Junior Sisk Wraps Up Another Great Bluegrass Season, 4/11
Valdese, NC – Another memorable season of bluegrass is coming to a close as Junior Sisk...
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Seniors Morning Out Activities For Month Of April
Hickory – Seniors Morning Out (SMO) Participants will enjoy a variety of activities in April...
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LRU Occupational Therapy Students Present Two Free Workshops On 4/13 & 4/20
Hickory – The Catawba Council on Aging will host two free workshops presented by...
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Wayne Henderson In Concert At The Chapel Of Rest In Happy Valley On Sunday, April 12
Happy Valley, NC – Wayne Henderson & Friends will perform the Spring Concert on Sunday,...
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Last Chance To See Inherit The Wind This Weekend
Hudson, NC – The award winning, thought provoking play, Inherit the Wind, will be presented...
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Longest Line At Philly Airport? Cheesesteaks, Not Security
Philadelphia (AP) – Travelers passing through Philadelphia International Airport on Tuesday...
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This Year, Catawba Graduates Nobody
One hundred years ago there was a college in North Carolina that had no commencement ceremony. The...
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HDDA’s Hopping Into Spring Is This Weekend, April 4
Hickory – The Hickory Downtown Development Association invites families to Hopping Into...
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Downtown Hickory Streetscape Improvements
Hickory – Construction began Monday, March 30, on a multi‑phase project to upgrade key...
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Catawba County Branch NAACP Meeting, April 12
Newton, NC – The April meeting of the NAACP Catawba County Branch will be on Sunday, April...
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New To Theaters And Disc
NOW IN THEATERS: She Dances – Steve Zahn (who also had a hand in scripting the film)...
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A South African Politician Goes Snorkeling In A Giant Pothole To Highlight City Management Failures
Johannesburg (AP) – A 75-year-old woman running for mayor of South Africa’s biggest city...
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HCT Presents The Dramatic College Comedy, Macbitches, May 1–16 And Kid Camps
Hickory – Macbitches, written by Sophie McIntosh, is a dramatic comedy and contemporary...
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Found Around Town
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Had I A Dove Honored With The Appalachian Studies Association’s Weatherford Award
Hickory – Redhawk Publications announces that Had I a Dove: Appalachian Poets on the Helene...
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Hickory Public Library To Host Hickory Literary Festival
Hickory – Hickory Public Library will host the second annual Hickory Literary Festival with...
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Free Advance Care Planning Workshop, April 9
Lenoir, NC – Advance care planning is a process to help your loved ones know how to speak...
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Having A Conversation And Creating Best Practices For Your Child’s Social Media Use
By SARA CLINE (AP) – In a pivotal moment that underscored how powerful and immersive social...
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Sugar The Surfing Dog, The First Canine Inducted Into The Surfer’s Hall Of Fame, Dies
Huntington Beach, CA (AP) – Sugar The Surfing Dog, the first canine inducted into the...
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Catawba Valley Pottery Festival
One of the unique attributes of the Catawba Valley is the soil under our feet. For generations,...
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Wood Turning To Be Topic At Woodcrafters’ Meeting, 3/28
Hickory – The Western Piedmont Woodcrafters’ Saturday, March 28th meeting will feature Ralph Green...
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Studio3 To Host Another Christian Songwriter Night, 3/27
Taylorsville, NC – Everyone is invited to the next Christian Songwriter Night at Studio3 on...
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As Demand For GLP-1 Pills And Shots Surges, Healthy Habits Are Still Key
By JONEL ALECCIA (AP) – Whether they’re using weekly shots or daily pills, more Americans...
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HCT’s The Trail To Oregon Held Over One More Time
Hickory- Hickory Community Theatre adds two more performances for The Trail to Oregon. Audiences...
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Found Around Town
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22nd Annual Hickory Hops Beer & Music Festival, 4/11
Hickory – It’s that time of the year for beer! The 22nd annual Hickory Hops Beer & Music...
