Morganton mayor
• Early vote tallies in
• 18 still sought on drug charges
• Lawmen seek smash-and-grab couple
• Burke County Fair begins today
• Indecent filmer could face more charges
• Drug roundup — Eight charged of 30 sought
• Man charged with second child rape
• Alleged child rapist indicted
• Burke-Catawba jail in need of improvements
• 18-year-old driver dies in roll-over, passenger airlifted to CMC
• Alleged indecent festival filmer pleads guilty
• Second suspect charged in Lenoir murder
• Teen girls arrested in Hickory cabdriver killing
• 18-year-old driver dies in roll-over, passenger airlifted to CMC
• Man crashes into roof, wall of building
• No charges yet in stabbing
• Litter stop leads to trafficking charge
• 5 Things to do this weekend
• Burke County Fair returns Tuesday
• Rentals stable in Burke
• Mayor's PSA results in equal time for opponent
• Police blotter
• N.C. DOT acquiring Enola Road right of ways
• Official: Obama to embark on bus tour of NC, Va.
• Glen Alpine man charged in father's death
• Voters get school'd: School board candidates speak their minds
• Man jailed on child rape charge
• Valdese annexes treatment plant
• Police investigate rash of car break-ins
• Putnam: Despite letters, no spankings
• Morganton approves change to sign ordinance
• Become an informed voter — Candidate forum Tuesday
• Controversial gym transfer to come before school board
• Burke man jailed in Connecticut bomb hoax
• 5 Things to do this weekend
• New restaurants, stores heading to Morganton
• Hudson man pleads guilty to 104 animal cruelty charges
• DPI holds final forum on deaf, blind schools
• Man charged after fleeing wreck
• No jail time for murder accessory charge
• Chairs with flair benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Students encouraged to explore culinary side
• High-speed chase ends with wreck
• Revolutionary Weekend returns
• Sen. Hagan visits Morganton
• Hildebran Community Park set to begin
• Ex-cop pleads guilty to embezzlement
• Henry River Mill Village remembered
• Burke unemployment rate remains at 12.9 percent
• Police blotter
• Man pleads guilty to Burke murder
• Patterson announces candidacy
• Local teacher fights back
• Life in Burke
• Report: ENCSD topped list for consolidation
• Outpouring of emotions marks hearing over possible closing of ENCSD
• 5 Things to do this weekend
• Burke Business Loan Program awards four more
• After nearly 40 years, DSS director retiring
• Pink fire truck makes stop at Cancer Center
• Police blotter
• Sen. Hagan meeting in Morganton
• Burke Reads launches Saturday
• Concord church named in sex abuse lawsuit
• Commissioners approve reclassifications
• Early voting starts Thursday
• 'We love our school.'
• School board divided on transfer of Hallyburton gymnasium
• Downtown jail in need of upgrades
• Police chase suspect, cause wreck
• Engines rev up for Touring Joara
• Police blotter
• Man injured in fall in gorge
• McDowell family part of 'World's Strictest Parents'
• Accused child rapists jailed
• Second plea entered in 2008 murder case
• Police blotter
• Warrants: Accused indecent filmer has videoed in Morganton before
• Would-be ambulance thief caught
• Hallyburton gym on school board's agenda
• Cohen seeks reelection, Griner the challenger
• Representative urges support for NCSD
• Meet the candidates
• Plea deal rankles Burke
• East Burke boasts highest SAT scores in Burke
• Hildebran Heritage museum opens this weekend
• Adam to Elisa Baker: "You filled her life with lies"
• Adam to Elisa Baker: "You filled her life with lies"
• DA: Elisa was afraid police were closer than they were
• RiverFest celebrates the Catawba
• Gaither hopes Baker plea brings "closure"
• Did Zahra get justice?
• Elisa Baker pleads guilty, to serve 14-18 years
• Elderly couple removed from suspected meth house
• Man pleads guilty to killing wife
• Friends of the Library book sale this weekend
• Report: pills led to crash, DWI
• Pair suspected in 34 break-ins
• Police learn more about indecent festival filmer
• Valdese recreation center lights up
• Council approves grant application process
• Bakery expands to Rutherford College
• Animal lovers strip for a cause
• Man charged with video taping children at festival
• No decision in Baker case
• Your 9/11 stories
• In the shadow of 9/11
• Grant applications on Morganton council agenda
• Forum scheduled to decide future of NCSD
• Morganton native resigns from governor's post
• Generation Y comes to terms with 9/11
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Kids feel impact of 9/11 attacks
• Man jailed on sex offender charges
• Streets closing for festival
• War veterans reflect on 9/11
• State offers new technology class for high schools
• Valdese recreation center gets new director, facility updates
• Where were you when the towers fell?
• Burke responders take 9/11 to heart
• Chef returns home for live demonstrations
• Lee brings rain to Burke
• Bobcat cub bites man at Linville Gorge
• No back road necessary
• Two charged with stealing copper
• Morganton festival puts focus on local art
• Experts predict more color this fall
• Bitter pill: Leaders discuss drug abuse in Burke
• Woman charged in jogger hit-and-run
• Clyde Valley rice farm goes green
• N. Greet St./Sanford Drive intersection reconfigured
• 5 Things to do this weekend
• Police blotter
• Man hospitalized after Collett St. wreck
• Bath salts: Not for use in the tub
• Where were you when the towers fell?
• Driver: Amnesia led to ambulance theft, chase
• Sex offender indicted for failing to register
• Visitors spending more in Burke
• Outdoor art to be unveiled
• Charter school's big moved pushed back
• No inmate influx for Burke when four NC prisons close
• Welder ignites fire at Carbon Plant
• Two hospitalized after wreck
• DA Gaither, wife uninjured in accident on Lake Hickory
• Local job club wraps up
• Police blotter
• More high school diplomas handed out
• Burke schools shuffle principals
• Clean-up begins after Irene's rampage
• George Shuffler to be inducted into bluegrass hall of fame
• Traffic stop nets meth, 'most wanted'
• Chick-fil-A closing, future uncertain
• Irene plows through eastern NC
• Two Burke men charged in slaying of Hickory taxi driver
• Atlantic Beach hunkers down as Irene makes landfall
• Suspects part of burglary ring, investigators say
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Police: meth lab found at vacant home
• Cops catch copper thieves in act
• Caregiver accused of stealing pills
• Bomb found at meth house
• UPDATED: Woman killed in crash while fleeing cops
• UPDATED: Woman killed in crash while fleeing cops
• They're back
• Police blotter
• Trooper: Tickets await school zone speedsters
• Lovelady Road roundabout opens, construction continues
• Police SWAT suspected meth lab
• Gymnasium doors could cost town more than expected
• Schools back in session
• Reductions in force over
• Gas leak closes Vine Arden
• Back to School for Morganton - Bus Schedules, Lunch Menus, School Supplies and more
• Kyle Busch says he's sorry, fined $1,000
• All shook up: Virginia quake sends tremors through Burke
• Driver injured in three-car wreck
• More seek help from BUCM
• UPDATED: Heat downs firefighter
• What to do with those old electronics
• Burke loses more pre-K slots
• Fourth suspect nabbed in burglary spree
• Man suspected of stealing copper
• Interim superintendent gets dream appointment
• I-40/S. Sterling new bridge project in early stages
• Driver on run after hitting jogger
• Moped struck while trying to pass semi
• Police: Accused hit-and-run driver tried to cover tracks
• Trash toss leads to chase, third DWI
• Meth lab found next to church
• Police blotter
• School board selects interim superintendent
• Hildebran town council slated to bring awareness to Lyme disease
• Man dies in early morning wreck
• Man dies in early morning wreck
• Meth lab found next to church
• Three charged with soda machine robbery
• Third person charged in burglary spree
• Troopers nab hit-and-run suspect
• Police seek woman after Sunday hit-and-run
• Arrest made in hit-and-run
• Chopper rescues teen from Linville Gorge after 50-foot fall
• Chopper rescues teen from Linville Gorge after 50-foot fall
• Police seek woman after Sunday hit-and-run
• Pickup truck strikes business
• Brown Mountain Overlook now offers an expanded vista
• Teen rescued at Linville Gorge
• Commissioners get an earful from residents
• UPDATED: Bicyclist hospitalized after hit-and-run
• School board receives praise for removal of superintendent
• Candidates briefed on city departments
• Crew mistakenly wipes out stream-side plants at Bethel Park
• Police blotter
• Lian: Remember when the economy collapsed
• Editorial: Get to know the candidates
• Burke County school board to seek interim superintendent
• Second charged in rash of burglaries
• Burke unclaimed property tops $2.5 million
• Cops nab suspected pill pusher
• Filing period ends
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Morganton, Valdese filing deadline is noon today
• FULL REPORT: Burke County school board ousts Stellar
• Suspected serial burglar indicted as habitual felon
• Police blotter
• Andy Barker, founder of Love Valley, dies
• UPDATED: Burke teen, EBHS football standout remembered
• Burke teen, EBHS football standout remembered
• UPDATE: Stellar out as school superintendent
• Burke lawmen nab Tenn. fugitive
• Police blotter
• One more enters Valdese council race
• Legal Aid closes offices, Morganton remains open
• German and French returning to Freedom
• McHenry hears voters' frustration
• Burke teen, EBHS football standout to be remembered
• McHenry hears voters' frustration
• Man charged with growing pot
• Mom charged with habitual DWI
• Shooting death ruled suicide
• Police nab suspected serial robber
• Police nab suspected serial robber
• Library seeing more visitors
• McHenry will have town hall meeting today in Morganton
• More candidates emerge
• Police say reported kidnapping was a hoax
• Factors that affect your property's value
• Festivals and tiaras decend on Valdese
• Police: Trail of loot led lawmen to suspects
• How and why Burke County will put a value on your property
• Burke County schools know their ABCs
• Car wreck snares getaway for alleged burglar duo
• Two more schools make the grade
• Vandals paint racial slurs at Patton High School
• Police blotter
• Credit card thief sought
• No candidates yet for Valdese council seat
• Racing suspected cause of wreck
• Loan programs helping Burke businesses
• Police raid uncovers 'K2,' 'bath salts'
• Police blotter
• Morganton approves two grants agreements, talks traffic
• Elisa Baker will not be tried by a Catawba County jury
• Burke school board members tell why they won't run again
• History Museum captures life in Burke in 1861-65
• Man runs from car wreck
• Burke unemployment rate rises slightly
• Public hearings, traffic on city's agenda
• 5 things to do this weekend
• New, relocated and renovated restaurants offer up options
• Bank robber sticks up Valdese branch
• Feds send millions into Burke
• More people visiting Burke
• Moped driver, passenger hospitalized
• Burglars hit four cars at service center
• 22-year-old indicted as habitual criminal
• Making a splash
• Cancer Center now offering therapy to combat prostate cancer
• Traffic stop leads to traffic charges
• Mayor files for another term
• Man jailed on drug trafficking charges
• Cops: Pot grower still at large
• Missing Burke motorcyclist found dead in Catawba
• Class reunion
• Senior living community brings resident's 67th class reunion to her
• Middle school art resurrected
• Missing Burke motorcyclist found dead in Catawba
• Former Burke county manager seeks Morganton council seat
• Burke County puts more information on the Web
• Police blotter
• Hildebran, Rutherford College to have town council meetings
• School board to hear updates on reduction in force, deficit
• 50 Years Ago: Is there a better summer job than this?
