MORGANTON, NC -- Aliens, magnetic forces and crystals have all been blamed. But no one seems to know the truth behind the Brown Mountain Lights.
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Governor Bev Perdue has proclaimed April 14-28, as “Spring Litter Sweep” time in North Carolina and encourages citizens in all 100 counties to take an active role in making their communities cleaner. The Spring Litter Sweep, is sponsored by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
he Burke Women’s Fund held its third annual brunch for the purpose of recognizing area organizations that help women in need in the community and distributing grant monies to eight organizations Saturday.
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For the week of Aug. 1-7
MORGANTON - A retired residential contractor became the first person in Burke County to receive a new therapy for prostate cancer at Blue Ridge HealthCare’s Cancer Center.
Katherine Smith, resident of Lenoir Park, recently had her wish fulfilled through Brookdale Senior Living to host her high school reunion on July 14.
Perhaps no train's whistle in Burke County ever sounded any lonelier than on Friday, Aug. 8, 1975, as the last passenger train left Morganton.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina has been named a Gold Standard Award Agency for 2010 by Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
Eric Crowder, Tina Padgett, Rebekah Toon, Katelyn Fisher and Amber Hefner have earned their Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting, according to Girl Scout Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont.
Area students in the news
April 1956 turned out to be a very good month for the Morganton Woman's Club. In mid-month, Woman's Home Companion Magazine announced it was one of 250 Honor Clubs of America — for the second consecutive year.
For the week of April 4-10
Joe Ingram, of Morganton, works in his community garden plot along the Catawba River Greenway on Wednesday.
Events for Thursday, June 3 through Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Bocce events for the 2010 Unifour Senior Games were held at Le Phare des Alpes in Valdese on Thursday.
The N.C. Youth Advisory Council of the Youth Advocacy and Involvement Office in the Department of Administration is accepting applications for mini-grants available to youth groups to conduct community projects. The application deadline is 5 p.m. on Oct. 9.
Think your community has cultural traditions worth recording, filming or otherwise preserving?
American Field Service, a not-for-profit cultural and educational exchange program, seeks host families for the 2009-10 school year.
The Burke County Fair continues Wednesday.
Park employees and family gathered for a 50th anniversary celebration honoring one of Burke County's favorite swimming and family camping sites, Steele Creek Park.
The Olive Hill High School Class of 1959 gathered to celebrate its 50th reunion this weekend in Mor-ganton.
A group of summer campers have been rushing to the scene of the Icard Township Fire and Rescue Department each evening this week for some smokin' good times.
Families visit attractions at the Waldensian Trail of Faith Founder's Festival in Valdese on Saturday.
The N.C. Department of Transportation, in collaboration with The Garden Club of North Carolina Inc., is providing a new Web site to promote and identify the state's Blue Star Memorial markers.
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