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Lenoir Sculptor Bill Stronach Exhibits Work In Wood And Metal At The Western NC Sculpture Center Gallery
Lenoir, NC – Born in 1948, Bill Stronach graduated Lenoir High School in 1966. He earned an...
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Youth Soccer Clinic Planned For Saturday, April 18th
Hickory – The Crawdads are once again partnering with the Lenoir-Rhyne Men’s Soccer team to...
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People ‘Bathe’ In Nature To Get Respite From Chaotic News
Raleigh, NC (AP) — For two hours, Claire Jefferies wanted to get away from the war in Iran and the...
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Possum Appears Among Plush Toys In Australian Airport
Melbourne, Australia (AP) — On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian...
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Living With Grief Series: Best Practices In Hospice Care For Advanced Dementia, 4/14
Hickory – AMOREM, your local, non-profit hospice and palliative medicine provider will offer...
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Trophy Turns Up In German Team’s Own Basement After Being Reported Stolen
Berlin (AP) — One of Germany’s most storied sports trophies was believed to have been stolen and...
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The Green Room’s Having Our Say Opens This Friday, 3/27
Newton, NC — The Green Room Community Theatre is proud to present Having Our Say: The Delany...
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City Of Hickory To Host Annual Children’s Easter Egg Hunt, 3/28
Hickory – The City of Hickory Parks, Recreation & Sports Tourism Department will host the 39th...
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North Carolina Parts Ways With Men’s Basketball Coach Hubert Davis After 5 Seasons
Sid will be back next week! By AARON BEARD (AP) – Hubert Davis appeared to be the right...
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New To Theaters And Disc
NOW IN THEATERS: Ready or Not 2: Here I Come – Samara Weaving reprises her role from...
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Catch The Last Friday Fish Fry At St. Aloysius Church In Hickory On March 27
Hickory – The St. Aloysius Knights of Columbus will be having their annual FRIDAY FISH...
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LRU Alumnus Perry Fewell ’85 Brings NFL Experience To Spring Commencement, May 8
Hickory —Long before he was leading officiating operations for the National Football League (NFL),...
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For Poets, April Is The “Coolest” Month
T.S. Eliot famously begins his poem “The Waste Land” with the line, “April is the cruelest...
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Hickory Community Theatre’s Vacation Extravaganza Is 6/9
Hickory – With a night full of entertainment, games, a silent auction, food, drink AND a...
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Hippity Hop To The NC Transportation Museum For Family Fun With Easter Bunny
Spencer, NC — The Easter Bunny returns to the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer for four...
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Alan Mearns To Perform Benefit Concert For Women’s Resource Center, April 11
Hickory – Women’s Resource Center is proud to present The Intimate Guitar: An Evening of...
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Hickory Ballet & Performing Arts Announces 2026 Spring/Summer Season
Hickory – Hickory Ballet & Performing Arts is excited to announce its Spring/Summer 2026...
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Isaac Wise
July 1776. Yeah some things were happening in Philadelphia but down here in what...
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Calling All Parents and Educators! Meet Chessman Eugene Brown, March 21 & 28
Hickory – Two chances to meet Eugene Brown, Found of Big Chair Chess Club and inspiration...
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12th Avenue NE, Hickory Street Closure For Utility Work
Hickory – Starting on Thursday, March 19, a private contractor will close 12th Avenue NE to...
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Boger City UMC Observes Holy Week March 29 – April 5
Lincolnton, NC- Everyone is welcome to attend all of these Holy Week Services. The purpose of...
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Foothills Veterans Helping Veterans Stand Down Is 4/10
Hickory – It is time for the Foothills Veterans Helping Veterans Stand Down. This year it...
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Spring After School Art Class At Olde Rock School, Begins 3/24
Valdese, NC – The foundation’s Spring After School Art Class start March 24 and runs until...
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City Of Hickory Adopts Updated Sign Ordinance To Address Repeat Violations
Hickory – The Hickory City Council has approved updates to the City’s Land Development Code...