• Are more ticks bugging you?
• Morganton, Valdese election filing starts today
• School board to hear updates on reduction in force, deficit
• Western Piedmont copes with budget cuts
• Police blotter
• Delayed report holds up 911 consolidation
• Hildebran plant slashes workforce
• 3 in 5 Burke schools didn't make the grade
• Accused killer pleads guilty
• Police blotter
• UPDATED: Furniture plant to add 58 jobs in Burke
• UPDATED: Cops raid indoor pot grow
• Alleged car burglar charged
• Vendors still heading to flea market
• Cops raid indoor pot grow
• Palmento: New recycling bin is less convenient
• Kyle Busch's court date continued to Aug. 23
• Board OKs sales tax research
• Man pleads guilty to raping child
• Police: Man stabs assailant
• NC judge rules pre-kindergarden fee unlawful
• Accused child rapist extradited
• Free driver's education could be a thing of the past
• Police blotter
• Child rape suspect found in Delaware
• Higher sales tax on county board's agenda
• New school year's 'day' will be six minutes longer
• Accessory charge dropped in 2007 murder case
• Patton High receives $186,500 grant
• Police remain mum on shooting death
• Toddler drowns in pool
• No incumbents file for school board
• UPDATED: Toddler drowns in pool
• Two arrested soon after theft report
• Captains take the helm in sheriff's office
• Filing for school and town boards ends at noon today
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Green grants to help Morganton, Glen Alpine
• Police blotter
• Toddler drowns in pool
• Officials break ground for Morganton Heights
• Pair charged with growing pot, mushrooms
• Police blotter
• Owls to greet locals at Harry Potter release
• Democrats outnumber GOP in proposed House District 86
• Drug charges2
• Drug charges1
• Man pleads guilty to killing wife
• Council seat opens at Rutherford College
• Advocates predict growth for charter schools in NC
• Morgan the GREAT Dane
• Four more file for local seats
• Therapy dog dies after comforting patients for five years
• Council seat opens at Rutherford College
• Senate redistricting map combines Burke, Cleveland
• Police blotter
• Attorney wants change of venue for Elisa Baker trial
• Budget cuts strike pre-school children
• Former school board member throws his name into the race
• Detectives believe teen planned armed robbery
• Police blotter
• Former school board member throws his name into race
• Puppy-mill dogs on road to recovery
• Are you safe on the Web?
• DOT awards $21M contract for Exit 105
• Advocates predict growth for charter schools in N.C.
• Broughton demolition under way
• Cops: Car thieves caught
• Burke County crime rate at 10-year low
• Two more enter Burke County school board races
• Public Safety issues 142 charges during 'Operation: Firecracker'
• No charges filed in fatal wreck
• Assistant District Attorney Eric Bellas reinstated after DWI arrest
• Bellas reinstated
• Suspected counterfeit ring busted
• One files for G.A. alderman seat
• Ground breaking set for Walmart shopping center
• Glen Alpine Board of Alderman eyes water/sewer fund
• Police: Woman crashes stolen car while drunk, high
• UPDATED: Motorcyclist died in NC 181 wreck
• Courthouse security overhaul nearly done
• Boy in coma wakes up
• Moped driver charged with DWI, again
• Four file for local seats
• Lightning struck 17-year-old
• Storm delayed performances, fireworks
• Pickin' and a grinnin'
• Pickin' and a grinnin'
• Pickin' and a grinnin'
• Casey Anthony acquitted of murder
• Festival attracts record crowds
• Holiday hijinks turn tragic
• Pickin' and a grinnin'
• Pickin' and a grinnin'
• Pickin' and a grinnin'
• Pickin' and a grinnin'
• Pickin' and a grinnin'
• ESC, BDI, church team up to offer job club
• Theater company has to find new home
• School board taps savings to save jobs
• Sheriff: Burglars ID'd on Facebook, arrested
• Three candidates file Friday
• Police patrols increased for DWI enforcement
• Mapped out
• Motorcyclist injured in wreck
• Pickin' and grinnin'
• Pickin' and grinnin'
• Pickin' and grinnin'
• Pickin' and grinnin'
• Pickin' and grinnin'
• Pickin' and grinnin'
• Pickin' and grinnin'
• Pickin' and grinnin'
• Child in a coma after wreck
• Local celebrations will light up the sky
• Police blotter
• Burke schools keep accreditation, for now
• Middle school art program axed
• Hildebran council rejects alcohol on ballot
• Valdese passes new smoking ordinance
• Filing period opens Friday
• SACS CASI decision coming today
• Baker hearing delayed
• Two charged with marina thefts
• Claremont shopkeeper fights back when robbed at gunpoint
• Men, women in blue keeping a watchful eye on festival
• Check out the star-studded festival lineup
• Fire at Valdese Weavers injures one
• Crash with car injures bicyclist
• Tube rentals let you float down Catawba
• Locals keep the RWB Festival running
• Carr: Legislature shows signs of improvement
• Buchanan: Doesn't anyone care about schools, county?
• Harris: Parks should be tobacco-free
• Alliot: Burke County has 'exceptional' rescue service
• Carroll: County doesn't need two offices for veterans
• RWB returns with new faces, voices
• Morganton woman charged with murder
• Will graphic warning help stop smoking?
• Burke road construction projects coming and going
• Police blotter
• More teens find themselves in unemployment lines
• Taking a staycation?
• Five-acres blackened in midday blaze
• Five-acres blackened in midday blaze
• Budgets at top of agenda for three towns
• REACT could find new home in Valdese's old band building
• Governor vetoes voter ID bill
• 5 Things to do this weekend
• UPDATE: Assistant DA placed on administrative leave following DWI charge
• Three charged with dealing crack
• Alleged teen stabber arrested
• Report: Drunken driver crashed into restaurant
• Police blotter
• Lady finds herself standing still in Burke County
• UPDATE: Assistant DA placed on administrative leave following DWI charge
• UPDATE: Teen charged in stabbing
• Commissioners reject tax increase
• 50-year-old faces child sex charges
• Report: Stolen gun seized
• Assistant district attorney charged with DWI
• Teen on lam after stabbing, officials say
• Detective: Drug deal goes awry
• Five days added to school year
• Gunman robs store in broad daylight, police say
• Gov. signs law making stock car racing state sport
• Grant helps dream take root
• City council amends privilege license fee, approves budget
• Field day exposes Berry site buildings, trash pits
• Valdese plans to fight for The Settings
• Schools preparing for 'pay to play' in '11-'12
• Dogs from Caldwell County kennel now at other shelters
• Dogs seized from Caldwell County kennel one step closer to adoption
• Hundreds of dogs seized at Hudson puppy mill
• 5 Things to do this weekend
• Plans for Overmountain HQ in the works
• Hundreds of dogs seized at Hudson puppy mill
• Hundreds of dogs seized from Hudson kennel
• Burke schools reassign principals
• N.C. Senate passes accreditation and board recall bills
• Deputies seize pot worth $150K
• Report: Man confesses to robbery
• Festival blooms at local farm
• Family, friends mourn teen killed in state park fall
• Police blotter
• Burke man involved in fatal Cleveland Co. wreck
• Morganton store sells million dollar ticket
• 50 Years Ago: Grandmother graduates at Glen Alpine
• UPDATED: Teen dies after slipping from falls
• More graduation photos
• Patton High graduates Class of 2011
• More graduation photos
• More graduation photos
• Burke County eyes higher fees
• Valdese Elementary students raise money to help cancer patients
• SACS CASI response expected by June 30
• Susan Stroup won't run for re-election
• Gov. Perdue vetoes state budget
• Wreck traps truck driver
• Truck strikes gas pumps
• Lightning strikes man at East Burke graduation
• Warrant: Bragging got court docs thief caught
• East Burke High School Class of 2011
• East Burke High School Class of 2011
• East Burke High School Class of 2011
• East Burke High School Class of 2011
• East Burke High School Class of 2011
• East Burke High School Class of 2011
• Freedom High School Class of 2011
• Freedom High School Class of 2011
• Freedom High School Class of 2011
• Freedom High School Class of 2011
• Freedom High School Class of 2011
• Freedom High School Class of 2011
• Freedom High School Class of 2011
• Wreck traps truck driver
• Wreck traps truck driver
• Mount Airy police chief, captain injured in shooting, woman dead
• Mount Airy police chief and captain injured in shooting, woman dead
• Board says Burke County needs revenue
• Whisenant becomes sheriff on second offer
• Whisenant becomes sheriff on second offer
• Pomp and Circumstance
• Pomp and Circumstance
• Pomp and Circumstance
• Pomp and Circumstance
• Pomp and Circumstance
• Pomp and Circumstance
• New Dimensions School set to buy new building
• GA approves budget
• Burke Chamber hears from BDI
• Tip leads to home invasion suspect
• UPDATED: Stolen court documents traded for drugs, sheriff says
• Valdese driver killed in I-40 wreck
• Report: Woman solicited killings
• New changes to come for Valdese
• House passes accreditation bill
• School board member asks for no cuts
• Veteran Services to become one-person department
• Motorcycle mechanic opens shop
• Drexel, Rutherford College approve budgets
• Report: Woman solicited killings
• Drexel natives cycle across country for clean water
• Carnivorous plants take root in Morganton
• Schools having trouble making staff reductions
• City doles out loans
• Carnivorous plants take root in Morganton
• No tax hike in Glen Alpine's proposed budget
• Burke commissioners will stream meeting online
• Police Blotter
• Valdese budget calls for small pay raise for employees
• It's graduation season y'all
• Drexel natives cycle across country for clean water
• Alleged pill trafficker jailed
• Morganton city manager set to present budget
• UPDATED: Drugs seized from car wash, police say
• 'I did not break the law': Edwards faces 30 years on charges of using campaign funds on mistress
• Car wash busted for weed, 'shrooms
• Edwards pleads not guilty: 'There's no question I've done wrong, but I did not break the law."
• Watch John Edwards' statement live here
• John Edwards indicted on felony charges
• Lake James bill "dead"
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Schools appeal for county funds
• Connelly Springs fills vacant seat
• Community honors fallen soldiers, veterans
• Task force gives notice to synthetic drug sellers
• Burke County remembers
• Accused BB gun bandit jailed on weapon charge
• Police: Two burglars caught in act
• Children hospitalized in golf cart wreck
• Burr addresses U.S. deficit, healthcare
• Whisenant becomes sheriff
• Charges filed in last week's raid
• City proposes fee increase
• Smith: A way to clean up meth labs?
• Huffman: Tell McHenry to vote 'no' on raising debt limit
• Abee: How did Freedom High School get its name?
