As required by law, Burke County commissioners have scheduled three hearings on their plans to opt out of a cap on property tax increases.

The proposed calendar, presented by Keith Recker, human resources director for Burke County Public Schools, would see ...

Accredited investors can become the landlord of Walmart, Whole Foods or Kroger — and benefit from regular distributions ...

Animal services is in need of food donations for its community pet food bank, which goes to help pets of those in need.

Residents of Asheville and the rest of western North Carolina are still recovering from catastrophic flooding in September.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has pushed for federal recognition for decades. A new executive order instructs Interior Department to help.

Voters in Catawba, Burke, Iredell and McDowell counties, as well as other counties in the state, are caught up in the fight ...

Republican Jefferson Griffin, a candidate for the N.C. Supreme Court, has challenged the state elections board’s results of ...

Dennis Keith Hall of Peeler Road in Vale and 33-year-old Tyler Hughes Owensby of Honeycomb Place in Lenoir were arrested by ...

WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Burke County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Alfonzo Williams are once again in the spotlight. This time, for a federal lawsuit filed by one of his former employees.

The Disaster Recovery Center located in Burke County will close, effective this Saturday, (January 18). Residents who are still seeking assistance will be able to do so online, via phone or at other ...