🌱 How will Morganton spend $4 million in new FEMA recovery funds?

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• How will Morganton spend $4 million in new FEMA recovery funds?

Also on today's calendar: Downtown Morganton Carriage Rides 2025 and 5 more events.

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 54 and low of 26 degrees.
• Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 57, low: 34.
• Thursday: A shower; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 54 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Morganton gets $4 million in FEMA funds for maintenance building destroyed by hurricane (morganton.com) — Morganton is receiving about $4 million in FEMA funding to help replace a city maintenance building and repair other damage from Hurricane Helene, including along the Catawba River Greenway and soccer complex. City officials expect reconstruction bids to go before council in February, meaning residents could soon see long-awaited repairs to key public facilities and recreation areas.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Morganton

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Morganton Wednesday Mini Market
  Morganton Wednesday Mini Market, 111 N Green St, Morganton
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Wine Down Wednesday at NC Treat, LLC!
  NC Treat, LLC , 110 E Meeting St , Morganton
• Wine Down Wednesday at The Olive of Morganton
  The Olive of Morganton , 110 E Meeting St , Morganton
• Groundbreaking for Burke Development, Inc. - Industrial Spec Building
  Burke Business Park , 1175 Unix Drive , Morganton
  2:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Downtown Morganton Carriage Rides 2025
  Courthouse Square , 102 E Union St , Morganton
  5:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Olive Hill Homeownership Education Class
  Burke County Chamber of Commerce , 200 South College Street , Morganton
  9:00 am

Tuesday December 23

• Tapas Tuesday at The Olive of Morganton
  The Olive of Morganton , 110 E Meeting St , Morganton
  5:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Wine Down Wednesday at NC Treat, LLC!
  NC Treat, LLC , 110 E Meeting St , Morganton

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Tapas Tuesday at The Olive of Morganton
  The Olive of Morganton , 110 E Meeting St , Morganton
  5:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Wine Down Wednesday at NC Treat, LLC!
  NC Treat, LLC , 110 E Meeting St , Morganton
• Wine Down Wednesday at The Olive of Morganton
  The Olive of Morganton , 110 E Meeting St , Morganton
• Groundbreaking for Burke Development, Inc. - Industrial Spec Building
  Burke Business Park , 1175 Unix Drive , Morganton
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• We haven’t seen our sweet social kitty for a couple days and it’s super unlike him to not be here.
  Wondering if anyone has seen him. He’s a 6 month grey tabby with a grey flea collar. (Nextdoor Pearson/Davis)

• Food Lion posted a job opening for FT Assistant Manager Customer Service in Morganton. Apply here.
• Phenom People posted a job opening for Payroll Coord in Morganton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Morganton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lenoir

• Swimmers take part in non-conference meet (ashepostandtimes.com)
• Beneath decades of silence: 9 cases solved at last (sunherald.com)
• Months-long narcotics investigation leads to arrest in Alexander County (wsoctv.com)

Marion

• Marion man charged after failed burglary attempt: authorities (wlos.com)

Hickory

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