Morganton’s fifth annual Play Music on the Porch celebration is in the books.
Last week represented the opening week of the 2026 high school football season, with all four of Burke County's varsity teams taking the field on Aug. 20.
The Freedom varsity football team knocked off host Patton by a 33-0 score on Thursday night in a game that was called early in the third quarter due to lightning. Other local football games on Thursday saw East Burke fall to West Iredell by a 43-6 final in Statesville and Draughn suffer a 47…
The North Carolina School for the Deaf (NCSD) campus was lively on Aug. 17 when new and returning students had their first day of school.
The 51st annual Waldensian Festival is now in the books. Held annually in August, the two-day event began as the “Festival of the Glorious Return” to commemorate one of the most important dates in Waldensian history.
Burke Middle College Class of 2026 celebrated graduation on Tuesday, May 26, at CoMMA Performing Arts Center in downtown Morganton.
Burke County Government held its Memorial Day program Monday, May 25, at the Foothills Higher Education Center in Morganton. The 11 a.m. observance was organized to honor and remember the U.S. service members who died in service to the country.
One couldn’t ask for a more beautiful day on Sunday, May 17, to have the annual Woofstock fundraiser for the Burke County Animal Services Foundation. Silver Fork Winery served as the ideal backdrop for a day of live music, a silent auction, adoptable pets, wine, food, and, of course, opportu…
Hundreds turned out for the Hickory Aviation Museum’s grand reopening in its new facility on the northeast corner of the Hickory Regional Airport.
The popular David Wiseman Band brought its energetic and entertaining Appalachian-style acoustic music to a packed house at Thornwell Books recently.
A crowd came out to the Burke Arts Council on Friday, March 27, to kick off the Woodworkers Exhibition 2026, which continues through April 25.
The Rotary Club of Morganton hosted its 63rd annual pancake breakfast on Saturday, March 28.
The ladies who came out to the East Burke Senior Center for Wednesday's pottery class took their work — and their socializing — seriously.
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