Morganton Day School held its annual “Making a Difference through Service Day” on Nov. 24. Despite the challenges of hosting this event in the…
For the second straight week, the Burke County Public Schools experienced a weekly high in COVID-19 cases.
Burke County Public Schools experienced its highest totals across three categories of COVID-19 testing protocols – including its highest weekl…
HILDEBRAN — One local school is helping to wipe out a need in the community while raising money to fund programs.
CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University students will be allowed to request grades of satisfactory or unsatisfactory for 2020 fall semester cl…
Burke County Public Schools and Chartwells K12 cafeteria staff were each given a turkey for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. The turkeys …
With COVID-19 cases throughout the county, state and nation surging, the school system could not avoid an uptick in cases last week.
HICKORY – Hanley H. Painter participated in some of the biggest athletic moments at Lenoir-Rhyne University.
Facing so many uncertainties at the beginning of the school year, many parents opted against having their child begin kindergarten, choosing i…
CULLOWHEE — Western Carolina University has received a $583,074 grant from the U.S. Department of Education for an after-school program to hel…
The next Basic Law Enforcement Training course at Western Piedmont Community College will begin Jan. 7.
Burke County Public Schools had its highest graduation rate in 10 years in 2020.
Burke County Public Schools has added a COVID-19 tracking chart to allow parents, staff members and the public to view weekly student and staf…
Western Piedmont Community College’s TRIO Program will implement a new service this fall to support retention and academic success for first-g…
The next Basic Law Enforcement Training course at Western Piedmont Community College will begin Jan. 7. The course is designed to give student…
DREXEL — On Tuesday, a local school moved to remote learning after one-third of its staff members were forced to quarantine as a result of com…
A high percentage of Burke County Public Schools students enrolled in a Career and Technical Education course earned an industry-recognized cr…
Students at Morganton Day School celebrated the annual tradition “Día de los Muertos” three weeks ago by investigating the meaning and traditi…
Though children’s Halloween experiences looked very different this year, Drexel Elementary School staffers did their best to ensure that stude…
Burke County Public Schools Superintendent Larry Putnam announced Thursday will be a remote learning day for all students and instructional st…
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Once again, the number of quarantined/isolated staff members and students in the local school system is on the rise.
Throughout the country, the number of college students has decreased drastically as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $29.5 million GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) grant …
While the Burke County Board of Education voted last week to remain in Plan B due to the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and quarantined or i…
ICARD -- A Burke County Public Schools elementary school will move to remote instruction for two weeks after experiencing a COVID-19 cluster t…
A national website that researches schools ranks Burke County Public Schools 20th overall and third compared to districts its size on a list o…
Schools in Burke County will continue to operate on Plan B through the end of this semester, after a vote from the Board of Education on Thursday.
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