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Duffy makes big splash in national BBQ competitions
Travis Duffy of Pierre, S.D., leader of the Last Call Heroes Championship BBQ Team, originally hails from the Oldham area. During a phone interview last week, Duffy told how he has been perfecting …
Keeping it local, and simple
During my junior year in college, around 1977, I needed a second part-time job to pay for a Honda CB 550 four-cylinder to careen and carouse across the country and back with a bunch of school buddies during spring break …
Abee riding big season at UNCA
Fletcher Abee is playing for a winner on the basketball court once again. And perhaps even more than that, he’s enjoying being back near his Burke County home. The Freedom High School 2019 graduate …
The calendar
Weekly Food Truck Court: Mondays and Wednesdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Courthouse Squarein downtown Morganton Feb. 4 The Exploring Joara Foundation holding an Archeology Day: 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at the History Museum of Burke County …
High school swimming
H.S. SWIMMINGWEST REGIONAL QUALIFIERS1A/2ADraughnGriffin Stephens (boys 200 free)William Abernathy (boys 200 IM)Trey Jensen (boys 50 free, 100 breast)Brandon Sexton (boys 50 free)Elias Phipps (boys …
Youth basketball: Burke County Rec League
YOUTH BASKETBALLBURKE CO. RECREATION DEPARTMENT LEAGUEStandings through Jan. 31BOYSAGES 7-8DIVISION IOak Hill 8-0East Burke …
High school basketball conference standings
Through Feb. 1BOYS Conf. AllNWC 3A/4A …
Prep basketball hits final week of regular season
Most of the local high school basketball teams hit the final week of regular-season games next week, with the exception of North Carolina School for the Deaf and the NCSSM-Morganton girls, who have …
Meet the high school student-athletes
Nathan Lindsay, Freedom indoor trackGrade: 11thEvents: Triple jump (state qualifier), 55-meter hurdles, 300 metersHow long have you played this sport? Since sixth grade at Table Rock Middle. Why …
Service is a family tradition for Glen Alpine mayor
“I’d never planned to be mayor.”Bob Benfield was happily retired from a long career in criminal justice and “doing just as little as I could get by with” when his cousin, former Glen Alpine Mayor Christine Abernathy, began nudging him toward the mayor’s office. …
Going for gold
One Freedom High School senior wrestler hopes to cap a career of overcoming obstacles with the ultimate prize on Saturday, Feb. 4. But even if Jeulenea Khang reaches her goal and hoists the gold medal …
The Art of Handmade Books encourages NCSSM students to exercise their creativity
J-Term sessions at NCSSM give students an opportunity to break from their usual intense course schedule. Short courses have been part of the NCSSM curriculum since the first campus opened in Durham in 1980.
Lady Patriots put it all together, knock off top-10 squad
Start with a week's worth of focused practice, add one part each of confidence and aggression, stir in a healthy amount of stingy defense and garnish with timely scoring. Those were the …
Valdese Rec Center bowling action
[Photo gallery]
Youth bowlers take to the lanes in the Valdese Recreation Department’s Saturday morning league in the lower floor of the Valdese Rec Center in these Jan. 21 photos. The Rec Center offers the only …
State budget will have enormous impact on Burke County
The new legislative session of the North Carolina Senate and House of Representatives began on Jan. 11. The opening business was for my fellow legislators and I to be sworn in for each of our …
Weekly sports calendar
MONDAY, Feb. 6 MORGANTON REC DEPT Pickleball (9 a.m.; at Collett St. Rec Center) TUESDAY, Feb. 7 HIGH SCHOOLS BASKETBALL Mountain Heritage at Draughn (4 p.m. JVG start) Patton at Chase (4:30 p.m. JVB start) …
A boy learns the meaning of work at Economy Wholesale
One of my first “real” jobs was working at Economy Wholesale on Green Street in Morganton in the summer and weekdays after school circa 1969-70. Economy Wholesale was a warehouse that supplied …
Morganton memory: A lesson learned long ago
MARTY QUEEN: I’m a McDowell County boy, born in Marion and raised in Nebo.I spent 30 years working at the newspaper in my hometown, so covering Burke County constitutes wading into uncharted waters for me. …
Happy to be back in the game
PAUL SCHENKEL: When after nearly 12 years I said goodbye to Burke County’s sports community in December 2021, it was among the hardest things I had ever done. And it didn’t take all of 2022 before I missed it. Talking sports with all of you, attending games, writing, pursuing one of my lifelong dreams.
After too long an absence, it feels mighty good to be home
BILL POTEAT: The last column I wrote for a strictly Burke County audience was published on the morning of Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 9, 1999. The piece was a loving tribute to my mother, Beatrice Poteat, and to my then mother-in-law, Patty Tarler. …
Professional journey leads home to The Paper
PAM WALKER: My arrival in Burke County was many years ago although it seems like yesterday (corny but true). My then 2-year-old now has a 2-year-old of her own and in a blink I qualify for senior discounts at restaurants. It was the early ’90s when we uprooted our family of five and left Henderson County ...
Insurance group 'rallies' support for Humane Society of Burke County
With strong support from the Burke County community, the Rally Day for the local Humane Society held by Jeff Kincaid Insurance Group was a resounding success!Each Jeff Kincaid Insurance Group …
Meet our experienced team at The Paper
With the goal of providing Burke County with comprehensive, fresh, thorough, and responsible local news, The Paper has staffed its reporting and advertising teams with a fantastic blend of …
Alexander Central at Freedom basketball, Friday
In addition to featuring some high-level girls and boys varsity hoops action, and potentially, the Patriot boys finishing off a fourth conference title in the last five seasons on their Senior Night, …
Murder mysteries, fairy tales, and classics: Old Colony Players delivers
Something fun, new, and mysterious is afoot in Valdese.Next weekend the Old Colony Players (OCP) will solve a daring, fast-paced, murder mystery in “A Crazy Little Thing Called Death,” at …
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