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Tickets For Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years On Sale Now
Newton, NC – The Green Room Community Theatre announces that tickets for Having Our Say: The...
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Oregon Waterfall Was Put Up For Sale On Redfin
Oregon (AP) —The state of Oregon may soon have some new public property: A spectacular waterfall,...
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A Red Fox Stows Away On A Cargo Ship, Traveling From England To The US
New York (AP) — This stowaway truly was sly as a fox. A red fox somehow slipped onto a cargo ship...
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An Effort To Remedy Harm From A Race-Based Kidney Test Helps Black Patients Seeking Transplants
By LAURAN NEERGAARD Washington (AP) — An unprecedented effort to reverse the effects of a...
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Save The Date For The Salt Block Derby Party On May 2
Hickory – The most exciting two minutes in Hickory! Join us on Saturday, May 2 at 4:30 p.m....
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New To Theaters And Disc
Now in Theaters: Project Hail Mary – The long awaited adaptation of Andy Weir’s bestselling...
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AMOREM Good Grief Meals To Be Held April 1, 2 & 10
Lenoir, NC – AMOREM will host the next monthly Good Grief Meal at three locations in April....
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Pick-Your-Own Tulip Experience For Spring 2026
Mount Ulla, NC — Patterson Farm Market & Tours will debut its first-ever Pick-Your-Own Tulip...
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March Madness Preview
Avid NCAA Men’s Basketball fans love this time of year. The tourney starts this weekend and, as...
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BBB Tip: How To Avoid Becoming A Victim Of A Pet Scam
Charlotte, NC – National Puppy Day is March 23, and consumers can expect a nearly constant...
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LR Announces 2026–2027 Visiting Writers Series Lineup
Hickory — Lenoir-Rhyne University has announced the lineup for the 2026–2027 Visiting Writers...
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City Of Hickory Presents Glow In The Dark Egg Hunt, 4/4
Hickory – Search the Samuel William Davis, Sr. Multipurpose Field for glow-in-the-dark...
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Found Around Town
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Catawba Science Center’s 39th Annual Online Auction Now Open
Hickory – Each year The CSC Guild curates a wide variety of donations from businesses in the...
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Brown Mountain Lights
He looked across the Atlantic from his home in France and found… Morganton. I’m talking about...
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An Autoimmune Disease Stole This Man’s Memory. Here’s How He’s Learning To Cope
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and SHELBY LUM (AP) – “My year of unraveling” is how a despairing...
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Annual ACC Chili Cook Off In Morganton, March 13
Morganton, NC – The 32nd Annual Downtown Development Association’s ACC Chili Cook Off...
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AG Jeff Jackson Challenges State’s Legal Community To Meet Our Hunger Crisis Head-On
Raleigh, NC — One out of seven people in North Carolina face hunger – and among children that...
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The Catawba Area Community Band Spring Concert, 3/15
Newton, NC – The Newton-Conover Community Band will present its annual, free Spring Concert...
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All Things Michael Hettich
In the poetry world, Michael Hettich is a big deal. His collection The Halo of Bees: New and...
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New To Medicare Seminar At The Sherrills Ford Library, 3/17
Terrell, NC – The New To Medicare Seminar at the Sherrills Ford Library will be on Tuesday,...
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AMOREM Seeks Volunteers With Certified Therapy Dogs
Burke County, NC – AMOREM, your local, non-profit hospice and palliative medicine provider,...
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City Of Hickory To Host Annual Children’s Easter Egg Hunt, 3/28
Hickory – The City of Hickory Parks, Recreation & Sports Tourism Department will host the 39th...
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St. Patrick’s Day Scavenger Hunt In Hickory, March 17
Hickory – The Hickory Downtown Development Association will host a special St. Patrick’s Day...
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Call For Artists Full Circle Arts Open Competition
Hickory – Full Circle Arts invites artists to enter their work in its Open Competition, an...
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Chat With The Catawba Council On Aging Staff On 3/16
Hickory – Meet with the Catawba Council on Aging staff at the West Hickory Senior Center...
