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Johnson, Foust inducted into Burke Sports Hall of Fame (The Morganton News Herald)
Two notable Burke County sports figures, former director of Morganton Parks & Recreation Clinton Foust and NFL football player Leon Johnson, were were inducted on Saturday into the Burke County Hall of Fame.Burke dodges weather bullet (The Morganton News Herald) Burke County may have dodged most of the winter storm this past weekend, but more winter precipitation may be on its way. The National Weather Service is forecasting a mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow early Tuesday that will turn into rainfall by the afternoon.
Two Burke fire departments receive federal grant (The Morganton News Herald) Two Burke County fire departments will receive $90,236 in grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security , U.S. Congressman Patrick McHenry announced Wednesday.
And they're off! (The Morganton News Herald) The political race towards November officially begins Monday.
Judge Ervin will seek re-election to the bench (The Morganton News Herald) Superior Court Judge Robert Ervin isn't waiting on President Barack Obama and the U.S. Senate
2-9 Sports Scoreboard (Minot Daily News) Pro Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 32 17 .653 — Toronto 28 23 .549 5 New York 19 31 .380 131⁄2 Philadelphia 19 31 .380 131⁄2 New Jersey 4 46 .080 281⁄2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 35 17 .673 — Atlanta 32 17 .653 11⁄2 Charlotte 24 25 .490 91⁄2 Miami 24 27 .471 101⁄2 Washington 17 32 .347 161⁄2 Central Division W L Pct GB ...
Asheville snow/ice blog: Day 2 (Asheville Citizen-Times) Power outage update - 10 p.m. ASHEVILLE — More than 24,000 Western North Carolina customers of Progress Energy and Duke Energy are without power, according to the companies' Web sites.
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Key WNC games part of postponements (Asheville Citizen-Times) ASHEVILLE — Western North Carolina basketball teams could really use a full timeout from sleet and snow.
Collectibles show returns to Morganton (The Morganton News Herald) Festivities for the Burke County Sports Hall of Fame banquet will begin early Saturday morning with the Morganton Classic Collectible Show at the H. Clinton Foust Jr. Collett Street Recreation Center, 300 Collett St.