Steve Ohnesorge

People shopping for essentials such as food and medicine and more now will have to do it on their own.

It was no April Fools prank when people in the North Carolina Mountains woke up to snow falling across the area.

The first full day of the Stay at Home order for North Carolina left Morganton downtown sidewalks empty, businesses shuttered and few people venturing out except to go to essential businesses.

Two people who said they were part of a group called the “Let’s Act Army” came to Morganton Thursday with spray bottles in one hand and cleaning towels in the other.

Older people and those with health issues need to stay inside, but also need medicine and groceries. In Avery County, those people can order these items and deputies will bring it to their homes.

Burke County’s meal handouts for students since the schools shut down has gone well, but officials say they wanted to do more.

Experts are encouraging people to get out for walks as long as they can still avoid close contact with people.

The child care services will run from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays for children ages 5-12. It will cost $15 per day and payment must be made by cash or check each morning.

The food is available for all students, 18 years old and younger.lin

As most school systems in North Carolina are doing, Burke County Public Schools has started offering pickup service for meals to keep school children fed during the coronavirus shutdown.

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) men’s basketball tournament has suspended all athletic-related activities as North Carolina is under a state of emergency due to coronavirus concerns.

For weeks now, the mountains have enjoyed mild weather every week. That is, until Thursdays or Fridays.

City Walk, a 1.7 mile, 10-foot wide walking and biking path, will connect neighborhoods in the city with the downtown Union Square area.

In most winters, snowfall two days in a row would not be unusual. This year, it is.

Bitter cold temperatures poured into the North Carolina mountains overnight, bringing snow and high winds with it.

State officials have confirmed that the state budget impasse in Raleigh will affect the timetable in opening the new North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Morganton.

Thursday’s four-inch snowfall was among the deepest so far. Even so, skiers and other tourists have flocked to the mountains on weekends this winter.

A massive fire at the historic Balls Creek Campground in Catawba County last year was intentionally set, officials confirmed Wednesday.

Normally at this time of the winter season, many people would be tired of the cold and ice but not this year.

Police say a mom had stopped to drop off some valentines but failed to put the car in park. With the engine running and the transmission in drive, she stepped off the brake and out of the vehicle, then it lurched forward and hit the building.

In the North Carolina Mountains it has been a winter with warm weather and lots of rain. Except, it seems, on the the traditionally big winter tourist weekends.

Ten years ago, residents asked the state to take the road over but were denied. Now, a petition is being prepared to try again.

Many people are still cleaning up and assessing the damage after strong storms, producing at least three tornadoes, swept through the Carolinas on Thursday.

A day of flooding is still not over in the foothills. Though water was receding in many areas Thursday evening, people along Lookout Shoals Lake were scrambling to move belongings to higher ground.

With the forecast for heavy rain and possible flooding over the next two days in the mountains and foothills, emergency crews and DOT are preparing for what might come.

Police in the Town of Catawba in Catawba County are looking for leads in a case where an apartment was broken into Tuesday morning and the woman inside was sexually assaulted.

People in the mountains were expecting some snow to be mixed in with rain as a front was to move through the area Friday. They got more than expected.

Beech Mountain was one of the few areas where it stayed around. It’s the second snowfall this week there with about five inches total between the two.

While there have been several small snowfalls, for the most part this winter has not had any major issues yet.

Remains were discovered during the search for a missing man in Caldwell County.