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Sharon McBrayer

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Sep 23, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Sharon McBrayer smcbrayer@morganton.com

    Burke County offering incentives to lure company that could bring $17 million investment (opens the original)

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    Burke County leaders approved incentives Monday night to attract a company and new jobs to a site near the Hickory Regional Airport. Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. Customers are asked to help by reducing non-essential electric use today from 2 p.m.-8 p.m. until conditions improve. The letter said he called Long View a Mayberry town and said the town would not improve. “Brinkley did not show any allegiance to his employer

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Sharon McBrayer smcbrayer@morganton.com

    Burke County Sheriff's Office searching for missing man: “If you know something, please say something" (opens the original)

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    Law enforcement in Burke County is asking for the public’s help to find a man who was reported missing in August. Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email. Two women reported that the man exposed himself. If you receive a call from someone claiming to be Maj. Norman, hang up immediately and contact the Burke County Sheriff’s Office. The woman’s boyfriend confronted the man behind the Food Lion and warned him to stay away. Corey Cook's parents and brother were shot

  3. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Sharon McBrayer

    Burke County man facing drug trafficking charges gets $3 million bond (opens the original)

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    A Burke County man out on bond got a slew of new drug charges and a $3 million bond after he was stopped Monday on an outstanding warrant. Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email. The woman’s boyfriend confronted the man behind the Food Lion and warned him to stay away. NCDOT said it also will file a state property incident report with the State Bureau of Investigation. A man was arrested Tuesday and accused of assaulting another man who was living in the home that bu

  4. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Sharon McBrayer smcbrayer@morganton.com

    I-40 Hildebran exit to get new bridge, roundabouts at same time as Exit 118 (opens the original)

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    The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s final 2026-2035 State Transportation Improvement Program, which determines when road projects will be funded and started, includes two bridge projects at the eastern end of Burke County. Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. The fall occurred while the man was climbing near Wolf Pit Trailhead. “As for what comes next, I am giving serious thought to other ways I might serve the

  5. Article · Jul 8, 2026 · Sharon McBrayer

    NCDOT to repave 22 miles of roads in Burke County. Here's where. (opens the original)

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    More than 22 miles of secondary roads in Burke County are set to be repaved under a $4.7 million contract awarded by the N.C. Department of Transportation. Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. Customers are asked to help by reducing non-essential electric use today from 2 p.m.-8 p.m. until conditions improve. President Donald Trump criticized North Carolina on Wednesday evening as he called its cities “blood-soaked killing fie

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