Burke County News

The filing period for the Nov. 3 election starts Monday. Filing opens at 8 a.m. Monday and runs through noon on July 17.

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

It now appears there is no money in the schools' budget for the Burke County school board's legal expenses and attorneys' fees, membership in the N.C. School Boards Association, board members' travel or even their $200-a-month per diem.

Packs & Prayers is Burke United Christian Ministries' two-fold effort to help both homeless people and school children in desperate need of basic supplies this fall.

Morganton - As you buy the charcoal, clean off the grill and get everything together for a Fourth of July celebration at home, you might want to make time to attend one of the many celebrations around Burke County.

The school system was awarded the Safe Schools / Healthy Students program. This grant is from the United States Government.

Unemployment in the Greater Hickory Metro was 15.4 percent in May, up from 14.9 percent in April.

There's more fallout in Burke County over the school board's effort to fire Superintendent David Burleson.

Morganton- A Burke County Sheriff's deputy who was shot in 2007 received a national award.

Archeology student Allyson Gardner looks for pieces of pottery and other artifacts as she sifts through soil removed from the at the excavation of a 16th century spanish fort near Morganton.

The N.C. Court of Appeals has upheld the second-degree murder conviction of a teenager who led police on a high-speed chase across Rowan County that ended when with the death of a 64-year-old woman.

Commissioners reportedly wanted to give the group more money, but they felt that the group needed to raise some money for themselves.

Several people asked the Burke County Board of Commissioners Tuesday night to include money in its budget for a park at Glen Alpine.

Morganton- Burke County Teachers have offered a proposal to cut pay in order to save jobs.

Crescent Resources, one of the Southeast's largest real-estate developers, which has several projects in Burke County, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday.

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Books have always been a great resource for real-life adventures. Catawba County Library System has an expansive collection of literature by North Carolinians to inspire your day or weekend trip.

David Barnard resigned his seat recently, opening a position on the School Board.

Road Closure: To accommodate construction for the Seigle Avenue Streetscape project, it is necessary to close Seigle Avenue.

Bobby Hoyle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hoyle, invited some of his neighbors to a one-man musical concert with hand-written notes.