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Register For 6th Annual HCS Golf Classic On Mon., May 11
Newton, NC – Hickory Choral Society will be hosting our 6th Annual Golf Classic on Monday,...
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Hickory Community Theatre Adds Extra Performances For The Hysterically Historical Musical The Trail to Oregon
Hickory – After a sold‑out opening weekend, the laugh‑out‑loud musical farce, The Trail to...
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Rescue Ranch To Host Low-Cost Vaccine & Microchip Clinic, **POSTPONED until fall 2026**
**POSTPONED until fall 2026** Statesville, NC – In partnership with Community Pets...
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Autism Awareness Fun Walk On Saturday, April 4
Hickory – To celebrate Autism Awareness Month, the City of Hickory Parks, Recreation & Sports...
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Finnish Pair Wins A Barrel Of Ale In Annual ‘Wife-Carrying’ Contest In England
London (AP) — To have and to hold took on a new meaning for about two dozen couples who put their...
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Lets Talk Tanking
Just in case you have not heard, the NBA has a tanking problem. It’s become especially...
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Healthcare Symposium At LRU Highlights Interdisciplinary Approaches To Care, 3/26
Hickory — Healthcare is evolving rapidly, reshaping the way patients, families and professionals...
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New To Theaters And Disc
NOW IN THEATERS The Bride – Maggie Gyllenhaal steps behind the camera for her second...
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Crawdads’ Daily Promotions Lineup Set For The Season
Hickory – The Crawdads have announced their recurring daily promotions for the 2026 season....
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Punch The Orphan Macaque Is Outgrowing His Plushie And Making Friends
Ichikawa, Japan (AP) — Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that...
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Frye Regional Medical Center Offers Monthly Diabetes Programs Starting In April
Hickory – Frye Regional Medical Center, a Duke LifePoint hospital, will launch a series of monthly...
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Another World Title For The US?
Baseball’s premier international tournament is back. Twenty teams from all over the globe...
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Greater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministry To Host St. Patrick’s Day Gala On 3/14
Hickory — Greater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministry (GHCCM) will host A Toast to Charity – A...
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Seniors Morning Out For March
Hickory – Seniors Morning Out participants will enjoy a variety of activities in March including...
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Register For Hickory’s Easter Egg Scramble 5K, March 28
Hickory – The City of Hickory Parks, Recreation & Sports Tourism Department will host the...
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Hickory’s 2026 Unifour Senior Games, March 31 – May 22
Hickory – The City of Hickory is excited to announce the 2026 Unifour Senior Games, taking place...
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BBB Alert: Protect Yourself From Tax Scams
Charlotte, NC – Tax scams are often as predictable as taxes themselves; they reappear each...
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St. Patrick’s Train Ride Returns To The NC Transportation Museum, March 13 & 14
Spencer, NC — The North Carolina Transportation Museum is pleased to announce its annual St....
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Crawdads Announce 2026 Promotional Giveaways
Hickory – The Crawdads 2026 promotional schedule will feature 15 giveaway dates, with...
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Injured Mother Manatee And Calf Are Rescued In Florida And Taken To Seaworld
Fort Myers, FL (AP) — An injured mother manatee and her calf were rescued this week from a river...
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Newton Elks Lodge To Host Charity Golf Tournament, 4/20
Newton, NC – Newton Elks Lodge #2042 will host their annual Spring Charity Golf Tournament...
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Advance Care Planning Workshop, March 12
Lenoir, NC – Advance care planning is a process to help your loved ones know how to speak...
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Register For 2026 Local Food Cooking Classes
Catawba County, NC – Learn fun and interesting ways to prepare fresh, local produce in this...
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Sleepy Owl Found Resting Among Items On A New York Antique Store Shelf
Durham, NY (AP) — Shoppers in upstate New York earlier this month turned up a rare find while...
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HCT’s The Trail To Oregon — Plus Classes, Camp & Annual Beer Tasting Coming Soon
Hickory – The wagons are loaded and the journey begins this weekend as Hickory Community...