• Cohen: Morganton offers many events
• Hagan proposes crackdown on fraud in textile importation
• Governor praises bottling firm for decision to expand in Burke
• Dump your old electronics for recycling on Thursday
• Community shows respect for fallen soldiers, veterans
• There's more to trash than meets the eye
• Commissioners expected to appoint sheriff Tuesday
• Where have all the young men (and women) gone?
• 5 Things to do this weekend
• Police blotter
• Agencies at odds in meth bust
• Hildebran cruises into Memorial Day
• Guatemala and then the world
• Red Cross reminisces
• Sinkhole swallows teen soccer player
• Developer ironing out new Walmart project
• Police blotter
• Police: Stolen goods recovered in raid
• UPDATED: Biker escapes after high-speed chase
• Murdered teen has Burke ties
• Hildebran town council approves first reading of budget
• Police: Robbery scheme concocted at soup kitchen
• Local man charged in Lincoln Co. burglaries
• Police blotter
• Freedom High mourns Ciro Amaya
• Kyle Busch cited for 128 in a 45 mph zone
• Burke County may cut EMS director's position
• Police blotter
• Celebrating, remembering and fighting back against cancer at Relay for Life
• Celebrating, remembering and fighting back against cancer at Relay for Life
• Celebrating, remembering and fighting back against cancer at Relay for Life
• Separate crashes leave two dead
• Daniel: Senate won't cut school funds as much as House
• More people buying tickets for Red, White & Bluegrass Festival
• Police: Drug trafficker jailed
• Community calendar
• Rash of car break-ins grows to four
• Police: Drug trafficker jailed
• Sinkhole repairs may take several days
• Dismembering a corpse could become an NC felony
• 81-year-old pepper-sprayed, robbed
• 5 things to do this weekend
• County manager proposes tax hike
• UPDATED: Truck flips, driver escapes injury
• Man charged in pill theft
• Marathon robbed
• Alleged ID trafficker nabbed
• Rash of car break-ins reported
• No layoffs for Viscotec
• Joara Pottery Festival returns
• State Superintendent June Atkinson visits Burke County
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• Citizens ask commissioners to fully fund schools
• Consultants confirm estimates of big cuts in schools' budget
• Connelly Springs may fill seat with former alderman
• Report: Gas station robbed
• Court dispositions
• Food drive delivers 7 tons
• Student strives to feed homeless
• Five area Girl Scouts go for gold
• Student briefs
• Big Brothers Big Sisters earn gold standard
• Police blotter
• Bill would put unemployed to work as volunteers
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• Conley: Mules were a fertile source of news in Burke County
• State school superintendent to visit Burke on Wednesday
• Burke County schools answer former student's call for help
• Trail of Faith memorial honors victim of Sept. 11 attack
• 50 Years Ago: Safe-cracking cat burglar strikes store
• Red Cross workers help tornado, earthquake victims
• LRU-SOFTBALL-WINS-1
• Democrats select Whisenant as new sheriff
• Commissioners hold two public hearings
• UPDATED: Teen dies at Freedom Park
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• 50 Years Ago: Board OKs budget; eyes consolidation
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• 5 things to do this weekend
• Police blotter
• County seeks to get rid of abandoned mobile homes
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• Parents could gain control of corporal punishment
• Wine festival to showcase local wineries
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• Investigators: Man shoots uncle over argument
• Hot ticket
• Another storm blows through Burke
• Funds run dry for meth cleanup
• Police: Four busted for drugs
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• Memorial's arrival kicks off veterans' tribute
• What about the NASCAR fans?
• 'I wanna go to school, too'
• Kindness across the continent and through the years
• Drexel welcomes back spring carnival
• Post office delivers on hunger
• Motorcyclist dies after wreck
• Schools will tell 120 their jobs may go away
• Police blotter
• Burke County Board of Education wants $4M more for schools
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• US-321-speed-limit-reduction
• Woman charged with 59 counts of ESC fraud
• Mars Hill student presents research on Senator Sam
• Alleged trafficker sought
• Meth lab found near school
• A Taste of Culture: Hundreds attend springtime food fest
• School budget vote expected Monday
• A daddy everyday
• Valdese native jailed for murder, arson
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• Plans to replace town alderman on hold until June
• School for the Deaf exhibits annual art show
• School for the Deaf exhibits annual art show
• School for the Deaf exhibits annual art show
• School for the Deaf exhibits annual art show
• School for the Deaf exhibits annual art show
• School for the Deaf exhibits annual art show
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• Friday night concert series kicks off in Burke County
• Barnsback: Burke County must keep teachers in classrooms
• Satterwhite: Voters will have chance to change schools' direction
• Burris: Money wasted on DPI should go to local schools
• Costner: Someone should stop waste of dollars
• Police blotter
• Schools ponder efficiency study
• LaSalle memorial set for Monday
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Art in the plaza and in the park
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• Keys to Life: Somber event sobers teens to driving drunk
• Charges uncertain in shooting
• Motorcyclist Tased after chase
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• Adam Baker must notify DA's office if he leaves state
• Man indicted on child sex charges
• 4-1 vote grants elected officials health insurance
• Drexel presents budget; Connelly Springs alderman retires
• Burke County's farmers markets return this month
• Meth watch 2011: Feds to cut support for meth cleanup
• Man wounded in shooting
• Three charged in meth bust
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• Cohen: City will not annex land at Lake James
• 50 Years Ago: Jr.-Sr. proms wind down school days
• Editorial: The debate is almost over, so start the debate
• Conley: The Angel Club was special
• Carr: We need conservative leaders who will do what we want
• Buchanan: Burke County needs to give more support to schools
• Hogg: Volunteers make Glen Alpine a better place to live
• Turbeville: Five chaplains serve multiple facilities
• Hatch: Neighbors in Burke are in Korea, too
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• Johnsons: NC needs regulations to protect environment
• Morgan: Study the facts about the village
• Pickert: Couple has found a lot to love about Morganton
• Stevenson: Life in the city full of hassles
• 50 Years Ago: Straw-hat season opens in Morganton
• Editorial: Elective officials should be elected
• Kenan: Jim Billings will be missed
• Wilkins: Adult DVDs should be behind counter
• Malik: Officials should ban tobacco use in public parks
• Adkins: Economy isn't getting better; more hardship is ahead
• Harrison: Will tax breaks for corporations really lower prices?
• Wallrichs & Earwood: Towns should ban tobacco in new parks
• Beck: Now isn't the time to incorporate village
• Wakeford: Save our county to save our schools
• Falls: Cause for optimism about leadership
• Staggs: Remember that our governor vetoed benefits
• Stone: Extending 1-cent sales tax can help schools
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• Did Pakistan know bin Laden's location?
• Inside the raid that killed bin Laden
• Americans gather joyfully to mark bin Laden death
• Business development on commissioners' agenda
• Lake James on the verge of overflowing two dams
• US kills Osama bin Laden decade after 9/11 attacks
• Council mulls bottling plant expansion
• Excitement reigns at Special Olympics event
• Patton steals late win over Freedom
• Draughn edges Hibriten 11-10 in baseball action
• Freedom scores key win at Patton
• LaSalle succumbs to cancer
• Robber sought
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• 5 things to do this weekend
• Twister touches down in Burke
• Police blotter
• Meth lab found near church
• Proposed school budget cuts 236 jobs
• Broughton Hospital construction will start soon
• Broughton construction to begin soon
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• Twister spotted in Burke
• Morganton joins Chad's circle
• Cops snag four wanted by FBI
• SACS CASI will send team for another look at schools
• Unemployment rate hovers around 12%
• Police: Shots fired, drugs found
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• Marion man recovering from crash
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• Schools edge closer to layoffs
• School board axes bus stops
• 56 jobs on the horizon for Burke
• Superior court dispositions for April 18 to April 21
• Teens charged in safe theft
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• State chaplains on budget's cutting block
• School board OKs last-minute budget study
• Police blotter
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• More cuts on school board's agenda
• More charges for chase suspect
• Police: Probation violator has numerous arrests
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• Fleeting escape ends in arrest
• Police Blotter
• Two hospitalized after head-on collision
• Man leaps off parking deck following domestic dispute
• Police: Store's DVDs don't violate law
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• Report: Driver charged in two DWI wrecks
• Police: Driver flees wreck on foot
• Hildebran mulls leases
• Hildebran to get furniture plant
• Old Rutherford College town hall demolished
• Democrats to name McDevitt's successor
• Display of adult DVDs concerns customer
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• Satterwhite: How long can Burke schools last without support?
• Corn: Oppose the Village of Lake James bill
• Conley: Drexel welcomes new post office
• 50 Years Ago: First tomato on vine despite April's frosts
• Greene: Letter writers haven't lived long at Lake James
• Cobb: People at dog show and responders earn gratitude
• Boone: Gays and lesbians should have same rights as any citizen
• Becker: Studying foreign language helps with English
• Hawkins: Thank dispatchers for their service
• Shane: Schools need more proposals to fix problems
• MacPhail: Why won't they let 1780 out of the village?
• Perrou: Biased networks, short sound bites dumb down voters
• Carr: Nation began deteriorating when it lost faith
• Seeley: Incorporating 1780 is like involuntary annexation
• Wallis: NC shouldn't let digital billboards mar landscape
• Furniture Maker to Add 64 Jobs in Burke County
• West: The unexpectedly high cost of death
• 50 Years Ago: A fish story about one that didn't get away
• Acuff: Highest-paid school administrators should take less
• Thompson: Burke schools need an additional source of funds
• Hurley: District should not close RC elementary
• King: Don't make budget decisions without more study
• Guy: Creating village would result in higher taxes
• Thurston: Representatives aren't representing majority on village
• Garrison: Why must area at Lake James be incorporated?
• Former county manager makes appeal to commissioners
• Inmate chaplain program on state's budget cutting block
• HALF-STAFF-FLAGS
• McDevitt announces retirement
• Acuff: Village at lake could control much wider area
• Brewer: Schools have significance in their communities
• Patterson: It's time to raise Social Security benefits
• brantley: Obama should lead us to peace, not war in Mideast
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• Wrongly jailed almost 18 years
• Election filing dates differ for municipalities
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• Burke EMS says it needs more radio channels
• Budget workshop ideas won't prevent layoffs
• Editorial: SACS CASI is not the problem
• Tax deadline looms
• Tea Party rallies
• Police Blotter
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• 250 scrutinize schools budget
• BCSO: Alleged burglars arrested
• Variety of sushi offered in Morganton
• Car burglar nabbed
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Oak Hill land use meeting planned
• Credit card thieves sought
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• Fraud suspects
• School budget workshop starts at 6 p.m. today in Patton High
• Art of Chocolate kicks off
• Connelly Springs aldermen don't expect to raise tax rate
• Prowler alert: Big cat spotted in Glen Alpine
• Hit-and-run wrecks reported
• Ex-official sentenced for taking bribes
• Stores opening and expanding in downtown Morganton
• Stabbing suspect arraigned
• Biker injured in wreck
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• Rutherford College may hire town manager
• AdvancED under fire in two states
• Workshop drills down into budget
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• Grand jury indicts copper theft suspects
• School budget workshops set for today and Thursday
• Seven hospitalized after lightning strike
• State employees rally against cuts
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• Five jailed in theft from movers
• MNH kenya mission group
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• Blackwell files bill to change state constitution
• CoMMA feels economic pinch
• 5 things to do this weekend
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• Cleaning up storm damage
• Burke people finding jobs
• Suspects nab possessions from fire
• Kleentech celebrates 20 years
• Commissioners hear concerns about schools
• Earth Day Celebration
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• Storms blow through Burke
• Police blotter
• Valdese sets public hearing for rezoning
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• Conley: Morganton Woman's Club honored by N.C., U.S. groups
• Morse: The Settings has produced taxes for Valdese
• Brown: Is it madness to build hospital?
