Catawba County News

In a political year that promises to put North Carolina in the national spotlight, Monday kicks off the election filing date for candidates.

Thomas Sigmon, of West Side Tattoo in Conover, gives April Propst her first tattoo Thursday afternoon.

Police in two Western North Carolina towns have charged an 18-year-old in an ongoing probe of counterfeit cash in Catawba County.

The new Greenpeace "Rainbow Warrior" flagship will be in Southport this weekend.

If you are in a ponder over what to do different for Valentine's Day, here's a solution.

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But hiring from within isn't the only or main focus. Instead, they say, it's getting the best person for the job no matter where they come from.

More Arrests Have Been Made But Narcotics Investigators Still Looking for the Following Suspects in Operation 38 Special The following suspects are still wanted in connection with the Operation 38 Special drug roundup: Timothy Shontay Baxter, Timothy Shontay Baxter, Jr., 32, 133 Laura Jeanne Lane, Statesville is wanted for Sell and Deliver Cocaine ... (more)

A member of the NC Attorney General's Office was in Catawba County court Monday, to discuss the charges an area attorney is facing.

The winners of Full Circle Arts "Art About Women" were announced on Thursday, February 2 to an overflow crowd at the gallery's new/old location at 29 Second Street NW in downtown Hickory.

Steve Aaron and John Speagle, longtime Hickory business and civic leaders, were recently honored with Life Member status by the Kiwanis Club of Western Catawba County.

Data center projects 2011: Kings Mountain data center shell building is completed and available for lease.

The city council in Maiden is expected to talk about the council seat left vacant when councilman Howard Ervin resigned from the board.

A mother accused of tampering with her 5-month-old daughter's intravenous line made her first appearance before a judge Friday.

Catawba County resident and Catholic priest Father Tom Sanford isn't too happy about recent changes made to the Church's liturgy and mass.

County public health officials will be contacting those who got sick and those who didn't after eating at Harbor Inn Seafood to figure out the source of the outbreak.

Hickory Police continue to catalog items seized in a multi-state theft ring. Frederick Washburn was charged with 14 felony counts of larceny and possession of stolen goods.

Adam Baker's fight for a "proper burial" for his daughter Zahra isn't over - even though he was deported back to his homeland with her remains.

It's the dreaded norovirus -- most of us know it as the "stomach virus" -- and North Carolina health officials say it's thriving and wreaking some havoc in the Charlotte area.

How many people do you know that has found a 1493-carat emerald that can be seen today in the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.? A Catawba County resident and longtime member of the Catawba Valley Gem and Mineral Club, Red Reitzel, can claim that distinction.