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The Burke County Board of Education approved Plan B in a special called meeting on Friday. Under this plan, school will start on Aug. 17 with both in person and remote instruction. Parents do have options. Parents
The Catawba County Board of Education has approved the framework for students return to school on August 17th under the States Plan B. Most students will be attending in person two days a week and learning remotely
Burke County Health Officials have been notified of the county’s 22nd Coronavirus related death. The person was in their 40s and was not hospitalized but died from Coronavirus related complications. No other information was released.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced Tueday that NC public schools will plan to re-open in this fall with a combination of in-person and remote learning. Each school district will be allowed to decide which course of
Catawba County Public Health is reporting a one day high in coronavirus cases with 66 new cases on Tuesday. The county also is seeing the most hospitalizations since the pandemic began with 31 people currently in the
Caldwell County experienced a significant increase in the number of positive cases and learned of two COVID-19-related deaths. Forty COVID-19 cases were reported today county, 20 in the 28645 Zip code, 14 in the 28630, five in
Twenty-seven COVID-19 cases were reported today in Caldwell County, 16 in the 28645 Zip code, six in the 28630, and five in 28638. Three patients are under the age of 17; one is between 18 and 24;
Catawba County reported the highest number of coronavirus related hospitalizations since the pandemic began on Sunday. 24 people were hospitalized in Catawba County on Sunday. Over the weekend Catawba County reported a total of 78 new positive
A Mooresville man has been charged in connection to a murder in Catawba County last week. 33-year-old Joe Henry Furr was arrested in Charlotte Friday by Catawba County Sheriff’s Officers. Furr is charged with first degree murder
Police in Morganton believe road rage may have led to one person being seriously injured on Friday. A man was found on the side of Interstate 40 near Jamestown Road suffering traumatic injuries. He was originally transported
