Hickory police will concentrate October P.A.C.T. enforcement on Falling Creek Road and two other city stretches.
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County government notices, commission actions, and countywide announcements from Catawba County.
North Carolina stopped issuing plate stickers and automatic printed registration cards on Oct. 1. License offices stay open.
Superintendent Jennifer Griffin told the Hickory City Schools board on Sept. 28 that the district has seen a decrease of about 100 students, and that the change will figure in next year’s budget.
The League of Women Voters of Catawba Valley says every candidate for county commissioner and the Catawba County Schools board is scheduled for public forums Oct. 1 and Oct. 8 at the main library in Newton.
Long View police and the State Bureau of Investigation are searching 2014 7th Avenue SW after an anonymous tip that possible human remains may be buried there. The street is closed between 19th and 21st streets SW.
A federal rule that can end student loans for low-earning college programs will not, on the numbers now public, cut off loans for students at Challenger Early College, the school Catawba County, Hickory and Newton-Conover share.
The House calendar for Wednesday lists five vetoed bills for reconsideration, including Freedom to Carry NC and a bill on removing unauthorized people from property. Sen. Mark Hollo and Rep. Mitchell Setzer are sponsors.
The North Carolina School Boards Association’s Silver Bell Award recognizes boards whose members all worked toward 12 hours of training in a school year. Catawba County Schools says its board received the award Monday night.
The Sheriff’s Office page on the county website now has a “Flock Transparency Portal” link for the office’s automated license-plate readers. The county has not posted a camera count, launch date or announcement.
Catawba County has hired Virginia Annable, a longtime local journalist and editor, as communications and marketing director in the County Manager’s Office. She starts Oct. 19.