Filing Begins in Burke County  

Filing began Friday at the Burke County Board of Elections Office with

three candidates filing. They included Jeffrey Beck – Connelly Springs

Alderman, Jason Miller  - Glen Alpine Alderman and Zachary Cagle -

Rutherford College Council Member. Their filing will end on July 16^th

at noon, for these municipalities that do not file by district or ward.

Up for filing are seats in Connelly Springs, Drexel, Glen Alpine, Hildebran,

Rutherford College, Rhodhiss. Other municipalities begin filing on

July 26^th at noon and will end on August 13^th at noon for those

municipalities that do file by district or wards. This also includes the

Burke County Board of Education, Morganton and Valdese. 

Burke COVID-19  

Burke County reported 10, 443 cumulative positive cases of COVID-19

on Monday. If you are interested in getting a COVID-19 vaccine, you can

go to www.myspot.nc.gov and find locations in Burke and surrounding

counties to schedule an appointment. You can also call the Burke County

Health Department at 764-9150 and dial 0 to speak with the operator and

they will assist you.

PACT July 

The Hickory Police Department’s July traffic enforcement – Pay Attention

in City Traffic – will be located in the 600 block to 1000 block of 2^nd Avenue SW.

Enforcement will focus on following too closely, distracted driving, speeding,

and other traffic violations.