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  • Newton woman a fitness leader
    A Newton business owner received a national health award from the Office of the...
  • I-40 wreck sends three to hospital
    Three people were transported to hospitals Wednesday morning after a three-vehicle wreck...
  • School board member to step down
    Kyle Drum vacates his seat on the Newton-Conover City Schools Board of Education at the...
  • Primary election results official
    Catawba County's 2012 primary election results are official after elections leaders...
  • Catawba County crime, May 15
    The Catawba County Sheriff's Office recently reported the following arrests and incidents...
Newton woman a fitness leader
A Newton business owner received a national health award from the Office of the...
I-40 wreck sends three to hospital
Three people were transported to hospitals Wednesday morning after a three-vehicle wreck...
School board member to step down
Kyle Drum vacates his seat on the Newton-Conover City Schools Board of Education at the...
Primary election results official
Catawba County's 2012 primary election results are official after elections leaders...
Catawba County crime, May 15
The Catawba County Sheriff's Office recently reported the following arrests and incidents...

Latest News Headlines

A Newton business owner received a national health award from the Office of the President. Sharon Rashidi, owner of...
The city of Hickory plans to hike its water and sewer rates 3 percent and maintain its current 50-cent property tax...
For the second straight year, Conover residents may pay more for water.   The city’s recommended budget...

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St. Stephens avenged a 1-1 tie earlier this season against Asheville, topping the Lady Cougars 3-...
Hickory Post 48 released its baseball schedule on Wednesday. Post 48, which finished with a 20-13...
The Hickory Crawdads lost their third and final game against the Hagerstown Suns on Wednesday...

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Brandon Winters, of Hickory, comes back from a job interview on U.S. 70. Despite temperatures...
A truck catches on fire seconds before a family gets in it to leave home. See the full story under...
A man was struck by an juvenile unlicensed driver Tuesday in the Kmart parking lot in Conover. The...

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Blogs

Bandys and Wilkes Central meet today at 4 p.m. for the 2A West Regional championship. The Trojans...
Blogging live from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro's Fleming Gym for the 2A Western...
Dear editor: There seems to be lots of hoopla going on these days about the dire straits of athletics at Maiden High...
Editor's note: The following letter to Catawba County Schools Superintendent Glenn Barger was shared with The Observer...

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