• Stevenson: Don't count on park service to boost economy
• 50 Years Ago: Moonshiners make getaway on foot
• Garberina: Village supporters may regret buying into proposal
• Stiene: Legislators being told incorrect information
• Editorial: Much ado, but not doing much
• A. Lian: People want village to control their own destiny
• Smith: Schools may not need pre-K or language classes
• Lian: Huntertown didn't want to be in the village
• Hynson: Preserve Burke County's reputation
• Helton: North Carolina suffering again
• Bradshaw: Charter schools don't take money from public schools
• Threlkeld: Loggers should repair damage
• Harvey: Out-of-control spending is everywhere
• Ivancic: Schools should offer more languages, not fewer
• Martin: Are there ways to keep schools open?
• Childres: Don't jeopardize kids' education
• Editorial: It doesn't take a village
• Soper: Math, sciences and languages equally necessary
• Turner: Lake village's proposal wrong in many ways
• Veilleux: Village at lake should concern all taxpayers
• Hutchins: Obey the speed limit
• Bill would prevent city cable from expanding
• Police blotter
• Morganton City Council enters agreement with NCDOT
• Elisa Baker appears in court, has near-collapse
• Elisa Baker appears in court, has near-collapse
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• Lewis O'Neil celebrates 100 th birthday
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• Search and Rescue training draws hundreds
• Report: 1 in 8 Burke bridges "deficient"
• Truck strikes bridge
• Local bills circulate through House
• Woman charged with hitting, killing Burke native
• Man hospitalized after stabbing
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• Suspected car burglars sought
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• Felon arrested... again
• Investigator: Rash of car break-ins
• Rescued dog finds work at NCSD
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Suspect robs clerk, but not store
• Jill Rowell
• Earthquake survivor welcomed home
• Burke County Board of Realtors host open house weekend
• Report: Thieves snag prescriptions
• Operation Medicine Drop collects 35,000 pills
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• DOT continues to seek public input
• Yianni's Family Restaurant opens outdoor dining area
• Burke leaders make less than counterparts to the east
• Officials mull consolidating 911
• Alleged copper thief indicted
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• Second robbery suspect in custody
• Board rejects proposals to close schools
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• Can more taxes save Burke schools?
• NC DOT will share updated plans for area counties
• Glen Alpine opposes plan to close school
• Board of education could vote Monday on closing schools
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• Two sought after home invasion
• Thefts spur community action
• One charged in home invasion
• Parents plead for more time
• 50 already signed up to speak tonight
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Lake James bill sent to subcommittee
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• 50 already signed up to speak tonight
• REACT still looking for donors
• Hildebran considers adding a deputy
• Thieves hit gun show
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• Details of school consolidation plans in 140-page document
• Stellar: Consolidation will help keep class sizes smaller
• Overmountain HQ coming to Morganton
• Officials collecting unused, expired meds
• Gunfire damages house
• Burke schools consolidation plan posted on line
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• District plans to close six schools
• Valdese prepares for worst case for budgets
• Convicted murderer charged with rape, kidnapping
• Presidential candidate stops in Burke
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• MORE-BAKER-INDICTMENTS
• Public hearing set on school consolidation
• Searching for cemeteries
• Searching for cemeteries
• Turner: 1780 wants out of lake village
• Cramer: Choices should put children's education first
• Hice: Mull Elementary is a vital part of its community
• Stamey: Blaming someone is not the solution
• 50 Years Ago: Girl Scouts active as spring arrives
• Johnson: Adult attitudes will influence kids' experience
• Malloy: Legislature needs to limit motorists' use of cell phones
• Livsey: Charlie Sheen needs help and maybe prayers
• Smith: More about the Duke and Tar Heels rivalry
• Metcalf: Ex-jail administrator denies responsibility
• Conley: Fitz gave 'em fits … and fun
• 50 Years Ago: Who are the best-dressed men in the city?
• Davenport: Take back our city at the polls
• Salter: 'Pay to play' isn't unusual
• Snow: Who is good enough to run?
• Corkran: Christians must not let Obama destroy nation
• Satterwhite: Rutherford College school is exemplary
• Finances squeezing school system
• More people using DSS programs
• Discussion focuses on unemployment
• Spaghetti fundraiser planned for injured fireman
• Police blotter
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• 5 things to do this weekend
• Parents hostile over possible closure
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• Financial forces crushing schools
• Dr. James Croft
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• Dr. James Croft
• Art Stellar
• Japan disaster impacts Burke business
• Wishing for a lucky clover
• Schools cutting foreign language programs
• Lake James incorporation could mean budget woes
• Police blotter
• Triple-murder suspect captured
• Murder suspect captured
• Commissioners amend racetrack ordinance
• Driven by safety
• Driven by safety
• Six hospitalized following two separate wrecks
• Woman seeks solutions to flooding woes
• Blackwell introduces accreditation bill
• Rutherford College flooding
• Rutherford College flooding
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• Rutherford College flooding
• Cigarette tax
• Hundreds help Homes for Hearts
• Stellar: Schools may seek tax hike
• Chili Cook-off
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• Chili Cook-off
• Chili Cook-off
• Aaron Owens
• Cameron Pearson
• Police blotter
• Four wheeling for a cause
• Community rallies around injured firefighter
• Five caught in Caldwell meth sting
• Donnie Hughes 2
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• Community: Keep school open
• 5 things to do this weekend
• BOE recall bill introduced
• Village of Lake James bill back on the table
• Rutherford College town meeting
• Rutherford College town meeting
• Rutherford College town meeting
• Rutherford College town meeting
• Rutherford College town meeting
• Rutherford College town meeting
• Rutherford College town meeting
• Rutherford College town meeting
• Rutherford College town meeting
• Rutherford College town meeting
• Rutherford College town meeting
• Rutherford College town meeting
• Trio charged in meth sting
• New fish camp coming to Valdese
• "Chasing the dragon"
• Police blotter
• CyberKids Robotics all-county match
• CyberKids Robotics all-county match
• CyberKids Robotics all-county match
• CyberKids Robotics all-county match
• CyberKids Robotics all-county match
• CyberKids Robotics all-county match
• CyberKids Robotics all-county match
• CyberKids Robotics all-county match
• CyberKids Robotics all-county match
• Another suspected meth lab found
• Flood watch issued
• Meth use cranks up
• Hospital purse snatcher sought
• Brian Farris
• Mary Wright
• Lacy Daves
• Harry McCall
• Larry Dehaven
• Suspect
• DDA continues 17-year tradition of basketball and chili
• Board of Elections will run city's vote in October
• Expo draws yard enthusiasts
• Expo draws yard enthusiasts
• New charge for accused child rapist
• County embarks on budget process
• BOE could take over Morganton elections
• Expo draws yard enthusiasts
• Expo draws yard enthusiasts
• Expo draws yard enthusiasts
• Expo draws yard enthusiasts
• Expo draws yard enthusiasts
• Expo draws yard enthusiasts
• Expo draws yard enthusiasts
• Expo draws yard enthusiasts
• Expo draws yard enthusiasts
• Expo draws yard enthusiasts
• Expo draws yard enthusiasts
• School cafeterias
• Hospice thrift store
• Read Across America
• Read Across America
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• Read Across America
• Jailer accused of having sex with an inmate
• Outdoor Expo − Event offers expert yard advice
• Police blotter
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Monday's school board meeting canceled
• Parents question justification for closing schools
• Police blotter
• Night of entertainment, food benefits animals
• No children were at daycare suspected as meth lab
• County's population grows, city's shrinks
• Update: Officer cleared in Sipes shooting
• Monday's storms damaged homes, left residents in the dark
• Daycare operators raided on suspicion of meth
• Store offers Asian favorites
• Commissioners hope to stream meetings online
• Autopsy: Sipes suffered six gunshot wounds
• Police blotter
• North Carolina census numbers coming Wednesday
• Police blotter
• Recommendations on school closings coming this month
• Fast-moving storm wallops county
• storm
• Bowl for Kids' Sake
• Bowl for Kids' Sake
• Bowl for Kids' Sake
• Bowl for Kids' Sake
• County commissioners looking at short agenda
• School board may add fee for processing transfer requests
• Seniors collect books for youngsters
• Editorial: Resignations are not the answer
• Hundreds celebrate black history
• Hundreds celebrate black history
• Hundreds celebrate black history
• Funds sought for injured fireman
• Suspect in chase captured
• Hundreds celebrate black history
• Man charged with firing at deputies
• Gas prices continue to climb
• Icard Fire Department
• Icard Fire Department
• Icard Fire Department
• Icard Fire Department
• State park visitors
• State park visitors
• State park visitors
• Report: Drug trafficker caught
• Police blotter
• 5 things to do
• College grad keeps the dream alive
• Train strikes pedestrian
• Train wreck 1
• Train wreck 2
• Train wreck 3
• Shalee Fornee
• Shalee Fornee
• Shalee Fornee
• Shalee Fornee
• Drug suspect
• Black History Festival is Saturday
• Library wants to cut the cords, go wireless
• BCSO nabs robbery suspect
• Police blotter: Man charged with child rape
• Rape suspect
• Robbery suspect
• Students hear from state Supreme Court justice
• Police blotter
• Brentwood Water Corp to build new facility
• Restaurant considers old Ham's Restaurant building
• Fire truck wrecks, driver injured
• Fire truck wrecks, driver injured
• Morganton refits city buildings, saves money
• Architects report on school district's surplus capacity
• Elisa Baker indicted on second-degree murder charge
• Police blotter
• Tea for troops
• Tea for troops
• Tea for troops
• Waldensian emancipation celebrated
• Waldensian emancipation celebrated
• Waldensian emancipation celebrated
• Officials warn about highest-level fire hazards
• Ricky Skaggs among top acts for festival
• State employees give cool reception to Perdue plan
• Work session on school consolidation starts at 5:30 pm Monday
• Suspect's dog becomes cop's best friend
• Police blotter
• News Herald staff collects four press awards
• News Herald staff collects four press awards
• Bocephus
• Penley: There still are some honest people
• Mason: Did someone lie about cuts in our taxes?
• Thurston: The money well is dry in Burke County
• Flood: People need to think more and argue less
• Melton: What about more fees for public school?
• Schoeberle: Dirty tricks aren't helping school system
• 50 Years Ago: Did you hear the one about the dentist, the druggist and the doctor?
