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There was a fatal accident Tuesday afternoon in Sherrills Ford on NC 150 near Beaver Boulevard. A car traveling west on NC 150 drove off the side of the road, lost control and flipped. The driver, 19-year-old

The City of Morganton Main Street office reported some positive news this week on economic trends from the last 12 months. In the 2022-23 fiscal year there were more than $7.4 million made in private investments, including

The last of three men with connections to a substantial Mexican drug trafficking organization was convicted Monday for his involvement in bringing cocaine and heroin into and through Catawba County. According to the District Attorney’s Office, 56-year-old

Appalachian State University has announced a record enrollment for the Fall Semester with 21,253 students. It’s the largest enrollment in the school’s 124-year history and includes the largest first-year and online student populations to date. Giving the

The 13th annual Granite Falls Merchants Association Festival on Main will be held Saturday, Sept. 16 from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. There will be a variety of food and craft vendors, a kid zone with free

Two people were killed this weekend after a Hickory Police Officer collided with another vehicle while in a pursuit. The incident began late Friday when an officer attempted to stop a motorcycle on U.S. 70 for careless

A Hickory woman was killed Friday afternoon in a crash on U.S. 64 in Alexander County near Church Road. According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, a car traveling west on U.S. 64, driven by 76-year-old Barbara

The Burke County Sheriff’s Office made an arrest in a vehicle theft investigation last week. After receiving reports of a vehicle stolen on Antioch Road in Morganton Thursday, investigators located the vehicle on U.S. 70 in Hildebran

Lenoir Police Department and the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged 27-year-old Keaisha Winkler of Lenoir on Friday with trafficking in opiates and felony maintaining a vehicle for the sale of a controlled substance. The arrest

There was a fatal collision on Startown Road at Catawba Valley Boulevard in Hickory Thursday morning. According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, a motorcycle was traveling east on Catawba Valley Boulevard, entered the intersection on