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Craig, Charles Hedrick, 57, was booked into the Catawba County jail on 10/7/2026 on alleged charges of FELONY POSSESSION SCH II CS and POSSESS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA,…

Catawba County voters with questions about photo ID and other recent changes to how North Carolina runs its elections will have a chance to ask one of the people who oversees local voting.

ReBuild NC, the Matthew and Florence homeowner program run by the N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency, closed Sept. 30 under a 2025 state law. A November 2025 state audit found a $297 million shortfall, families in temporary housing for more than 1,400 days, and vendor payments that were never reconciled.

Catawba Valley News & Weather reported that Catawba County Schools filed a 23-page informational brief with the State Board on the county’s three-district merger plan, saying it takes no side while listing crowded elementary schools and $98.9 million in repair needs.

In a brief filed Oct. 5, the Hickory City Schools Board of Education asks the State Board of Education to reject Catawba County’s three-district merger plan, citing an unresolved boundary question, lost state funding and no independent study of student outcomes.

The State Board of Elections is sending letters this week to 1,599 registered voters a federal database flagged as potential noncitizens, asking them to confirm citizenship or ask to be taken off the rolls. No one is removed automatically, the board says.

Catawba County commissioners approved $301,419.20 in state money Monday for one-time $1,750 bonuses covering 160 eligible law enforcement positions, payable around Oct. 15. No county money is required.

Woods, Londie Allen, 57, was booked into the Catawba County jail on 10/6/2026 on an alleged charge of SECOND DEGREE TRESPASS FTA, according to the county’s…

Robinson, Phillip Sydney, 60, was booked into the Catawba County jail on 10/6/2026 on alleged charges of GO ARMED TO TERROR OF PEOPLE and COMMUNICATING THREATS,…

Largent, Devon Maurese, 26, was booked into the Catawba County jail on 10/6/2026 on an alleged charge of Non-Support, according to the county’s Who’s In Jail…