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Eleven hospitals in North Carolina will receive the earliest shipments of a Covid 19 vaccine.  Catawba Valley Medical Center will be on that list.  53 hospitals will get the vaccine, but the 11 on the early list

While many Christmas events were canceled this year, a Morganton tradition remains.  The drive through light display at the J. Iverson Developmental Center is on as usual.  Located of exit 104 of I-40, it is free to

Cocaine charges were brought against a Lenoir man.  Latif Thomas Banner 26, faces felony possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.  Banner was placed in the Caldwell

Forgery charges were brought against a Morganton woman.  Sarah Marie Worth 28, faces felony counts of uttering a forged instrument and obtaining property by false pretense.  She was arrested by the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office and placed

A Burke County school is transitioning to remote learning through December 21st.  Five staff members tested positive for Covid 19 prompting the move at Hildebran Elementary.

After no season at all in 2020, the Hickory Crawdads are set to move to the High A League for 2021.  The Dads had been the Low A affiliate for the Texas Rangers since 2009.  The Rangers

A chance to see the Aurora Borealis occurred this morning in North Carolina.  The northern lights were visible overnight which is rare in the region.  Peak viewing time was said to be between 7am and 8am Thursday. 

Three more Covid 19 related deaths were reported in Catawba County.  There are currently 80 people hospitalized in Catawba County, Burke County reports 19 hospitalizations.  In Caldwell County 32 people were listed in the hospital with the

One of Burke County’s most wanted is in jail in Morganton.  Nicholas Dalton Robinson 26, faces felony financial card theft, obtaining property by false pretense, larceny of a motor vehicle and possession of a stolen vehicle among