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Foothills Conservancy adds operations manager, land and stewardship manager
47+ min ago (387+ words) Aubrey Robbie joined Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina in July as its operations manager. Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina has added a new operations manager position and appointed a new land and stewardship manager as the organization continues to expand…...
Foothills Conservancy adds operations manager
1+ week, 2+ day ago (334+ words) Aubrey Robbie joined the Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina in July as its operations manager. Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina has added a new operations manager position as the organization continues to expand its conservation work across the region. Robbie…...
Roadkill today, residents tomorrow: Armadillos spread across Burke
2+ week, 2+ day ago (622+ words) Nearly four years after safety code violations put a group o… Burke County has joined the Charlotte Regional Business Alli… This armadillo was spotted on the Bearwallow Falls Trail at Gorges State Park in far western North Carolina. Armadillos love…...
Storyteller Andy Offutt Irwin making his way to Morganton
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (732+ words) Andy Offutt Irwin often supports his stories with songs, guitar playing, and ‘vaudevillian’ whistling. Andy Offutt Irwin is the kind of storyteller that’s just as explosive in one-on-one conversation as he is on stage, slinging character voices and impressions at…...
Monarchs on the Move: Annual migration reaches Burke
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (791+ words) Monarchs migrate northward from Mexico in the spring and return south in the autumn, passing through Burke County both ways. Stops on the butterfly highway in and around Burke County. These caterpillars will chow on milkwood, then undergo metamorphosis, and…...
A peculiar suggestion, a perfect day at Cowpens Battlefield
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (845+ words) Shown posing in front of the Cowpens Battlefield monument, are, from left: John White, Merle Bumgarner, Richard Greenhill, Tommy Voegeli, Paul Rasmussen, and Danny Scott. “Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God.” That line from Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle…...
The Chicken Tower that flew through City Hall
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (744+ words) No, it’s not a Hilton. It’s an architectural rendering of the Case Farms Chicken Tower. In case you haven’t driven on Morganton’s Fleming Drive by the Case Farms chicken plant in a week or two, there’s a nearly seven-story-tall, 30,720-square-foot,…...
A stroll in the woods, a detour into confusion
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1036+ words) Restrooms, benches, and trail signs at Valdese Lakeside Park. The Bridge over McGalliard Creek at Valdese Lakeside Park. One of the many forested trails at Valdese Lakeside Park. My wife and I took a stroll through the woods at Valdese…...
Foothills Conservancy seeks applicants to advance goals of new strategic plan
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (649+ words) Visit ourCalendar of Events There will soon be visible progress on Burke’s $9.2 million … Foothills Conservancy, a local nonprofit focusing on land co… Communications Manager Katy Abrams (left) and Marketing and Development Director Katherine Ehrlichman will soon welcome two new staff…...