Steve started as a photographer at WBTV in 1975, leaving for CBS (New York) in 1980. He returned from New York a year later and in 1981, started the Morganton-based newsroom.
More than 100 people were on the square with some guarding the statue, others counter protesting. Police came in to break it up and sent everyone home.
As Governor Cooper orders face masks be word in any public setting where social distancing cannot happen, the Town of Boone had it’s fifth day of living under a similar mandate.
The 16-story former prison building, officially called the Western Youth Institution, but more commonly known as the High-Rise Prison will be imploded on July 11.
Duke Energy officials say they are working to move water through the chain of lakes along the Catawba River as quickly and safely as they can but residents along the way are being warned that lake levels will likely rise.
Food service workers for the Hickory City Schools took a short break Monday morning as officials and others honored them for their work during the COVID-19 crisis.
McDonald’s has been providing free meals to front line emergency personnel to thank them for their service. On Friday, those front line workers stopped at the McDonald’s in Icard to thank them.
The town didn’t say how many employees have tested positive, but did say that employees whom the infected individuals have come into contact with have been instructed to self-isolate.
A partnership involving the school system, the Educational Foundation of Caldwell County, and Google developed a program where high powered WiFi could be set up in school buses.
With an overflow of inventory, Case Farms decided to let the public buy it. 40 pounds of chicken tenderloins or breast were sold for $40. Leg quarters were offered at half that price.
