Catawba Riverkeeper Policy Manager Ryan Carter outlined some of the conservation nonprofit’s priorities in a presentation at the fourth annual Lake James Watershed Symposium last week at the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Morganton.

Burke County is replacing its water meters, a move that will allow the county to keep better track of a resource that has been costing $2.25 million annually in unaccounted-for water.

Burke County is considering an innovative burning technique to dispose of wooden debris left behind by Hurricane Helene.

Both Burke Development Inc. (and by extension, the county) and Morganton contract separately with James A. Harrell III and Associates, PLLC, to represent their interests with the General Assembly in Raleigh.

HICKORY — Executives with Charlotte Water wanted input about their request to siphon more water from the Catawba Basin. Concerned citizens and…