• Editorial: Don't follow adults' example
• Hart: A student's declaration of education
• Patterson: Unemployment is a job killer
• Gupton: Send health-care reform to high court
• Snow: Motives are not a secret
• Wilson: Freedom band makes show memorable
• Van Hecke: Spending less now will cost more later
• Palmento: Thanks for the memories from Muses
• Harrison: The children shouldn't be punished
• Conley: City opened two swimming pools in 1955
• Search for robbery suspect continues
• Broughton Hospital receives Joint Commission accreditation
• Furniture retailer inspires chamber members at annual meeting
• Valdese receives $450,000 grant
• Old Courthouse gets facelift
• 5 things to do
• Police blotter
• UPDATED: Scrap yard robber ID'd, sheriff says
• Medical worker charged with prescription fraud
• Lake James cleanup
• Murdered man had Burke ties
• Police blotter
• Americana Stage Proudly Presents Nashville Singer/Songwriter 'Brian Ashley Jones'
• Kimberly Tuft
• Wrecks close I-40 for 2 hours
• New commissioner sworn in
• Digital degrees launching high-tech careers
• Digital degrees launching high-tech careers
• Digital degrees launching high-tech careers
• Digital degrees launching high-tech careers
• Digital degrees launching high-tech careers
• Digital degrees launching high-tech careers
• Digital degrees launching high-tech careers
• Digital degrees launching high-tech careers
• Digital degrees launching high-tech careers
• Valdese: Meridian's phenol levels too high
• United Way celebrates giving
• Digital degrees launching high-tech careers
• Man found not guilty of statutory rape
• Police blotter
• SRL_Earnhardt
• 911 call: "You're not going to know who it is"
• Family displaced by fire
• Police blotter
• Fire destroys garage in salvage yard
• Police: Man killed; words carved, written on body
• Police: Man killed; words carved, written on body
• Morganton will reduce fluoride levels in water
• Tourism authority gets $269,500 from occupancy tax
• Couple gives new life to former Pilot Mountain school
• Norvell gets 15-year sentence
• Woman charged with unemployment fraud
• Brad Norvell
• Midday blaze threatened businesses
• Man charged with drug trafficking
• Jeremiah Jubin
• Addie Thomas
• Caldwell resigns from college board
• Convicted child pornographer to be sentenced
• Truck pulled from Lake James
• Man charged for drugs
• Truck pulled from lake
• School board works toward balancing budget
• Police Blotter
• WPCC speaker relates slave journeys to freedom
• Man sought after chase
• All In One taking over JJ's
• Aaron Webb
• Report: Argument leads to shootout
• Mother, infant hospitalized in wreck
• Two new businesses coming to downtown
• Pig out at Jake's
• Mainstreet Solutions Fund
• Mainstreet Solutions Fund
• Mainstreet Solutions Fund
• Mainstreet Solutions Fund
• Mainstreet Solutions Fund
• Local man indicted in campaign investigation
• Jack London
• School board balks at staff cuts
• City council rescinds privilege license fee
• GOP announces selection to fill open commissioner seat
• 20-year-old dies in wreck
• Conley: City welcomed two swimming pools in 1955
• 50 Years Ago: Policeman scores a two-fer: two drunk drivers in one car
• Belada: Don't balance budget with state job cuts
• Hardy: Mental health - less will be done with less
• Rudicil: Is politics behind call for resignations?
• Stevens: Redistributing the wealth will sink nation
• Huffman: Gene will be remembered with fondness
• Scott: Leandro case could apply to Burke schools
• Bennett: We welcome law-enforcement officers
• Evey: Courts make rulings, not law
• Juniors: Accreditation is about the students' future
• 50 Years Ago: Ham goes where no man has gone before
• Thurston: Morganton should change its election
• Stilwell: Take a stand for unborn children
• Editorial: Full, fair and public discussion
• Smith: Let my school use building
• Williams: SACS CASI should not abuse power
• Ipock: The wealthy should make sacrifices, too
• Flood: Republicans are back with a vengeance
• Clark: Just who are these people?
• State employees on edge about budget cuts
• Church places granite bench as memorial
• Outreach Center opens new thrift store on eBay
• All-county band performs free concert
• All-county band performs free concert
• Proposed budget cuts on school agenda
• Morganton sets two public hearings
• Do tell
• All-county band performs free concert
• Doctor gives Egypt prognosis
• Police Blotter
• All-county band performs free concert
• All-county band performs free concert
• Do tell
• Dr. Diaa Hussein
• Single bad-check charge dropped but felony still pending in Burke
• Police blotter
• Three men detained in meth lab bust
• 5 things to do this weekend
• AP Exclusive: Elisa Baker wed seven times
• Police Blotter
• SBI completes Sipes death investigation
• After 40 years, bookstore's story nears the end
• College Street Academey finishes move
• College Street Academey move finished
• New restaurant offers burritos, tacos
• Police Blotter
• Biker hospitalized after collision
• Woman charged with fraud
• New restaurant offers burritos, tacos
• New restaurant offers burritos, tacos
• New restaurant offers burritos, tacos
• New restaurant offers burritos, tacos
• New restaurant offers burritos, tacos
• New restaurant offers burritos, tacos
• New restaurant offers burritos, tacos
• New restaurant offers burritos, tacos
• New restaurant offers burritos, tacos
• New restaurant offers burritos, tacos
• New restaurant offers burritos, tacos
• Board OKs repayments, purchasing ambulance
• Paul Brady wins $14,000 in Friends for Animals' raffle
• Patricia Henderson
• Charlotte lands 2012 Democratic National Convention
• Local legislators named to leadership positions
• New law changes DNA collection from arrestees
• Mayor reports on 'State of the City'
• Hickory police turn over Zahra evidence to DA
• Zahra Baker case turned over to district attorney's office
• Editorial: Join the Relay for Life
• Prosthetic legs give ex-soldier mobility
• Lost ring comes home
• Off-roading ordinance goes back to the drawing board
• Claude Sitton named Man of the Year
• Morganton may ask county to run elections
• Two wanted in Granite Falls bank heist
• Relay for Life
• Relay for Life
• Relay for Life
• Claude Sitton
• Claude Sitton
• Tim Davis
• Community colleges mull amending open admission policies
• Homeless census
• Homeless census
• Sheriff's car hits deer
• More amendments to proposed OHV ordinance
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Homeless census
• School board resumes work to save accreditation
• WPCC campus
• Burke Relay kicks off with expo
• Burke man charged in Cleveland burglary
• Official: Deaf school not affected by lost data
• Captured fugitive a Morganton native
• Jack Poteat
• Acuff: Four should resign from school board
• Cornelison: School board must focus on one issue
• Link: Why is there such disregard for life?
• Conley: Double-T sign was a sight to see
• 50 Years Ago: Fire destroys Southern Hotel on Green Street
• Perrou: Name-calling is not debate
• Rector: We must stop the culture of death in U.S.
• Horton: To the people who searched for Betty…
• Pons: Buff to blame
• Hazel: Be considerate when sledding on state land
• Hawes: Is the school board committed to the students?
• Hildebrand: Owner can't forgive driver who hit dog
• Cope: State pension plan did not cause problem
• Fletcher: Repeal health care for our congressmen
• Hodges: How much can the city cut spending?
• Stevenson: City needs a call system to warn citizens
• 50 Years Ago: 'Man of the Year' gets news at work
• Fulbright: Pray every day for the unborn
• Mayor: City thanks workers who handled storm
• Williams: Literature can teach children immorality
• Stilwell: Where are the Christmas ornaments?
• Evey: Ban tobacco products; end the problems
• Church: East Burke community adopts angels
• Cohen: Council will revert tax to original form
• 50 Years Ago: Good riddance to a bad-luck license plate
• Conley: What students know about newspapers
• Carothers: Firefighters make a dream come true
• Burris: Burr shouldn't have voted for DADT
• Buchanan: Don't provide free benefits for illegals
• School board to hear from education experts
• GOP tasked with filling Huffman's commissioner seat
• Museum displays tools of yesteryear
• Accused child sex offender indicted
• REACT seeks money for new home
• Domingo
• Water line break leaves dozens dry
• School board hears praise for Thursday's actions
• Editorial: School board must work together
• UPDATE: Two found dead in burned home
• UPDATE: Crews continue search for second fire victim
• Snow-removal budgets built to handle more winter weather
• Andrea Lane reighbors want road paved
• Everything is on the table for possible state budget cuts
• Bulletin: School board will have two sites for forum
• Community gets to know new county manager
• Accused robber appears in court
• Prison drug abuse counselor busted for possession
• Edwin Hood
• 'A southern gentleman' dies at age 79
• Linda Bixby
• BREAKING NEWS: Commissioner dies
• BB gun bandit captured
• Fundraiser set for child
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Two 'resign' to save accreditation
• Unscripted: Pill abuse on rise in Burke
• UPDATE: Police arrest armed robbery suspect
• School board meets tonight
• Legislators talk jobs, schools
• BULLETIN: School board announces open forum
• Editorial: School board must change its ways
• Three R's: resign, recall or remove
• County commissioners OK money for DARE program
• Arts council hosts town hall meeting
• Valdese Packaging expands
• Valdese Packaging expands
• Valdese Packaging expands
• Valdese Packaging expands
• New Dimensions seeks a new home
• County may extend water service along Rhoney Road
• NAACP urges people to join fight on poverty
• NAACP leader blasts Burke school board
• MLK banquest
• MLK banquest
• MLK banquest
• MLK banquest
• MLK banquest
• MLK banquet
• MLK banquet
• MLK banquet
• MLK banquet
• MLK banquet
• MLK banquet
• MLK banquet
• MLK banquet
• MLK banquet
• MLK banquet
• MLK banquet
• MLK banquet
• 5 Things to do this weekend
• Detective: Deaf woman raped
• Pipe burst from cold
• Morganton PS seize $8,225 in drugs, cash
• Former EMS major pleads guilty
• Cell phone leads to icy wreck
• School board members react, make plans to move forward
• Chamber, realty board say accreditation effects are long-reaching
• Accreditation report lists school board's faults
• Burke mayors react to accreditation news
• Superintendent outlines options
• Prescription drug abuse
• Man accused of kidnapping, sex crime
• Coming Thursday
• Schools could lose accreditation on June 30
• Schools could lose accreditation on June 30
• Schools could lose accreditation on June 30
• Schools could lose accreditation on June 30
• Schools could lose accreditation on June 30
• Schools could lose accreditation on June 30
• Schools could lose accreditation on June 30
• Schools could lose accreditation on June 30
• The ebb and flow of gym memberships
• Water restored after breaks
• The ebb and flow of gym memberships
• School cancelled today
• Convict accused of harassing juror
• Residents cope with low lake levels
• Motorists stay at home; snow causes few mishaps
• City council will rescind privilege tax
• Shuler says he will carry gun after attack on congresswoman
• News Herald's e-edition open to all today
• Bulletin: Winter storm prompts caution to motorists
• Flu cases expected to increase
• District studies options for school buildings
• Snow could postpone school board meeting
• UPDATE: Snow postpones school board meeting
• Lake James water levels
• Lake James water levels
• Lake James water levels
• Lake James water levels
• Lake James water levels
• Lake James water levels
• Lake James water levels
• Water main bursts on US 70
• Pendulum sells out
• Pendulum sells out
• Snow forecasted for Monday morning
• Parker: A new year's resolution - quit smoking
• Johnson: Protect your home against radon gas
• Grigg: City council needs to step up to the plate
• 50 Years Ago: Locals attend governor's inauguration
• Editorial: Have a happy new year, Burke County
• Who misplaced the 'd' in Hildebran(d)?
