10+ hour, 9+ min ago  (503+ words) Black youth in the U. S. are 5. 6 times more likely than their white peers to face juvenile detention, according to The Sentencing Project, and for Morganton native Shalee Forney, those numbers aren't just statistics " they're families that need help navigating the system…...

10+ hour, 9+ min ago  (1126+ words) Home plate at the softball field of what is now the R. O. Huffman Community Center in Drexel. Back when Bill Poteat played softball there, 50 years ago, it was simply the Drexel Community Center. Images from the summer of 1976 still swirl in…...

10+ hour, 9+ min ago  (755+ words) Multiple windows and doors are boarded up at Chesterfield, in an attempt to keep out illicit visitors. Weeds and vines grow up the walls of the former Chesterfield Elementary School building on Pax Hill Road in Morganton, signifying the eight…...

8+ hour, 54+ min ago  (668+ words) Superintendent Dr. Mike Swan brought a community request before the board to rename the George Hildebrand Elementary gym after a former educator, sparking discussion on how the board decides the naming of facilities and schools. Swan reaches for his daughter…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (741+ words) When May came to a close, Broughton Hospital marked two decades of the continuous operation of the Deaf Services Program, which expands mental health access for Deaf patients across the state with a community already rooted in Burke County. Broughton,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (130+ words) thepaper. media Burke teen places in Top 10 in state pageant There was a problem reporting this. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language. - Morganton filmmaker brings hometown stories to the big screen with local premiere…...

2+ week, 29+ min ago  (209+ words) thepaper. media At the May meeting of the board of directors of the History Museum of Burke County, Louis Asbury was named the 2026 recipient of the Claude Sitton Award. The award recognizes Asbury's contribution to the museum and recording via…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (304+ words) (From left) Amy Moore, Susan Gray, Suzan Anderson, Nancy Fritz, and Patty Schenk. Not pictured: Nancy Bledsoe and Jamie Treadaway. Burke County food assistance, summer reading and children's science programs are among the local efforts receiving support from the Unifour…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (533+ words) In local government, asking questions is sometimes mistaken for opposition. When elected officials ask difficult questions about a proposal, some view it as delay, resistance, or an unwillingness to move forward. I see it differently. Questions are not obstacles to…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (952+ words) New Dimensions Charter School abruptly replaced its director last week and is filling 14 other positions, including eight teacher roles, sparking discourse and speculation across social media over the last weekend in May. The New Dimensions (NDS) Board of Directors announced…...