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Toucan Seen Flying Around Sin City Has Been Rescued
Las Vegas (AP) — A toucan that has been seen flying around Las Vegas for months has been saved, a...
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Grant Writing Workshop In Blowing Rock, May 5
Blowing Rock, NC — Funding for Good [FFG] is excited to announce a comprehensive Grant Writing...
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Rock School Arts Foundation New Exhibit, March 6
Rock School Arts Foundation presents Kathy Kmonicek, Manny A. Maldonado, and Zan Thompson....
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The Brown Mountain Lights
The first group to see it were members of the Morganton Fishing Club. When they spread the...
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New To Theaters And Now On Streaming Platforms
Now in Theaters: Scream 7 – Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is eking out a quiet life when...
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Travel’s END
“Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” – Lewis Carroll,...
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Apply For The 2026 Valdese Spring Craft Market On April 25
Valdese NC – The Annual Spring Craft Market welcomes 80 handmade crafting vendors, spread...
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Furniture Making To Be Topic At Woodcrafters’ Club, 2/28
Hickory – The Western Piedmont Woodcrafters’ Saturday, February 28th meeting will feature a...
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Londoners In Costume Sprinting With Frying Pans On Pancake Day
London (AP) — Racers dressed in costumes including a number two pencil, a penguin and a strawberry...
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New To Theaters And Disc
NOW IN THEATERS: Psycho Killer – Writer Andrew Kevin Walker (Seven) returns to...
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Found Around Town
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Friday Fish Fries At St. Aloysius Church In Hickory Till 3/27
Hickory – The St. Aloysius Knights of Columbus will be having their annual FRIDAY FISH...
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USA, USA, USA
In case you missed it, for the first time since the 1980 “Miracle on Ice,” the United...
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WPS’s Masterworks: Grant Us Peace, Saturday, Feb. 28
Hickory – Western Piedmont Symphony (WPS), the professional orchestra of the western foothills of...
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AMOREM Good Grief Meals To Be Held March 4-6
Lenoir, NC – AMOREM will host the next monthly Good Grief Meal at three locations in March....
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Get Ready To Hit The Trail – Hickory Community Theatre Presents The Trail To Oregon, Opens 3/6
Hickory – The popular computer game “The Oregon Trail” comes to life with The Trail to...
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Man Who Lived Rent-Free In New Yorker Hotel, Then Claimed To Own It, Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charge
New York (AP) — A New York City man who attempted to claim ownership of the New Yorker Hotel has...
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Hickory Parks, Recreation & Sports Tourism To Host Hickory 5K Series, March – October
Hickory – The Hickory 5K Series is back this year with five themed 5K races from March through...
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New Diet Guidelines Say To Double Up On Protein, But Nutrition Experts Are Wary
By JONEL ALECCIA (AP) – Protein just got a big boost from U.S. health officials. The latest...
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Catawba County Branch NAACP Meeting, March 8
Newton, NC – To welcome Dr. Emily Shaw and engage in meaningful dialogue about the future of...
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Bluegrass At The Rock: Appalachian Roadshow, 3/7
Valdese, NC – Catch legendary bluegrass favorites, Appalachian Roadshow, in the historic,...
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Fossil Fair At Schiele Museum On Saturday, February 28
Gastonia, NC – On Saturday, February 28, from 9 AM – 5 PM, Explore all things fossils,...
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Dog Makes Olympic Cameo
Tesero, Italy (AP) — A surprise participant in Wednesday’s action at the Milan Cortina Olympics...
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32nd Annual ACC Chili Cook Off Is Friday, March 13
The 32nd Annual Downtown Development Association’s ACC Chili Cook Off presented by Mimosa...
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4 Hickory Poets In 2025 Kakalak Reading At Poetry Hickory, 3/10
If you look for the word, “Kakalak,” in most standard dictionaries, you probably won’t find...
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Playmakers Bring Tony Award-Winning Peter And The Starcatcher To Life At LR University
Hickory — Step aboard two ships. One carries the magical Starstuff, which can fulfill your wildest...
