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Roberta Kogut paints in a light-dappled home studio, her small black rescue dog, Boo, curled in a corner behind her easel.

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A former longtime band director at Hibriten High School has won the highest award presented by the American School Band Directors Association.

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A Lenoir native has been promoted to North Carolina’s assistant commissioner for consumer protection.

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A man accused of raping an elderly woman in Lenoir is now facing more serious charges in association with the incident, and he also now is back in jail after a woman whose house he was renting accused him of assaulting her.

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The former Caldwell County manager alleges in a lawsuit filed this week that the county commissioners fired him not because of his job performance but because he told them he was underpaid compared to his peers in other counties.

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A Lenoir city official has started a new podcast to inform the community about what’s happening in Lenoir.

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A Hickory woman on a motorcycle died when she turned into the path of another vehicle in the Sawmills area Monday evening, the N.C. Highway Patrol said.

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Police are investigating multiple vehicle break-ins in Lenoir.

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Every municipality in Caldwell County will have local offices on the ballot this fall.

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Parts of the state with low vaccination rates have seen increased COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths, including one large outbreak in the southeastern coastal plain, state officials warned.

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Natural Elements of NC in Lenoir has opened a fitness studio next door to the main shop to focus on women’s health and wellness.

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A popular country artist will perform at the Caldwell County Fairgrounds in Lenoir in late July.

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When Julie Curry teaches her middle school students about the Holocaust, she focuses on the social effects of fear, indifference and peer pressure.

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Charles and Susan Babb sold the downtown Lenoir building that houses their jewelry store, but they intend to stay on as tenants — at least for a while.

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Two Caldwell County businesses each won best in show and a gold medal in their categories at a recent mead and fruit wine competition in Flat Rock.

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Caldwell County will borrow $3.7 million to help pay for building a new animal shelter near the health department building on Morganton Boulevard, a significant upgrade from the existing shelter, which is in poor condition.

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Property near Dry Ponds Road was rezoned a second time to pave the way for a subdivision, a county official said.

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The Caldwell Chamber of Commerce is organizing a countywide scavenger hunt in place of the North Carolina Blackberry Festival this year.

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From the time he was 12, Lexton Ford went to the golf course every day. His mother took him.

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Offering gourmet popsicles at an end-of-the-year social event at the Caldwell County Education Center, Caldwell County’s newest food truck gained a solid base of support.

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