Elections
Election filing for 2022 begins today at noon. Various seats for federal, state and local offices will be contested, including a statewide race for the US Senate seat. The general election is November 8th, 2022. The last
Unemployment Rates
The unemployment rates for the month of October have been released. The Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area rate is 3.5%. The rate for Catawba County is 3.4%, Burke County 3.3% and Caldwell County 3.7%. All rates are down slightly