Here is a look at where every team in Catawba, Burke, Alexander and McDowell counties ended up.
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Documentary to film ghost stories in Marion this summer.
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“This event is an opportunity to bring trusted organizations together in one place and help connect neighbors to resources that can truly make a difference.”
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"I'd go to Nana's house," says her granddaughter. "I would spend the night and make banana pudding from scratch. She also taught me to make the best sweet tea. Lots of sugar."
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The fire was extinguished in about 30 minutes.
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"I told myself back then to just be grateful that she was still here."
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The Carolina Panthers have completed over a dozen signings from the 2026 NFL Draft.
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The board will hear a report about the state of McDowell Technical Community College and an update about the Chamber of Commerce.
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Read through the obituaries published today in McDowell News.
Read through the obituaries published today in McDowell News.
Read through the obituaries published today in McDowell News.
This ocelot has been spotted in four different Southern Arizona mountain ranges.
“This project supports the City’s broader recovery efforts and reflects our commitment to rebuilding Biltmore Village in close partnership with the community."
Read through the obituaries published today in McDowell News.
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“Our nurses are the backbone of the care we provide,” said Lee Higginbotham, CEO of Mission Hospital McDowell.
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America commemorates its 250th anniversary in 2026. Here's how our community is marking this historic milestone.
Television viewers outside of Georgia didn’t have many reasons to care about the Atlanta Braves in the mid-1970s. The team was terrible and its games were largely unavailable to anyone whose “rabbit ears” antenna couldn’t pick up an Atlanta signal. For Ted Turner, who died Wednesday at 87, this wasn’t a baseball problem. It was a television problem. On April 2, 1977, he solved it by using ...
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