Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina received a $100,000 grant to continue its work to protect the waters of the Catawba River basin in the Carolinas. The grant is part of the Water Resources Fund, a $10 million commitment from Duke Energy. Foothills Conservancy is one of 14 organizations across North and South Carolina to collectively receive more than $1 million in the fifth grant announcement.

Hickory Police arrest three people after receiving a call for service in reference to suspicious drug activity at 1440 11th Street NW. Officers responded about 11:15am Thursday and observed a vehicle leaving the area and conducted a traffic stop in the 1300 block of 12th Street Drive NW. The driver fled the scene and entered the residence at 1440 11th Street NW. Two people leaving the residence were arrested, Desiree Blake Icard, on an outstanding warrant for FTA on a Resisting Public Officer charge and Ricky Chang Lee, for outstanding warrants out of Iredell County. The driver, Joseph Cory Choate was and located in a bedroom in the residence and charged with Resisting Public Officer and served with additional outstanding warrants.

The Kelly Kincaid Memorial Bridge Dedication will take place this morning at 10 o'clock at Station 3 on Burkemont Avenue in Morganton. Following the ceremony the procession will leave Station 3, travel Fleming Drive, go past Government Drive, then proceed across the bridge at Exit 103 of I-40. Kincaid was a reserve firefighter for Morganton Department of Public Safety and a lieutenant for the Burke County Sheriff's Office. He suffered a fatal heart attack at the scene of a fire in Morganton on March 19th, 2006.

The Caldwell County Sheriff's Office will unveil a memorial to former deputy Adam W. Klutz on Sunday at 1:30pm. The memorial will be placed in front of the sheriff's office on Morganton Boulevard SW. Deputy Klutz was shot and killed in the line of duty on September 19, 2008, while responding to a domestic call. At 2pm, Sunday, the Annual Officer Down memorial Motorcycle Ride will begin at the Sheriff's office, cross the County and end for a brief ceremony at the County Officer Down Memorial at the Caldwell County Court House. All area motorcycle riders are invited to participate in the ride.