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HDDA’s St. Patrick’s Day Scavenger Hunt Is March 17
The Hickory Downtown Development Association will host a special St. Patrick’s Day Scavenger Hunt...
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A Hub Of Progress
In the later half of the 20th century, Catawba County was a player in supplying the electric grid...
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12th Avenue NE, Hickory Closure For Utility Work
Hickory – Starting on Thursday, Feb. 26, a private contractor will close 12th Avenue NE to...
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HCT Launches First Penguin Project Production With Disney’s Finding Nemo Jr., Feb. 20 – 22
Hickory – Hickory Community Theatre will make history February 20–22 with its first-ever...
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New To Theaters And Disc
NOW IN THEATERS: EPiC: Elvis Presly in Concert – Baz Luhrmann, the filmmaker behind...
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Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon Card Sells For Record $16.5M
New York (AP) — Logan Paul has set a new world’s record — for the auction price of a trading card....
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Hickory’s Winter Farmers Market, Every Saturday, Through March 28
Hickory – Hickory Winter Farmers Market is every Saturday through March 28, from 10:00am-...
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FCA’s Tiny Art Show Reception On Thursday, February 19
Hickory – It’s Tiny Art time again. Full Circle Arts invites the public to enjoy their...
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Open Call For Art For The Art Of Jazz – A Painted Response
Boone, NC – The Watauga Arts Council (WAC) is excited to open another call for art for our...
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Friends Of Hickory Public Library’s Bookmark Contest
Hickory – To celebrate National Library Week, Friends of Hickory Public Library will sponsor the...
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Josh Baldwin To Perform Post Crawdads Game Concert On July 25
Hickory, NC- Josh Baldwin will take the stage on Saturday, July 25th for a post-game Christian...
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Lenoir-Rhyne University Sets Records For Applications And Campus Engagement
Hickory — Lenoir-Rhyne University announced today that it has received more than 8,300...
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Irish Done Right At Hiddenite Center, Friday, March 13
The Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center is delighted to present this year’s Irish Done Right...
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BoBfest Festival Returns To Science Center On Feb. 28
Hickory – BoBfest: A Regional Gathering of Amateur Astronomers returns to Catawba Science...
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Trade Alley Art Gallery Has An Open Call For Photography Competition, Deadline 3/14
Hickory – Trade Alley Art Gallery is excited to be hosting its first juried Photography...
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How Did That Happen?
North Carolina, still with recent memories of beating Duke, had little for North Carolina State on...
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CRC Is Accepting Applications For Human Relations Awards
Hickory – The City of Hickory Community Relations Council (CRC) is currently accepting...
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Electricity
This winter, the electric grid has been on the minds of a lot of folk. In bad weather, how...
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Being A Night Owl May Not Be Great For Your Heart But You Can Do Something About It
By LAURAN NEERGAARD Washington (AP) — Being a night owl can be bad for your heart. That may sound...
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AMOREM Offers Two-Day Volunteer Training In March
Hudson, NC – Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference? Do you have the...
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Winter’s Impact On Pavement: Why Potholes Form And Who To Call In Hickory
Hickory – Winter weather is tough on Hickory’s streets. Snow, ice, and freezing temperatures...
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Can Apes Play Pretend? Scientists Use An Imaginary Tea Party To Find Out
By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN New York (AP) — By age 2, most kids know how to play pretend. They turn...
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City Of Hickory’s Autism Awareness Fun Walk, April 4
Hickory – To celebrate Autism Awareness Month, the City of Hickory Parks, Recreation & Sports...
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Weekly Lent Luncheon Series Through March 25
Hickory – The Greater Hickory Ministerial Alliance and the Hickory Area Ministers will host...
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Olympic Athletes Promised Fresh Stocks Of Condoms
Milan(AP) — On Valentine’s Day at the Milan Cortina Olympics, a renewed supply of free condoms for...
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Pickleball Argument Sparks A Brawl At A Country Club
Port Orange, FL (AP) — A dispute over a rule led to a brawl during a pickleball game at a central...
