Long View News

Investigators seized 12 pounds of marijuana, five ounces of cocaine and more than $7,000 in cash from a home and car in Long View.

Donnie Willis was bushhogging his field at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday when he disturbed an unwelcome visitor who charged his tractor with head high and teeth bared.

A man was shot Monday morning when someone broke into his home and robbed him. Ronnie Canipe was at his home in the 700 block of 22nd Street, SW, at about 5:45 a.m. when a white man came into his home and demanded money, said Investigator Ray Denton with the Long View Police Department.

Burke County has finished a future land-use plan for parts of the eastern part of the county.

The economy has had an effect in many areas, but political science professor Thad Beyle said it seems to have slowed the number on filings for the 2009 election.

The Boone Police Department has arrested the man they believe is responsible for a string of business break-ins over the span of four weeks.

The Alcoa Power Generating Inc. official most closely identified with the company's relicensing effort for the Yadkin Project officially retired June 1. But Gene Ellis, former licensing and property manager with APGI, has stayed on in the prolonged relicensing fight as a consultant, working with Long View Associates of Washington state.

Cities of Claremont, Conover, Long View and Maiden: City offices will be closed Monday, trash and recycling pickup will continue as usual.

Melanie Saephan will be remembered forever at Catawba Valley Community College. The quiet but friendly 20-year-old health-care management student was one of four family members found murdered in their home on Gristmill Drive in Conover on March 12.