Catawba News

County officials are keeping quiet, but signs are starting to point to the Catawba County town of Maiden as the site of Apple's new $1 billion data center.

Area officials will make a major economic-development announcement on Monday, but still won't say if it concerns the location of Apple Inc.'s new $1 billion data center.

Despite surging enrollment numbers, Catawba Valley Community College still faces having a large chunk of its budget cut this year due to the state budget crisis.

North Carolina officials recently pushed through incentive legislation to lure Apple Inc.

Catawba County or Cleveland County? Everyone's waiting on Apple Inc. to make an announcement of where the company will locate a computer server farm in North Carolina.

The man charged with the murder of Travis Baker, made his first court appearance today and remains in the custody of the Catawba County jail.

An emotional Coy Reid confirmed what all had suspected since skeletal remains were found in Catawba on Wednesday: The remains were those of missing teenager Travis Baker.

The man accused killing a Catawba County teenager in 2007 is due in court today.

Burke County's unemployment rate rose in May, much like the jobless rates increased in 81 other North Carolina counties.

The man charged with killing 19-year-old Travis Baker in 2007 is suspected in another slaying in Catawba County that happened around the same time.

A 46-year-old man has been arrested in Florida and is charged in the murder of Travis Baker, a 19-year-old Catawba County man whose disappearance more than two years ago has been the subject of numerous searches.

A 46-year-old man has been arrested in Florida and is charged in the murder of Travis Baker, a 19-year-old Catawba County man whose disappearance more than two years ago has been the subject of numerous searches.

Skeletal remains, car parts and clothing were found buried in Catawba County today as authorities continued to search for clues to the disappearance of Travis Baker, 19 when he went missing in April 2007.

Jun 23, 2009 An inmate who was discovered missing from a North Carolina prison is now back in corrections officials' custody.

Authorities have captured an escaped inmate who jumped the fence at the Gaston Correctional Center in Dallas Saturday.

By Melany Dawn Crouse CATAWBA COUNTY - A fire destroyed a barn located at 5595 Highway 16 on Monday afternoon in Catawba County, not far from the Catawba-Lincoln County line.

An inmate who was discovered missing from a North Carolina prison is now back in corrections officials' custody.

Why should Catawba County pay for a service Burke County is getting for free? That was the question on county commissioners' minds Monday as they held a public hearing for the proposed 2009-10 budget.

Free public library services and materials are more important than ever, as families seek ideas for budget getaways.

Law enforcement is still searching for items stolen in the robbery at J.V. Huffman Jr.'s home in Claremont last week.