Morganton News

Sarah Karetha Parks of Morganton has been awarded the North Carolina Association of County Veterans Service Officers Memorial Scholarship.

The 6th annual Red, White and Bluegrass Festival kicked off Wednesday at its new home, Catawba Meadows Park,701 Sanford Drive in Morganton, right along the Catawba River Greenway.

"This is the sixth year for the Red, White and Bluegrass Festival. Actually, the City of Morganton has been doing a fireworks show and a July 4th celebration for many years along with the Parks and Recreation Department.

The city has been awarded a grant that officials hope will help identify where water loss is occurring.

Summer break for many kids means more time to play and no homework. For others, it may also mean fewer meals.

Be prepared for some Southern rock and blues to radiate Friday from the lawn of the Historic Courthouse Square.

Supporters of the Eastern N.C. School for the Deaf rallied Thursday outside the Legislative Building, hoping to protect the Wilson school from budget cuts.

What is the answer for a struggling economy? Some experts think the best way to stimulate the economy is through food assistance money, formerly called food stamps.

That's not a trick your eyes are playing, the newest Morganton Public Safety patrol cars have a new design, including the word "police" across the front and rear ends.

Recently, local farmers have dealt with a drought. But this summer, farmers are finding the rain falling a little too quickly.

The drought is officially over after steady rainfall the past few months and water conservation measures implemented during the area's nearly two-year dry spell.

Gwen Hughes and the Retro Jazz Kats will play TGIF at 7 p.m. on Friday on the Courthouse Square in downtown Morganton.

Morganton, NC - Burke County Public Schools' teachers have agreed to sacrifice 2.25 percent of their salaries next year in an effort to save 30 colleagues' jobs.

Appalachian State University has received another $94,000 from the NASA-sponsored N.C. Space Grant consortium to support research associated with aeronautics and space-related science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.

The N.C. House's proposed state budget, whose details were released Monday night, would require deep cuts at the Eastern N.C. School for the Deaf, including some job losses.

North Carolina School for the Deaf's Class of 2009 were presented with their hgh school diplomas on Wednesday evening in Morganton.

Daniel Johnson's first experience with Wilson's deaf community was 40 years ago when he visited the city as a boy with plans to attend the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf.

At the recent meeting of the Pilot Club of Morganton scholarships were presented to Yesenia Pedro Vicente from Patton High School and Devine Kiser from Freedom High School.

A judge has sided with a North Carolina school superintendent who sued his county board to keep it from terminating his contract this month.

Jobless rates rose in all the largest U.S. metropolitan areas for the fourth straight month in April, according to government data released Wednesday.