Libraries will also close Sunday and Monday; parks remain open, and crash reports stay available online.
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The city asks the public to gather at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, and for churches to toll bells at 8:46 a.m.
NCDPI’s 2025-26 results, posted Sept. 2, show Oakwood and HCAM at B, Northview moving from D to C, and Viewmont meeting growth after missing it a year earlier.
District live-feed notices on Sept. 2 say N-CCS ranks 10th in the state for graduation and that Shuford Elementary and Newton-Conover Middle exceeded growth.
The fire apparatus operator is stepping down after nearly 20 years with the city, dating to February 2007.
The city joined a Friday, Aug. 28 ribbon cutting at 117 North College Ave. for the downtown three-screen theater that opened in August 1936.
The city posted a month-long arts calendar Sept. 1, from Hickory Community Theatre’s A Chorus Line through the Footcandle Film Festival Sept. 18–27.
The free 7 p.m. Union Square concert is presented by Protection Products, Inc.; live painting by Dan Smith will be auctioned Oct. 2 in Newton.
NCDHHS told Catawba County Public Health that several goats tied to a mobile petting zoo tested positive for rabies; a nearby private event was held Aug. 9 on Miller Mills Road in Hickory, Burke County.
The Business Development Committee will take nominations through 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, in eight individual and business categories.