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Morganton, North Carolina is located in Burke County. Zip codes in Morganton, NC include 28655, and 28680. The median home price in Morganton is $159,900 which is roughly $69/per square foot. More Morganton information.

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NC Senate budget proposal would close Morganton youth prison, cutting 320 jobs

The North Carolina Senate budget proposal could have major and wide-ranging local impacts.

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Mon May 13, 2013

The Gaston Gazette

Trial for 2009 killing begins next week

On a foggy December morning in 2009, Christopher Parrott was shot and killed at his Marion Street home.

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WCNC-TV Charlotte

Cicadas spotted in Morganton, many parts of NC

Billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast, and they've already been spotted in North Carolina.

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Sun May 12, 2013

WBTV

The Great American Soap Box Derby Continues

Dozens of competittors from across the Carolinas competed in the downhill racing.

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Sat May 11, 2013

The Charlotte Observer

Jury awards families $6 million in Crescent suit

Dan and Lisa Holt listen in court as the jury awards them $3 million in the death of their son, Hunter.

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Mountain Xpress

APD attempting to locate fugitive

From the Asheville Police Department: Asheville - The Asheville Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating 27 year old Miranda Elizabeth Jackson.

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Thu May 09, 2013

The Charlotte Observer

Jury debates whether Crescent is liable for traffic deaths

In a 2009 photo, two crosses and flowers were placed in the median at the intersection of Riverpointe Drive and N.C. 49 after the crash that killed three.

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Wed May 08, 2013

The Charlotte Observer

Bill would require students be taught abortion is risk factor for pre-term births

RALEIGH Students would have to be taught that abortion increases the risk for subsequent premature births under a bill a Senate committee approved Wednesday.

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Mon May 06, 2013

WCNC-TV Charlotte

Officials: Sewage spill could reach 1 million gallons, but don't worry

MORGANTON, N.C. Officials said Monday that seven inches of rain over the weekend caused multiple sewer spills in Morganton.

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The Charlotte Observer

Record rainfall closes schools, causes traffic delays

Heavy rain fell throughout the Charlotte region, breaking at least one precipitation record, sparking flash flood warnings, and generally making the morning commute a mess.

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Fri May 03, 2013

Lenoir News-Topic

Butterfly Festival, 'Hudson's big day,' is Saturday

Moments of anticipation and anxiety start coming to them around this time every year, when Bill and Angie Warren sometimes scramble to make phone calls and other last-minute preparations for the oldest annual festival in Caldwell County.

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Thu May 02, 2013

WCNC-TV Charlotte

3 charged following high speed chase in Morganton

Police say 29-year-old Donelle Nicholas Cuthbertson led law enforcement on a fast-paced chase down Interstate 40 and winding through Burke County back roads.

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Wed May 01, 2013

The State

Zoo visitors will be able to soar over Saluda on zip line

After scouting trees and mapping routes for several weeks, workers from Beanstock Builders recently began constructing the decks and attaching the steel lines for two separate canopy tours at Riverbanks.

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Tue Apr 30, 2013

WSOCTV

Some Morganton residents to pay $400 up front to get power

Just to get power in a local city some people now have to pay $400 up front. The cost recently doubled and now people in Morganton are so upset that they started a petition to scale back that increase.

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Mon Apr 29, 2013

The Charlotte Observer

Burke man faces prison, then deportation

A 42-year-old Morganton man was sentenced to at least 26 2/3 years in prison after being convicted Friday in a Burke County courtroom on two counts of felony sex offense.

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Sun Apr 28, 2013

Kinston Free Press

Auto Mall employee of 50 years has 'standout' background

The Morganton native is the fleet manager at Sale Auto Mall - and he has no intentions of retiring anytime soon.

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Sat Apr 27, 2013

WSOCTV

Emergency personnel honor fallen paramedic, volunteer firefighter

Volunteer firefighters and paramedics across the Foothills honored one of their own Saturday who died while serving the people of Burke County.

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Lenoir News-Topic

Fly-in a bright spot for Foothills Regional Airport

Foothills Regional Airport hosts its annual regional social gathering today and is expecting pilots from airports from across neighboring states, one of the latest bright spots of activity at a pastoral airport still under the cloud of a federal investigation.

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Fri Apr 26, 2013

WBTV

Man to be deported after serving time for sex offense

A Honduras man will be deported after serving time for a sex offense charge he was convicted of Friday, according to a release from the District Attorney's Office.

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Wed Apr 24, 2013

The Asheville Citizen-Times

3 Perdue backers plead guilty

Three former Gov. Beverly Perdue's supporters agreed to pay fines Wednesday, wrapping up a long-running probe into undisclosed benefits to the Democrat's 2008 campaign, a prosecutor said.

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