Hiddenite News

The man hit by a car as he tried to run across U.S. 321 Wednesday afternoon is recovering in Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

Kevin and Libby Barrieault, gem enthusiasts from Alexander County, uncovered a 50.5 carat emerald at the North American Emerald Mine in Hiddentite.

A North Carolina couple is showing off the 50-carat emerald they dug from a vein of the precious gemstone running through Alexander County.

HIDDENITE, N.C. A Hiddenite couple is trying to determine what they'll do with a 50.5 carat emerald.

The following is a list of those arrested on felony and driving while impaired charges from March 15-21 in Iredell County: >> Nicholas Dale Johnson, 18, of Mock Mill Road, Statesville, second-degree kidnapping and misdemeanor charges of assault with a deadly weapon, communicating threats, breaking and entering, injury to personal property and ... (more)