COVID-19 Update

Burke County Public Health reported 215 active COVID-19 cases on

Tuesday, with a total of 9-thousand-967 positives, and 5 Burke

residents are in the hospital.

McDowell County reported 9 new cases of coronavirus yesterday for

a total of 5-thousand-34, with 70 McDowell residents in quarantine.

Caldwell County saw an increase of 23 new cases of the virus, for a

total of 9-thousand-247, with 4 patients hospitalized.

Catawba County reported 24 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, for

a total of 18-thousand-441, and 14 people are in the hospital.

Foothills Conservancy Grant  

Morganton-based Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina has received

a grant of about $243,000, to build the first segment of The Wilderness

Gateway State Trail in McDowell County. The funds will be used to

construct a 6.8 mile portion of Segment 3, a planned 30 mile-total section

of trail that lies largely within McDowell County and dips into Rutherford

County. Its route is located in the 7,000-plus acre Box Creek Wilderness.

The grant is from the State Division of Parks and Recreation’s

Recreational Trail Program.

Drug Charges on CS Man 

A Connelly Springs man faces multiple drug charges after a search of his

residence. Burke deputies on Friday, uncovered more than a pound of

meth along with drug paraphernalia and stolen property from the home

of 50-year-old Allen Lee Henson of Laurel Creek Street. He posted bond

of $100,000 secured and was released. Morganton Department of Public

Safety, NC Probation and Parole and NC State K-9 assisted the Burke

County Sheriff’s Office.

Warrant Service Leads to MDPS Drug Arrest  

A Morganton man faces drug charges after a warrant search. Morganton

Public Safety Investigators and Officers reportedly located about 50 grams

of Fentanyl, 2 firearms, and an undisclosed amount of cash at the residence

on Kela Drive. 23-year-old Charles Rodell Kincaid III, was placed in the Burke

County Jail under a $100,000 secured bond and was charged with three

drug offenses. Morganton Department of Public Safety was assisted by the

Burke County Sheriff’s Office and Burke County EMS.