• 5 things to do this weekend
• Highway Patrol: more accidents in 2010, but fewer fatalities
• Aunt: Elisa says Zahra died of natural causes
• Hildebrand name
• Hildebrand name
• Conley: American flag raised above courthouse
• 50 Years Ago: Watermelons, diamonds and jalopies for Christmas
• McKinney: What can we do about the city utilities?
• Godfrey: BDI is a waste of tax dollars
• Vance: Riddle Center served Sissy, family well
• Editorial: How much does size matter?
• Updated: Elisa Baker says Zahra died Sept. 24
• Relative: Zahra died of natural causes
• Restaurant seeks new home in Valdese
• Tweens share passion for fashion
• Tracking bracelets can save missing people
• Speed blamed in propane wreck
• Sheriff: Facebook a crime-fighting tool
• Release: Rapes happened over three-year span
• Yadkin County hires Lewis as consultant
• Three-vehicle accident sends two to hospital
• Overturned propane truck closes NC 181
• Elisa Baker says Zahra died Sept. 24
• Breaking News: Propane truck accident closes N.C. 181
• Breaking News: Propane truck accident closes N.C. 181
• Breaking News: Propane truck accident closes N.C. 181
• Breaking News: Propane truck accident closes N.C. 181
• Breaking News: Propane truck accident closes N.C. 181
• Breaking News: Propane truck accident closes N.C. 181
• Breaking News: Propane truck accident closes N.C. 181
• Breaking News: Propane truck accident closes N.C. 181
• Local unemployment up for fourth month
• Businesses voice outrage over fees
• Teacher thinks outside the box with students' chairs
• Six homicides rock Burke in 2010
• New Years baby
• DWIs punctuate New Year's Day
• New Year's Baby
• Alleged child rapist in custody
• Balance ball chairs
• Balance ball chairs
• Balance ball chairs
• Balance ball chairs
• O Christmas Tree
• Fugitive captured
• Deputy: Copper thieves caught in act
• Fire damages Icard home
• Christmas tree disposal
• Two charged in meth lab bust
• Crews battle sawdust fire
• Mother Nature puts wet, windy stamp on 2010
• Truck fire closes I-40
• Pace of economic progress remains slow throughout 2010
• Reward offered in vandalism cases
• Consolidation one of many cost-cutting education measures in 2010
• Glen Alpine Depot a top breakfast spot
• Glen Alpine Depot a top breakfast spot
• Glen Alpine Depot a top breakfast spot
• Glen Alpine Depot a top breakfast spot
• Glen Alpine Depot a top breakfast spot
• Snowstorm causes outages, wrecks
• Snowstorm causes outages, wrecks
• Snowstorm causes outages, wrecks
• Snowstorm causes outages, wrecks
• Snowstorm causes outages, wrecks
• Snowstorm causes outages, wrecks
• Snowstorm causes outages, wrecks
• Snowstorm causes outages, wrecks
• Snowstorm causes outages, wrecks
• Snowstorm causes outages, wrecks
• Snowstorm causes outages, wrecks
• Snowstorm causes outages, wrecks
• Snowstorm causes outages, wrecks
• Snowstorm causes outages, wrecks
• Republicans win big in 2010
• Snow blankets county
• Randolph: Give wisely; support the Salvation Army
• Hyde: Public-sector unions create budget gaps
• Anderson: Republicans getter get it right this time
• Gardner: Zahra is in a better home this Christmas
• Self: Celebrate the lights of the holiday season
• Waycaster: Bible's year of release could cut debt load
• Tubergen: City's billing for water is unfair
• Smith: What does it cost to mothball Mountain View?
• Dale: Community gives gifts to students at Mull School
• Benner: Lots of support helps bike crew's annual project
• Brackett: Fire department thanks all who helped in search
• 50 Years Ago: Yippee-i-oh on the city's streets
• Polk: Please don't let Spruce Home close at Riddle
• Schoeberle: Why isn't Roy Cooper fighting ObamaCare?
• Farley: Start the new year by quitting tobacco use
• Editorial: Shop at home for the holidays
• Patterson: Remember to add gratitude to the joy of giving
• Harvey: Turn town hall into incubator for businesses
• Jones: Why won't DOC let inmates get an education?
• Will it be a white Christmas?
• More charges filed in heat-pump thefts
• Get an inside look at letters to Santa
• Charities seek holiday giving
• Absconder captured
• BCFFA raffle extended
• Restaurant offers free Christmas breakfast
• Brentwood plans new water tank
• Michelle Hobbs
• WPCC graduation
• Charities
• Going home for Christmas
• Going home for Christmas
• Going home for Christmas
• Going home for Christmas
• Going home for Christmas
• Going home for Christmas
• Going home for Christmas
• Going home for Christmas
• Extended unemployment benefits are flowing again
• Looming fight over state job cuts begins to heat up
• Burke County teachers earn national board certification
• County may make it easier for churches to offer shelter
• Grace Ridge resident turns 100
• Board certified Teachers
• Board Certified Teachers
• Have a dolly, jolly Christmas
• Have a dolly, jolly Christmas
• Have a dolly, jolly Christmas
• Family builds dream green home
• Woman with dementia goes missing
• Police blotter
• Alleged shooter indicted on drug charges
• With patients on his mind, oncologist trains for 24-hour run
• 5 things to do
• Icy weather gives Burke cold shoulder
• Simply Green hopes to expand
• Ultra Run
• Simply Green
• Patton program rescheduled
• Broughton construction will employ 300-350
• Local loan program will help businesses grow
• Mother's fight against cancer inspires benefit concert
• Broughton construction will employ 300-350
• More winter weather to hit Burke tonight
• Area under winter weather advisory
• County considers new fee for disposing of used tires
• Mild weather, competition affect firewood sales
• Speech contest winners named
• Gettys sentenced to life in prison
• Conley: Life down on Gossip Corner
• 50 Years Ago: Santa will find you, even in Japan
• Wegener: Fight corruption
• Kirkpatrick: Urge McHenry to support act to protect forest
• Bravard: Logic would ban straight people from the military
• Editorial: Showing strength in numbers
• Phillips: We owe Zahra more efforts to end child abuse
• Ford: Get rid of bush
• Costner: What has Burke Development done for county?
• LaSalle: SACS should take the schools off probation
• Benson: New resolution: quit tobacco use
• Corkran: Expect Congress to resume draft
• Jodry: Support your local book store
• Leger: Greed undercuts city's prospects for the future
• Adams: Republicans are hypocritical about the deficit
• 50 Years Ago: Cafe manager finds an honest man
• Willis: Abortion is murder, too
• Gaither: New changes in judicial system protect rights
• Snow: Should public schools teach religion?
• White: Death penalty needed to deter horrific crimes
• Riddle: GOP's win may mean nothing is accomplished
• Tipton: Bush blocks line of sight at US 64
• Godfrey: Why do posers work in Burke?
• Winter tightens grip on Burke County
• Judge strikes down part of ObamaCare
• Racetrack, OHV ordinances return to county's agenda
• Property owner sets up fund to fix road
• State parks in Burke might not feel budget cuts
• Freedom Park New Year's Ultra 24HR
• Jobless rate falls faster here than anywhere else
• Local clinic to create Medicaid practice
• Tasty morsels help feed the hungry
• Tasty morsels help feed the hungry
• Tasty morsels help feed the hungry
• Tasty morsels help feed the hungry
• Tasty morsels help feed the hungry
• Tasty morsels help feed the hungry
• Tasty morsels help feed the hungry
• Tasty morsels help feed the hungry
• Tasty morsels help feed the hungry
• Tasty morsels help feed the hungry
• Tasty morsels help feed the hungry
• Tasty morsels help feed the hungry
• Moss named Valdese Police Chief
• Traffic stop leads to charges in other thefts
• Jury deliberates in murder case
• 5 things to do
• Police blotter
• Burke County schools rub out red ink
• School board elects officers with two members absent
• Park service hears support for putting HQ in Morganton
• Gettys testifies in murder trial
• Lake James expected to be at normal level in summer
• DA's office clarifies position in Elisa Baker case
• Valdese tables theater project
• Jurors hear from former fellow inmate
• Restaurant could get more money for deck
• Decision on Valdese theater project expected today
• Schools expect good news in annual audit
• Commissioners may elect new chair and vice chair
• Mourners at Zahra tribute angry about prosecution agreement
• Source: Agreement takes death penalty, life in prison off table for Elisa Baker
• Icard man dies in Hickory crash
• Searchers find two hikers
• Editorial: Unlock the gridlock
• Schools have at least one SACS CASI goal to go
• Fire closes portion of Viscotec
• Jury sees crime scene photos
• Wreath maker brings a touch of Christmas to front doors
• Does the IRS have a check waiting for you?
• 5 things to do
• Storm knocks out power in Eastern Burke
• German company buys Environmental Inks
• Three officers testify in murder trial
• Burke's jobless rate goes up
• Commissioners OK ban on tobacco
• Board hires county manager
• Students stand and deliver
• Search warrants reveal grisly details in Zahra Baker case
• Warrants: Elisa Baker gave details of Zahra's dismemberment
• Memorial service for Zahra postponed
• Judge unseals search warrants in Zahra Baker case
• Warrants: Elisa Baker gave details of Zahra's dismemberment
• Homicide suspect makes first appearance in court
• Search for Valdese police chief continues
• Homicide suspect makes first appearance in court
• 2006 murder case goes to trial
• Fire still under investigation
• Conley: Annual parade took far longer route in 1958
• 50 Years Ago: Burning the mortgage warms hearts
• Editorial: Reviving a neglected industry
• 50 Years Ago: Martins flock to 136-gourd 'motel'
• Editorial: Seal the deal
• A reporter's report on covering Zahra
• Scott: Support your local businesses
• Stamey: How much more will board spend?
