The Blue Ridge HealthCare (BRHC) Foundation recently announced the addition of five new members to its board of directors: David Taylor, Lyndsay Brisson, Larisa Scott, Dr. Hayden Caraway, and Dr. Tom Kirkland.
Mrs. Jeter’s third-grade class poses for a photo at Morganton Primary School in 1935. The school was located at the site of the present-day Burke County Courthouse. On the front row (from left) are unidentified, unidentified, Sam. J. Ervin III, Margaret Carter, Henrietta Wilton, Susan Walker…
The Western Piedmont Council of Governments (WPCOG) recently initiated the next update of the region’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), a federally recognized planning document that guides long-term economic growth and supports eligibility for U.S. Economic Development Adm…
The Tucker’s Barn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will commemorate the 239th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution with two events on Thursday, Sept. 17, in Lenoir.
Members gather at the entrance of Morning Star Baptist Church, circa 1970s. Pictured (from left) in the front are Odie Thomas Carpenter (1905-1994), Eula Thomas Owens (1896-1983), and Gladys Thomas Henry (1914-1997). Standing in the back are Thomas C. Thomas (1899-1990) and Zelma Thomas Pear…
Clyde Edward Small Sr. (1916–1997) and his wife, Helen Atwood Stamey Small (1922–2007), operated Small’s Flowers on North Green Street in Morganton for 45 years. This family portrait, taken Aug. 30, 1948, shows (from left) Helen “Woodie” Atwood Small, Helen Atwood Stamey Small, Clyde Edward …
The Historic Morganton Courthouse Square will be filled with young filmmakers from all over the world during the final weekend in September when Planet Frame presents its second annual International Youth Short Film Festival.
The History Museum of Burke County is hosting a special Coffee at the Museum at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, in the Claude and Jo Sitton Education Center, 203 W. Meeting St.
This class photograph from Forest Hill Elementary School was taken in the 1975-76 school year, the year of the United States’ bicentennial or 200th anniversary. The year 2026 is the country’s semiquincentennial or 250th anniversary, commonly known as “America 250.” Pictured is Mr. Derald E. …
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