Catawba County

The Hickory Metro Convention Center will receive huge upgrades.

Catawba County Commissioners say a proposed solar farm that would have supplied electricity to Wells Fargo was rejected this spring because it doesn't fit the county's vision for the site.

Dick's Cafe has been in business in Newton for 40 years. Now longtime owner Dick Hewitt has sold the restaurant to his longtime manager, Cherie Fish. The Catawba County restaurant's keeping its name, though.

Mark Canrobert and Joie Fulbright tied in the Conover, North Carolina, City Council race with 509 votes. A week after Election Day, Canrobert won — with the flip of a coin.

The Catawba County Library System is holding a series of performances inspired by NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts.

Catawba County passed a resolution Tuesday making it a "Second Amendment sanctuary" county, while Cabarrus County unanimously approved support of its own…

Updated Jan. 22.A growing number of North Carolina counties are becoming so-called Second Amendment sanctuaries, including several in the Charlotte…

Just over 200 of North Carolina's 2,500 public schools earned A's from the state this year, and about half as many received an F.The state's school…

Heavy rains plagued several North Carolina counties resulting in a fatal crash in Lincoln County, school cancellations in Catawba County and evacuations…

Corning Inc. has signed up to be the first tenant in a new business park being built in southeast Hickory. The company and local officials announced plans…