Caldwell County authorities have made an arrest following a year-long investigation into a drug overdose death.

31-year-old Dorian Roshad Ferguson was charged Thursday with one count of second degree murder in connection with the overdose death of 48-year-old Michael Todd Hollar.

Hollar reportedly consumed a lethal amount of fentanyl August 3^rd 2017 at 2087 Ransom Place Lenoir.

In a news release from the Caldwell Sheriff’s Office, a investigation into his death revealed Ferguson supplied the drug that was ingested by Hollar.

The release further states Ferguson is currently serving a prison sentence for fentanyl possession that also occurred in August 2017.

Ferguson’s secured bond is set at 500-thousand dollars.

Mountain View Elementary School’s cafeteria will soon ring the bell for three meals a day.

Burke County Public Schools and Chartwells will hold its ‘Eat Well after the Bell’ supper program at Mountain View at 805 Bouchelle Street in Morganton beginning Wednesday September 12^th.

The program is adding a late afternoon/early evening meal to its breakfast and lunch routines.

The supper program is open to anyone in the community and is free to all children ages 3 to 18.

Served on school days from 3 to 6 pm, the price will be 3-dollars for adults.

And beginning Monday September 17^th, the supper program will also be available at Walter Johnson Middle School.

The program is federally funded through the USDA.

The NC Department of Health and Human Services joins Governor Cooper in recognizing September as National Recovery Month – noting that more than 7-hundred-thousand people in our state have a substance use disorder.

The recognition celebrates people in recovery and increases awareness and understanding of substance use disorder.

The state’s Opioid Action Plan released by NC Health officials has prioritized increasing access to treatment and recovery.

NC provided opioid use treatment to more than 57-hundred people last fiscal year through federal funding.

Our state currently has 70 opioid treatment programs that provide medication-assisted therapy to 20-thousand people every day.