The Quaker Meadows Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will host the Vietnam Veterans Day Commemoration on the lawn at the historic Burke County Courthouse at 11 a.m. In the case of ...

Norma Catherine Brinkley Cobble was born in Valdese, North Carolina, on Jan. 2, 1936. She was the youngest of eight children ...

VALDESE, NC – A fire has burned over 180 acres in Burke County. Officials are still investigating what sparked the blaze, but ...

Someone shipped over six pounds of methamphetamine in Burke County last week, according to deputies. The shipment was found ...

North Carolina is one of the oldest states in the United States, and is the place where settlers first arrived from Europe in ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. NC State guard Aziaha James (10) guards Duke guard Ashlon Jackson (3) during an NCAA college basketball game ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. North Carolina State’s Zoe Brooks (35) attempts a shot between North Carolina’s Lexi Donarski, left ...

Here are maps illustrating the current situation. Officials listed 81 wildfires in North Carolina as of Thursday morning, totaling more than 1,500 acres. This was down from more than 200 blazes at ...

The attack took place in the town of Valdese in Burke County. Valdese Chief of Police Marc Sharpe said Peacock confronted the attacker who was stabbing a 67-year-old woman with an 8-inch butcher ...

LAURINBURG, N.C.—In this impoverished stretch of North Carolina, the clock is ticking on President Trump’s promise of economic relief. Across the pine forests and cotton fields of Scotland ...

Brown played the sport at Valdese in the 1960s before going on to a standout college career at North Carolina. He was inducted into the Burke County Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. Murray coached ...

Firefighters were battling 175 wildfires that erupted across South and North Carolina overnight amid windy and dry conditions, threatening homes and prompting evacuations, authorities said.