Caldwell County issues termination order for Declaration of State of Emergency
LENOIR, NC (September 12, 2017)…Chairman Randy Church of the Caldwell County Commissioners, has determined that the conditions constituting a state of emergency no longer exists in the jurisdiction and has issued a termination order…
Blue Ridge Energy linemen responding to outages
BOONE, NC (Sept. 11, 2017, 10:30 pm update)…High winds blowing trees outside the rights of way into power lines are causing outages to over 2,500 cooperative members served by Blue Ridge Energy, primarily in Watauga County.
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Caldwell County issues Declaration of State of Emergency
LENOIR, NC (September 11, 2017)...Chairman Randy Church of the Caldwell County Commissioners, has declared a State of Emergency for Caldwell County effective 4 p.m., Monday, September 11, 2017, due to potential public safety hazards…
Blue Ridge Energy: Prepared for Monday evening/Tuesday morning severe weather
LENOIR, NC (Sept. 11, 2017)…While the potential for damage has significantly improved since Friday, severe weather is still expected to impact the Blue Ridge Energy service area, according to cooperative officials.
The cooperative advises…
United Way of Caldwell County celebrating its 75th year…Look for 75 on Hibriten Mountain
LENOIR, NC (September 8, 2017)...The United Way of Caldwell County had it's first meeting on December 16th, 1942, presided by Mayor Earl Tate. That year, they decided to fund 8 agencies in Caldwell County. 75 years later, funding local…
Are You Ready to Shift?
SPECIAL TO THE CALDWELL JOURNAL (September 8, 2017 by Rev. Caren Bigelow Morgan)...I was 28 years old when I learned to drive a standard (manual) transmission. I was really, really bad at it, too. I popped the clutch too fast, I ground the…
Blue Ridge Energy: prepared for potential impacts of Irma
LENOIR, NC (Sept. 8, 2017)...Blue Ridge Energy is closely monitoring the evolving path of Hurricane Irma and crews and all employees are ready to respond to any outages that may occur. Because electric cooperatives like Blue Ridge Energy…