Authorities are investigating the second bomb threat called in last week to a Morganton business.

Published reports say the threat was called in to Kmart on Bost Road Friday afternoon.

Morganton Public Safety reports the suspect’s estranged girlfriend works at Kmart, and officials believe the threat was in retaliation.

Officers reportedly searched the store, but did not locate anything suspicious.

Earlier last week, a threat was received at Burke Mission Station.

The building was evacuated by authorities, but nothing was located.

Anyone having information about Friday’s incident should call Morganton Public Safety at 437-1211.

A convicted felon faces additional charges following a recent arrest.

20-year-old Michael Ray Lewis Evans of Davis Park Lane Marion is charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of marijuana.

As a convicted felon, Evans is subject to warrantless searches – a search of his residence by McDowell deputies and state probation officers located a rifle and 1-point-3 grams of marijuana.

The McDowell County Greenway has re-opened after cleanup and repairs are complete following the Hurricane Michael flooding event in October.

The city of Marion personnel along with contractors removed mud and debris, replaced eroding materials along the greenway, and made bridge and fencing repairs.

City and County officials continue to work with FEMA and the state to process reimbursement of damages related to the string of tropical systems that came through western NC in the last few months.

Officials with the City of Marion report 234-thousand dollars in known damages have been incurred inside the city as a result of the storms.

Some road damage remains to be assessed by the state.