Author: Ara

Mayor Kyle Hayman credits staff after NCDOT, Public Safety, and Commerce awards for sidewalks, a wastewater pump station, and building reuse.

Whatley campaign, with less name recognition and cash, frames Cooper as soft-on-crime. Cooper emphasizes economic woes.

Catawba County Schools says Chief Technology Officer Marty Sharpe was named NCDPI Technology Director of the Year and received NCTIES’ ISTE “Making IT Happen” Award.

The board declined to pursue Board of Education surplus on Little Mountain Road and heard an interbasin-transfer update from WPCOG’s Anthony Starr.

Directors listed six priority areas, including Hickory Regional Airport funding, energy, school construction, a state park, child care, and workforce housing.

A March 3 notice frames the yearly report as accountability to investors and partners, with a stated focus on county competitiveness.