Local News
The Morganton News Herald reports that Nara Japanese Restaurant in Hickory was ordered to pay $28,779 in back wages to 20 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation found the employer
Good news from Claremont yesterday, a horse was rescued after falling and becoming trapped in a pond, according to the Daily Record. The horse was older and owners said it was partially blind, which may have led
Construction on City Walk in Hickory is expected to begin in late October or November, Hickory Public Services Director Kevin Greer told members of the Bond Implementation Commission Wednesday, reported by the Hickory Daily Record. The bond
Quite a surprise yesterday, a rare silver fox was sighted near the MLK Center in Lenoir yesterday, reported by the News Topic. Officer Jon Kiger of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, who came to Lenoir to investigate,
According to the News Topic, Sawmills town officials say that changing the town’s form of government would not change how it operates, at least one Sawmills resident opposes it. That citizen spoke at a public hearing Tuesday
A man in Claremont faces six charges after deputies say he ran a car off the road, fired a pistol at an intersection and left two children unattended on Sunday, according to a press release from the
A Lenoir man walking along Highway 321 was struck and killed yesterday morning by a truck that appeared to have gone off the road, Lenoir News Topic reports. The victim, Scottie Lee Hilton, was walking south beside
It appears new apartments are on the horizon for Granite Falls, according to the News Topic. They are to be built on Duke Street after the town council voted Monday night to approve a rezoning petition by
The city of Hickory will hold at least two primaries this upcoming election season, according to the Hickory Daily Record. Carmen Eckard filed for the Ward 1 seat yesterday, setting up a primary against Dustin Strickland and
Caldwell County welcomes Paige Counts as its newly hired public information officer according to a press release from Caldwell County. Counts brings 20 years of marketing and public relations experience to the public information position. Her career
