Awards Presented At CVCC Event Honoring Black History
Ridgeview resident Savannah H. Washburn was recently honored for her contributions to the African-American community during Catawba Valley Community College's annual Multicultural Celebration in Honor of Black History. She was presented the Outstanding Contribution to the African-American Community Award. ...
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Communities Join Forces To “Woo” Google
Government, academic, business and community leaders met Monday, March 1 to join forces in the Google Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) and Business initiative. The Hickory/Lenoir Google Fiber to the Home and Business RFI application is a collective effort with support from municipalities...
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McHenry Named Most Conservative US House Member from NC
Congressman Patrick McHenry was named the most conservative member of the North Carolina congressional delegation today by National Journal. He was also ranked as the seventeenth most conservative member in the entire US House of Representatives....
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Parker Announces Candidacy For District Attorney
Jason Parker has announced his candidacy for District Attorney for the 25th District consisting of Burke, Caldwell and Catawba counties. Parker is a long-time Hickory resident and a native of Alexander County. He has served as a prosecutor for 24...
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New Bond Fund Helps NC Immigrants Get Fair Day in Court
A new Bond Fund is helping immigrants who are arrested post bond and access legal services. The Southern Coalition for Social Justice partnered with the National Immigrant Bond Fund to provide zero interest matching loans to immigrants who cannot afford...
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Fourth Annual Empty Bowls Event To Fight Hunger
Pottery students from St Stephens High School are once again pitching in to help fight hunger in Catawba County. The students, under the direction of pottery instructor Becki Henderson-Gow, are donating more than 300 hand-made ceramic bowls for the fourth...
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Catawba Dems To Hold Precinct Organization Rallies
The North Carolina Democratic Party will hold annual precinct organizing rallies in Catawba County on March 4-13, 2010. A list of meeting dates, times and locations is below. All meetings are free and open to registered Democrats....
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Hickory Vies For Google 1Gig-To-The-Home
Think you have high-speed internet access now? If Hickory Mayor Rudy Wright has his way, residents of the City of Hickory will soon benefit from internet speeds of over 1 gigabit per second. Speeds over 100 times faster...
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Patterson Makes Congressional Run Official
Vance Patterson has made it official. He filed today to run for the US House of Representatives. Patterson, a business man from Morganton, filed at the Burke County Board of Elections today. He held a press conference...
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Munday Announces Candidacy For NC House
David Munday, a resident of Alexander County, has officially announced his candidacy for the NC House of Representatives 88th District, which serves Alexander County and the City of Hickory. Having retired as a major with the North Carolina State...
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