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On Poetry, Participles, And Serendipity
A poet friend in the mountains who knows I am a bird watcher and that I have written a lot of...
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Redhawk Pub. Announces “The Song Is Why We Sing” By Scott Owens Is Now Released
Hickory – Redhawk Publications is proud to announce the release of “The Song Is Why We Sing,” the...
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Love Music: An Evening Of Romance & Strings On Feb. 14
Hickory – Western Piedmont Symphony (WPS), the professional orchestra of the western...
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New To Theaters And Disc
NOW IN THEATERS: Dracula – Filmmaker Luc Besson brings us his version of the...
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Sixth Annual Living Wax Museum, Saturday, Feb. 21
Hickory – The Hickory Parks, Recreation & Sports Tourism Department will host the sixth annual...
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Crawdads Teaming Up With LR Soccer For Youth Clinic, 4/18
Hickory – The Crawdads are once again partnering with the Lenoir-Rhyne Men’s Soccer team to...
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Donate Winter Supplies Through February
Hickory – Supplies shared with Kindness Project Hickory, Strong Life Ministries, Greater...
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The Corner Table Seeks Nominations For Impact Societies By February 20
Newton, NC – The Corner Table is now accepting nominations for individuals who exemplify...
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Friday Fish Fries In Hickory, February 20 – March 27
Hickory – The St. Aloysius Knights of Columbus will be having their annual FRIDAY FISH...
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How NASCAR’s Founding Family Transformed Daytona Beach Into A Motorsports Mecca
By JENNA FRYER Daytona Beach, FL (AP) – Before a new landlord shuttered the iconic...
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Take A Ride Across Frozen Sea On Estonia’s Ice Road
Hiiumaa, Estonia (AP) — Temperatures in northern Europe have been so low that citizens of Estonia...
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Olympic Fans Hunt For Plushies As They Fly Off Shelves
Milan (AP) — For fans of the Milan Cortina Olympic mascots, the eponymous Milo and Tina, it’s been...
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Winter Food Preservation Basics On Feb. 18 & March 18
Newton, NC – Learn some food preservation basics and more about canning broth and meat...
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Tickets Now On Sale For Hudson Spring Dinner Theatre Production Of Inherit The Wind
Hudson, NC – Inherit the Wind relates the story of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925. ...
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Scholarship Applications Are Open At The Green Room
Newton, NC – It’s that time of year again! We’re excited to share that The Green Room’s...
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Hickory Announces 17th Street NW Closure For Sewer Repair
Hickory – Starting on Monday, Feb. 16, a private contractor will close 17th Street NW to...
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Hospice Volunteer Training, Free-Of-Cost On February 21
Newton, NC — Carolina Caring invites new and interested individuals to a free Hospice Volunteer...
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Seahawks Were Dominant
The Seahawks won their second Super Bowl title in 12 years by dominating the New England...
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Hickory Accepts Applications For Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds By Feb. 27
Hickory – The City of Hickory is now accepting applications for nonprofit Community...
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Honest Abe’s Big Day
According to history books (which must mean it is true) Abraham Lincoln was born today, a mere 217...
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Connections Clubhouse Presents The Clubhouse Market On The Lawn Fundraiser, 4/25
Newton, NC – Join us on Saturday April 25, 2026, for our annual Market on the Lawn at...
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Super Bowl 60
The NFL’s 2025 season gave us one of the most wide-open race for the Super Bowl in years. We...
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Advance Care Planning Workshop In Lenoir On 2/12
Lenoir, NC — Advance care planning is a process to help your loved ones know how to speak for you...
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Sweet Hart Dinner Benefits Hart Square Village, Feb. 7 & 21
Vale, NC — Hart Square Foundation will welcome guests to the Sweet Hart Dinner on February 7th...
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Freezing Reptile Is Rescued After Being Buried In Snow
Providence, RI (AP) — Wildlife officials say a “lizard in a blizzard” has been rescued after a man...
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