Come Friday, the Whippoorwill Homestead in Nebo will play host to the Whippoorwill Music Fest.
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Work on dams around Lake James is forcing Duke Energy to close a boat access. State officials say Hidden Cove boat access will close Sept. 15 and won't reopen until spring. Hidden Cove access is located in McDowell County on N.C. 126 just over the Burke County line, said Sean McElhone, superintendent at Lake James State Park.
Business may be booming on quiet Linville Road soon, with the emphasis on "booming." The sounds of earth-moving, dump trucks and digging may become a regular feature in the near future on the north side of Lake James.
A month after one Lake James group requested a no-wake zone, another group is asking for the same.
Burke County already provides services to Lake James, so why incorporate the area and impose additional taxes on residents? This is one argument from a group against creating the village of Lake James.
On the road to Burke County's future economy, small but growing points of progress dot the map.
Town councils in Burke County have received proposed fiscal 2008-09 budgets. Here's a rundown of where each town stands.
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