Author: Ara

Weathers, Nelson Conelius, 47, was booked into the Catawba County jail on 9/20/2026 on alleged charges of ASSAULT BY STRANGULATION, ASSAULT ON A FEMALE, ASSAULT WITH…

Catawba Valley Republican Men and Moms for Liberty call a Monday press conference after Newton-Conover’s Shaw and Hayes pointed to SB 516 instead of matching CCS’s biological-sex bathroom policy. CVRM chairman Tom Dees: “This is what cowardice looks like.”

Zavala – Adame, Leonardo Roel, 31, was booked into the Catawba County jail on 9/20/2026 on alleged charges of FELONY POSSESSION SCH II CS, NONSUPPORT CHILD,…

AG Jeff Jackson asks the Utilities Commission for a separate Duke Energy rate class for data centers and other large loads, so households are not left paying for AI-era megawatts.

Lyon, Nedra Jane, 30, was booked into the Catawba County jail on 9/19/2026 on an alleged charge of DWI -Weekender, according to the county’s Who’s In…

Census: 2025 real median household income hits $87,460, highest since 1967. Official poverty falls to 10.2% — near a series low, with child and Hispanic rates at historic lows.

Cheaper AI-native industrial robots and a tight labor market are pushing U.S. factories to automate — including in Catawba County, where fiber, cable, and industrial reuse projects already define the next manufacturing map.

AI extinction panic uses the same fear-and-control playbook as climate absolutism. Catawba should debate data centers on facts—not doomsday liturgy.

Torrence, Markeece Romell, 36, was booked into the Catawba County jail on 9/18/2026 on an alleged charge of fail to perform community service, according to the…

Seechan, Aithor, 35, was booked into the Catawba County jail on 9/18/2026 on an alleged charge of DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED, according to the county’s Who’s In…