• Evey: Death penalty is not as cruel as Zahra's death
• Vang: Global warming threatens the whole planet
• Hill: Palm scanner invades privacy
• Carroll: Family mourns soldier's death
• Wilcox: Search for Zahra Baker will be remembered
• Beauford: Grandmother gets help from 'awesome' folks
• Logan: Farm workers feed the nation, need health care
• Logan: Zahra Baker now is in Jesus' arms
• Moore: Officials need to clean up E. Union neighborhood
• Madrazo: Partnership brings dentistry to Drexel school
• Kokoszka: Keep our troops in your prayers
• Ball: We can defeat cancer; it is just a matter of time
• Waycaster: Honor the office of the president
• Conley: Burke County tobacco crop makes history
• 50 Years Ago: Northern Lights dip into the South
• Valdese council expected to OK loan resolutions
• Board will hear what public thinks about tobacco rules
• Foster Grandparents is 45 years old
• Fire destroys home, kills dog
• No new jobs on the horizon
• Schools face sinking deeper into financial woes
• Trail of Faith shines through holidays
• 5 things to do
• Tangled climber stranded for hours on Table Rock
• UPDATE: Stepfather slain on Rhodhiss Road
• Police blotter
• Mother dog does the unexpected
• Desperate search ends with family reunion
• Local store owners optimistic about holiday sales
• Mother dog and pups
• Mother dog and puppies
• Mother dog and pups
• Mother dogs and pups
• Mother dog and pups
• Mother dog and pups
• Mother dog and pups
• Mother dog and pups
• Mother dog and pups
• Yes, we're open on Thanksgiving
• Turkey and all the fixings offered for free
• Friday fire ruled accidental
• Restaurants open on Thanksgiving
• Restaurants open on Thanksgiving
• Restaurants open on Thanksgiving
• Shrine to Zahra is gone
• Women make over dolls, spread holiday cheer
• Historic Burke Foundation features portals into history
• New Valdese town hall opens
• School board will meet today
• Who's reading schools' e-mail?
• UPDATE: Fire damages three downtown businesses
• Breaking News: Structure fire damages Morganton business
• Truckers for a day
• Resident injuries at the center of Riddle investigations
• Outreach Center receives turkeys, but needs more
• 5 things to do
• Morganton top choice for Overmountain trail headquarters
• HDzahramostrecent
• They call her MeMaw
• Riddle Center fires 9 after investigation
• Drug suspect flees police on foot
• WPCC early registration underway
• Suttle prepares to exit commissioner board
• HDRzarahvigilaus
• HDRzarahvigilaus
• HDRzarahvigilaus
• HDRzarahvigilaus
• HDRzarahvigilaus
• HDRzarahvigilaus
• HDRzarahvigilaus
• HDRzarahvigilaus
• HDRzarahvigilaus
• HDRzarahvigilaus
• "We love Zahra"
• WPCC faculty and staff show creative side
• Burke schools face $11.4-million shortfall
• "We love Zahra"
• Canvass doesn't change election outcomes
• Court motion details what Elisa Baker told police
• Officers padlock house
• Police blotter
• Valdese theater project secures loan
• Officers padlock house
• Canvass doesn't change election outcomes
• Ball celebrates 235th birthday
• Ball celebrates 235th birthday
• Company wants to mine river's sand
• Where is Connelly Springs?
• Living will
• Living will
• Living will
• Accident stops I40 traffic
• Dive team meets CSI
• Superintendent to report on school finances
• Hope is lost: Bone, DNA confirm Zahra is dead
• Bone, DNA confirm Zahra Baker is dead
• Bone, DNA confirm Zahra Baker is dead
• Bone, DNA confirm Zahra Baker is dead
• 5 things to do
• New tourism director putting Burke's best forward
• 5 things to do
• Leonhardt: Burke Hospice helps so many
• Clark: This is a time for caring for all in the community
• Perrou: Changes won't come by voting in one party
• Carr: Winners need to show what they can do for U.S.
• World War II through the eyes of a soldier
• Schools improve attendance rates
• POSSIBLE-REMAINS-FOUND-2
• 50 Years Ago: NCSD cow sets production record
• Conley: Hospital's chief gardener raised miles of tomatoes
• Ward: Be realistic about challenge facing schools
• 50 Years Ago: It's water-skiing season on Lake James
• Wife tells veteran's tale of strength, survival
• Berry site prompts author to dig deeper into early settlements
• Burke to salute its veterans
• Jail seeks to expand staff, facility
• Police blotter
• BDI presents plans for business park
• Trooper's killer gets life in prison
• Injured soldier returns home
• Injured soldier returns home
• Burke Republicans focus on state budget
• Injured soldier returns home
• Zahra's father empties house
• Beatrice Cobb Trust distributes $370,500
• Editorial: Politics past, present and future
• Police blotter
• Commissioners conduct interviews for manager's job
• Morganton Comicon returns
• Police blotter
• Morganton Comicon returns
• 5 things to do
• Geeks ready to Throwdown
• Election glitch still under investigation
• Burke election turns red
• Only only one convicted in Outlaws biker gang case
• Bone recovered in Zahra Baker case
• Wastewater upgrades may cost billions
• Motown Throwdown Spirit Week
• Rotary clubs host pancake breakfasts
• Library hosts electronics recycling drop-off
• Bone recovered in Zahra Baker case
• UPDATE: Computer glitch delays results
• Gillespie wins re-election in N.C. House District 85
• McHenry keeps 10th District seat, defeats Gregory
• Jay Gaither retains job as 25th District DA
• Crowd taunts as Baker evicted
• Blackwell wins re-election in House District 86
• Daniel to take over 44th District Senate seat
• Pearson: Pray for Zahra's safe return
• Wallrichs: A good time to ban tobacco on county grounds
• Polls close in Burke County
• UPDATE: Computer glitch delays results
• State Republicans win majorities in NC Legislature
• NC voters approve amendment to ban felons as sheriff
• Mayor, council want to see BDI produce jobs
• School enrollment down to lowest level since '96-'97
• New developments in Zahra Baker case
• NC election officials say voter turnout is steady
• BAKER EVICTED-1
• Causbys: We thank friends, family for support
• Johnson: Vote thoughtfully to get changes
• Corkran: Sossoman set model of service to community
• Abuse turned Zahra's life into a nightmare here
• zahra smiling
• Editorial: Get out and vote
• SACS' review team to return Dec. 7-8
• SACS' review team to return Dec. 7-8
• City prepares for I-40 Exit 105 facelift
• Friends for Animals raffles off house
• For Zahra, life in Australia was smiles, survival, freinds and family
• House raffle
• Police blotter
• Feds investigating Perdue campaign
• Tuesday is Election Day
• Unemployment numbers drop
• Candidates make final appeals for votes
• Johnson: Americans need cooperation in government
• Fein: Warren Daniel understands what state needs
• Candidates agree on cutting spending, adding jobs
• Jones: Judge Mullinax brings great qualities to court
• 5 things to do
• Police blotter
• Police blotter
• German students celebrate Oktoberfest at Morganton Public Library
• Ridge to Bridge runner raises money for the blind
• Candidates will speak at public forum Thursday
• Chesterfield principal finds himself in a sticky situation
• Brinkley: Blackwell voted against raising taxes, spending
• Key: Support Beth Jones for N.C. Senate
• Beyer: Vote to retain Judge Mullinax in district court
• Rhyne: Community policing drives down crime
• McKinney: Be careful about whom we elect
• Stump: McDevitt truly cares about the people in Burke
• Editorial: A better way to choose judges
• Walker: Family offers reward for info about 2004 death
• Outlaws gang members testify against former 'brothers'
• Beck: Carroll is wrong about county candidates
• Candidates for county commissioner talk jail, jobs
• Police blotter
• No sign of Zahra in search on Monday
• Police find prosthetic leg that might be Zahra's
• Crowder: Remember who is responsible
• Online scams dupe men out of thousands
• 50 Years Ago: Glamorous ladies take to the dance floor
• Jones: Which party will give you a hand?
• Church: Blackwell has represented us well in Raleigh
• Violinist beats the odds
• Making History
• 7-Mile Yard Sale set for Saturday
• School board ready to OK 2010-11 budget
• Editorial: Use this time wisely
• Deputies identify murder victim
• First votes cast
• Police blotter
• Secrets of the North Carolina Room
• Photo Gallery: Draughn High Marching Band
• Operation Stop Arm
• Operation Stop Arm
• Search for Zahra Baker continues in Burke
• Search for Zahra Baker continues in Burke
• Search for Zahra Baker continues in Burke
• Search for Zahra Baker continues in Burke
• Search for Zahra Baker continues in Burke
• Search for Zahra Baker continues in Burke
• Search for Zahra Baker continues in Burke
• 2010 Burke County Fair
• 2010 Burke County Fair
• 2010 Burke County Fair
• Operation Stop Arm
• 5 things to do
• Cancer survivor to lead 5k run
• 5 things to do
• Lower rate of children's deaths reported in NC, Burke
• Vigil begins as Burke County search wraps up
• More than 100 homes open this weekend
• Vigil begins as Burke County search wraps up
• Police blotter
• Editorial: Who'll stop the rain?
• 50 Years Ago: Mayor takes first flight
• Metcalf: Administrator thanks workers for dedication
• Wellbeloved: G-CHS group plans another reunion in 2011
• Attaway: Wellness policy helps educators, pupils, families
• Morganton man charged with murder
• Lail: County ban on smoking will be better for all
• Early voting starts Thursday
• Missing girl's stepmom has first court appearance
• Police blotter
• Walker: Salem Road traffic situation a danger to kids
• Anderson: President needs a lesson in real-world economics
• Benfield: Sheriff McDevitt is a great sheriff
• Stilwell: Morganton Life Chain moved to Nov. 7
• Seagle: Congratulations to the Bobcats
• Burris: Stop teaching the lie of evolution
• Evey: People have a responsibility for their pets
• Patterson: Sharing wealth helps company and employees
• Godfrey: Libertarians, farms at schools and a rail depot
• BREAKING NEWS: Man murdered in Chesterfield
• Deputies investigate Chesterfield homicide
• Local architect designs energy-efficient office/apartment
• Homicide investigation focuses on Morganton business
• Authorities remove 40 cats and dogs from Drexel home
• Restaurant shut down by smoke
• Bluegrass legend plays 'retirement'
• Bluegrass legend plays 'retirement'
• Police "deeply concerned" about welfare of Zahra Baker
• Burke schools may get $1.58 million from Race to the Top
• Two live burns planned on Enola Road
• Laid-off factory worker finds new career path
• La Niña settles in, creates drought conditions
• Bluegrass legend plays 'retirement'
• Candidates stump for votes
• CNA job
• Building green
• Building green
• Man shot and killed
• Morganton man shot and killed
• WSVM back on air
• SBI investigates contributions for Perdue's campaign flights
• Police blotter
• 5 things to do
• ESL students surpass state goals for learning English
• Neighbors invest in defibrillator
• Prerecorded music banned at Freedom football games
• Funds available to rehab homes, add jobs, help businesses grow
• City faces rising costs to control storm water
• Library lends a hand in troubled times
• Burr campaign stops in Morganton
• 700 sign up for Burke County library cards
• Group seeking votes to open center for adults with autism
• Police blotter
• Editorial: The future of NCSD
• Cut for the Cure and Paws for the Cause set for Sunday
• Avery: Work together for better board, better schools
• Parks: Support Warren Daniel for N.C. state senator
• Grant: Burr answers questions about important issues
• Jacumin: Modak painted mural in Valdese
• Daniel: Stand up against tragedy of abortion
• Fredell: Now is time for all good women and men to vote
• Smith: Motorcyclists enjoyed being in Morganton
• Beall: Keep McDevitt as sheriff for Burke County
• Huffman: NAFTA caused a cascade of damage to U.S.
