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NEWTON, NC (March 21, 2017)…On November 28, 2016, Mr. Irecas Rayshion Valentine, 41, was killed in Hickory by a Catawba County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Narcotics Investigator. The shooting occurred during a drug investigation being conducted…

NEBO, NC (March 21, 2017)...Firefighters conducted burnout operations again today on the White Creek Fire, increasing containment to 30%. The fire, which was reported Thursday March 16th, is burning near Shortoff Mountain at the south end…

CALDWELL COUNTY, NC (March 21, 2017)…Do you have pesticides at your home or farm that you no longer need or use? If your answer is ‘yes’, then you'll be interested in the Caldwell County Pesticide Collection Day on Thursday, March 23, 2017.…

RALEIGH, NC (March 20, 2017)...Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey encourages North Carolinians to safely dispose of unused or expired medications during National Poison Prevention Week, March 19-25, 2017, at one of the Operation Medicine…

NEBO, NC (March 21, 2017)...Residents of southern Burke and Catawba Counties are experiencing smoke this afternoon from the White Creek Fire, burning in the Linville Gorge Wilderness Area. The fire continues to burn well within containment…

LENOIR, NC (March 21, 2017)...Sheriff Alan C. Jones has announced on March 17, 2017, Agents with the Sheriff’s Office Ice Unit made arrests of Jackie Eugenia Byrd, age 39, and Shea David Byrd, age 43, of 4035 Grandin Road in Lenoir for the…

ASHEVILLE, NC (March 20, 2017)…The 90th Annual Mountain Dance & Folk Festival will be held for the first time at A-B Tech’s Asheville campus in the new A-B Tech/Mission Health Conference Center. The three-day event will be held August…