Investigators hired by a legislative subcommittee said it would be reasonable to find that Roy Cooper used the governor’s office to secure a $57.8 million Atlantic Coast Pipeline fund. The report named no crime, and no charge followed.
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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.
North Carolina will not stock delayed-harvest trout waters until November after Armstrong State Fish Hatchery in McDowell County lost about 70 percent of the catchable fish grown for this season.
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.
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 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.
The Catawba County Board of Education removed proposed Policy 9.2500, which would limit school flag displays to the U.S., North Carolina, military, POW/MIA and school flags, from its Monday night agenda without a vote. No reason or new date was given at the meeting.
Letters dated Sept. 15 say names, Social Security numbers, medical and health insurance details, and ID numbers may have been exposed when someone got into county computer systems between Sept. 12 and 19, 2025. The county has a toll-free line for questions: 866-898-7846.