• 50 Years Ago: Going the extra mile for a college degree
• Conley: 'Mr. Nick' spent 57 years in printing
• Library
• Library
• Library
• Joara Museum gets go-ahead
• Recession wracks city's revenue
• Burr campaign stops in Morganton
• Prerecorded music banned at Freedom football games
• Commissioners expected to OK sale of old vehicles
• NCSD acts on task force report
• Prerecorded music banned at Freedom football games
• Fire destroys Morganton home
• Burr campaign stops in Morganton
• Missing boaters found dead
• Valdese ABC store set to open next week
• Blue Knights plan fall ride for children
• Police blotter
• 5 things to do
• Man on wanted list captured in copper theft case
• Response crews search for missing boater
• Businesses host free festival
• Music festival enters fifth year
• Familiar places, faces in movie
• Hensley: We don't need a representative who just says no
• State report on NCSD disappoints director of advocacy group
• Swain: Please vote for America
• Godfrey: Eliminate city council, mayor and school board
• Perrou: Current political landscape looks very volatile
• Lackey: Sheriff's officers made me feel very safe
• Warlick: Sheriff didn't do jail inspections very frequently
• Michaux: Music teacher remembered with affection
• Canipe: Does sheriff deserve credit for crime rate?
• Goforth: Out-of-towner appreciates TGIF, festival
• Selm: Do away with don't-ask policy
• Letter: City needs more places to recycle plastic items
• Editorial: Fine-tune the focus
• Cohen: Mayor thanks all who made festival a success
• Waycaster: Nation needs a day of prayer and fasting
• Nogales: Is it against the law to steal campaign signs?
• 50 Years Ago: High-society fish disdain red worms
• 50 Years Ago: Green eggs, Redskins, gray laundry and a coat of many colors
• Police blotter
• Conley: Walt Greene: cat trainer, juggler, photographer
• Poverty growing in Burke
• Ivancic: Leading a good life by relating more to others
• Jernigan: Thanks to all who helped after accident
• White: Drive carefully on Salem Road in the afternoon
• Police blotter
• Buchanan: Turn off TV, turn on your heart
• Fire slows morning traffic
• Corkran: Re-elect Owsley
• Student caught with gun, knives at school
• Evans: Don't dump dogs
• Survey: Atheists, agnostics know more about religion than the faithful
• Investigators report 'hostile work environment' at NCSD
• Morganton man accused of faking injury to get drugs
• Cyclists pedal across Burke on their way to the ocean
• Tornado damages homes in western Burke
• LaSalle continues his fight against cancer
• Winds damage roofs, down trees on Conley Road
• Overmountain Men
• Overmountain men
• Two events rescheduled
• Dragged dog under Valdese vet's care
• Will fed funds brake schools' fall?
• Weather service puts Burke on flood watch
• Burke's unemployment rate falls again
• 5 things to do
• Police blotter
• Area residents sentenced to federal prison
• Burke schools are energy stars
• State park will present Nature Day on Saturday
• FBI reports less crime in Burke
• Police blotter
• Commissioners plan hearing on tobacco ban
• Remodeled history museum will have open house this weekend
• Lake James: Past, present, future
• Morgantown Residents are Facing Foreclosure. The NFCC Can Help.
• Gas leak
• History museum
• Gas leak closes Queen Street
• Family plans candlelight vigil for slain teen
• Hard debate over software
• Commissioners will eye ban on smoking at county buildings
• School board meets tonight
• More owners face foreclosure
• Catawba basin faces complicated, uncertain future
• Woman in serious condition after wreck
• Police blotter
• Man airlifted from wreck
• Catawba basin faces complicated, uncertain future
• 5 things to do
• Park will teach you how to pack a horse
• Catawba RiverFest moves to Lake James
• More than a million N.C. families to benefit from tax cuts for insurance
• New park section opens Friday
• Witness describes fatal tractor accident
• Van overturns; woman and six children sent to hospital
• Tractor crushes woman
• Morganton man dies in motorcycle wreck
• Police blotter
• Long-awaited fire training center opens
• Principals for a Day talk about experiences
• Burke SAT scores jump by 17 points
• Council votes to close alleys
• Howells: Most believe President Obama is a Christian
• Smith: Please welcome motorcyclists to Morganton
• Editorial: Give (more) generously
• Editorial: Cause for optimism
• 50 Years Ago: Mull School gets water in paper cartons
• Tractor crushes woman
• Friends of Library prepare book sale
• EMS training center
• Principal for a Day
• Principal for a Day
• Livsey: Dog should be mourned
• Conley: A garden show at summer's end
• 50 Years Ago: Wedding bells chime
• Smith: Think about your answers to poll's questions
• Five months later, tire dump remains
• City may close two alleys to vehicle traffic
• 'New' principals take over Burke County schools Tuesday
• Conservative group gives an 'A' to Burke County
• Rain cools temperatures at festival, doesn't stop the crowds
• Police blotter
• Task force nets 156th prescription case of the year
• Joint furniture venture will add jobs in Valdese
• Catawba
• Deputies check up on sex offenders
• 5 things to do
• Man injured in moped wreck
• Laundry business will expand
• moped wreck
• moped wreck
• Homeowner catches thief on tape
• Man charged with growing pot
• Police blotter
• Castle Bridge slated for repairs
• Endurance cyclist rides through Morganton headed to Manteo
• bridge
• bridge
• Board OKs rezoning for Michelle's Bakery
• Police believe Valdese suspects committed multiple burglaries
• Sheriff candidates discuss resources, drugs, crime and jail
• Birthrate
• Birthrate
• Split-second decisions for officers
• Police chief releases more details about shooting
• Jail asks for 10 more officers
• Fewer babies born to Burke County women
• Bread
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• Harmon: Why did Burke schools reject the lower bid?
• Burris: Right and wrong
• Carr: People who say they're Christian lead sinner's life
• Jubin: Lockdown was unfair to new jail prisoner
• Ali: Limit terms and change election
• Carroll: Obama --Too little too late
• Hunter: We should not let racists gain power in America
• 5 things to do
• Police release statement about shooting
• Police blotter
• Patton: Why can't people like us get help?
• 17-year-old's funeral set for Saturday
• Crowder: People should work together to make changes
• Forney: Americans need to come together
• 50 Years Ago: Lingerie plant opens doors to offer public a peek
• 50 Years Ago: "Daddy makes liquor ... (in) six stills"
• Conley: The case of the driverless car
• Godfrey: Whites should not help blacks play race card
• Cooke: Minorities are not responsible for racism
• Bourne: Facts support a different view of United States
• Left with memories of love and war, veteran has much to ponder
• Travelers take to the roads this holiday weekend
• City tells customers not to pay utility bill
• Outreach Center nearly loses power
• Police blotter
• Outreach center
• Outreach center
• mnh outreach center
• Lake James
• Passersby help woman to safety at scene of fire
• Officer's name, more details emerge in shooting case
• Sipes remembered as being 'good hearted'
• Messengers
• UPDATED: Officer-involved shooting leaves teen dead
• Connelly Springs fire
• Connelly Springs fire
• Connelly Springs fire
• Accident victim comes out of coma
• Kayaker goes down falls, but hasn't escaped the law
• BREAKING NEWS: Officer shoots, kills teen
• Jail upgrades are a work in progress
• Burke's jobless rate drops to 13%
• Valdese ABC store sets opening date
• K-9 dies in patrol car
• Burke-Catawba jail meeting
• Valdese ABC
• Valdese ABC
• Burke-Catawba jail meeting
• S.M.A.R.T. shoppers get bargains, help teachers
• Politicians take advantage of social media to spread the word
• Police blotter
• 5 things to do
• Police blotter
• How their garden grows
• Festival plans coming together
• Medical officials peer into the future of health care reform
• Lawmen seize $1.8 million pot crop
• McHenry visits constituents at Burke County meetings
• Back to school
• Judge dismisses Rutherford College lawsuit against Valdese
• How to have a good school year
• Inmate recaptured
• Nonprofits on IRS list
• Morganton connecting telephone customers
• Nonprofits at risk of losing tax status
• Police blotter
• DA will review SBI cases
• Man airlifted from wreck
• Top jailer fired
• The Shoppe focuses on the local
• 5 things to do
• Shoppe
• Grant will help build computer center
• Police blotter
• Police ID man killed in trailer incident
• Commissioners table Hildebran library decision
• Deacon killed while working near church
• NCSD director fired
• Deacon killed while working near church
• Gas leak halts traffic
• Police blotter
• healthy on a budget
• Taser ends hours long standoff
• NCSD director remains on suspension
• Drexel Community Fair gets under way tonight
• Will jobs bill help rehire Burke teachers?
• School board returns to action today
• scuba
• drexel fair
• School consolidation costs coming in under budget
• Who should oversee NCSD?
• Two charged with prescription fraud
• County seeks new home for Hildebran library
• Dragon boat racers get in sync to fight cancer
• Branam: Budget cuts make affect availability of electives
• Dale: Doctor's death recalls past era at Broughton
• Godfrey: Stellar for mayor
• Puckett: Broughton will make changes
• Causby: Take a stand for God in our nation
• Waycaster: Changes in five years will affect everyone in U.S.
• Barrier: Change things in Washington by saving money
• Lawson: Schools operate with fewer administrators
• Business slow in Burke hospitals
• Guilty of first-degree murder
• 5 things to do
• FOP names officer kicked out of fraternity
• Police fraternity funds reported missing
• Good Sam Car Raffle tickets available
• Street-corner cop targets downtown speeders
• Companies behind Internet cafes sue city
• Police blotter
• hunt plea
• Police fraternity funds reported missing
• Good Samaritan cars
• Good Samaritan cars
• Good Samaritan cars
• Speed check
• Speed check
• Details may delay Walmart project until early 2013
• "It's tough" being a female officer
• Police blotter
• Apartment complex construction begins
• County manager stepping down
• Police women
• Police women
• Drexel native featured on two cable series
• College 101
• Police blotter
• Photo gallery: The Beanstalk Journey
• Man survives wreck, dies looking for cell phone
• Healing Dragons
• Motel owners say they didn't change work rules
• Needs for jail, SROs on county's agendas
• 19 Burke schools earn state recognition
• Groups seek back-to-school donations
• McHenry cancels Burke trip
• Stores prepare for tax-free weekend
• 5 things to do
• This weekend kicks off festival, fair season in Burke
• Wreck kills Morganton man
• Commissioners hear first-hand from jail inspectors
• Gallery offers trip down town's memory lane
• Take-home car policy changes
• Jail under going operational overhaul
• Police blotter
• Police blotter
• Woman injured; cops investigating how
• Nearly 950 children in Burke home schools
• Rutherford College files suit against Valdese
• Lawyer ends last lawsuit against Burke school board
• Commissioners OK three new SROs
• End of jobless benefits looms
• Enrollment at WPCC continues to climb
• Craazzy Kayakers paddle through Burke
• Motel staff walks off job
• 7th Annual Red, White, and Bluegrass Festival
• Red White And Bluegrass Festival
• Soap Box Super Stock Superstars
• Gentlemen Start Your Soap Boxes
• Regional Artist Grant

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