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Bluegrass Musicians Darin And Brooke Aldridge, 10/18

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Alexander County Veterans Job Fair Is Thursday, Oct. 29

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Lenoir-Rhyne Celebrates Homecoming 2026, Oct. 16–17

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Oct 14, 2026

Catawba County Wig Bank Provides Free Wigs And Mastectomy Apparel To Support Women Through Medical Hair Loss

Catawba County Wig Bank Provides Free Wi...

Oct 14, 2026

Bluegrass Musicians Darin And Brooke Aldridge, 10/18

Bluegrass Musicians Darin And Brooke Ald...

Oct 14, 2026

CSC Invites Adults To Bones, Blood, And Booze At Science After Dark On October 23

CSC Invites Adults To Bones, Blood, And ...

Oct 14, 2026

Monster Mash In Downtown Hickory On Friday, October 23

Monster Mash In Downtown Hickory On Frid...

Oct 14, 2026

Alexander County Veterans Job Fair Is Thursday, Oct. 29

Alexander County Veterans Job Fair Is Th...

Oct 14, 2026

Applications And Donations For Alexander County DSS Angel Tree Program Are Now Open

Applications And Donations For Alexander...

Oct 14, 2026

Carolina Spook Tales Brings Carolina Legends To Life At Greenroom Community Theatre, 10/29

Carolina Spook Tales Brings Carolina Leg...

Oct 14, 2026

Hickory Choral Society Announces Its 49th Season With Fall Concert On October 18

Hickory Choral Society Announces Its 49t...

Oct 14, 2026

Catawba Council On Aging Hosts Two Vaccine Clinics

Catawba Council On Aging Hosts Two Vacci...

Oct 14, 2026

Raise Your Hand If You Love Twisted Puppets. The Dark Comedy, Hand To God, Opens This Friday, 10/16, In The Firemen’s Kitchen

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Oct 14, 2026

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Lowes Foods City Park Temporarily Closes For Improvements

Lowes Foods City Park Temporarily Closes...

Oct 14, 2026

Bluegrass Fan Favorite Kicks Off 2026-2027 Bluegrass At The Rock Season

Bluegrass Fan Favorite Kicks Off 2026-20...

Oct 7, 2026

HCT Newcomer, Ashleigh K. Jackson Brings The Dark Comedy In Hand To God

HCT Newcomer, Ashleigh K. Jackson Brings...

Oct 7, 2026

Fishing For Votes Free Fish Fry And Souls To The Polls Event On Saturday, October 17

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Oct 7, 2026

Oktoberfest’s Susan Coleman Castle of Cans Celebrates 28 Years

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Oct 7, 2026

Critical Dates If You’re Planning On Voting In The Midterms

Critical Dates If You’re Planning On Vot...

Oct 7, 2026

City Of Hickory’s Halloween Events In October

City Of Hickory’s Halloween Events In Oc...

Oct 7, 2026

Oktoberfest 2026 Entertainment Guide

Oktoberfest 2026 Entertainment Guide

Oct 7, 2026

Free Screening Of The Documentary The AIDoc: How I Became An Apocaloptimist

Free Screening Of The Documentary The AI...

Oct 7, 2026

Green Room Theatre Presents Free Performances Of Henry IV, Part 1 This Weekend, Oct. 9 & 10

Green Room Theatre Presents Free Perform...

Oct 7, 2026

Hudson Dinner Theatre Fall Production Is The Classic Musical, Camelot. Opens October 15

Hudson Dinner Theatre Fall Production Is...

Sep 30, 2026

Friday After Five! Art Crawl & Tucker’s Gallery Opening Reception, Oct. 9

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Sep 30, 2026

Ciao Hickory Italian Festival On Saturday, October 3

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Sep 30, 2026

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Killing Endangered Wildlife Is Legal If They Aren’t The Target, New Trump Rule Says

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Oct 14, 2026

BBB Scam Alert: Going Big With Your Holiday Decorations? Don’t Fall For This Scam

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Oct 7, 2026

There’s An Easy Way To Get Rid Of All The Reusable Bags Piling Up In Your Home

There’s An Easy Way To Get Rid Of All Th...

Sep 30, 2026

Dolly Parton Corn Mazes Crop Up In Fields Nationwide

Dolly Parton Corn Mazes Crop Up In Field...

Sep 23, 2026

Scientists Say August Was Earth’s Hottest Month They Have Measured

Scientists Say August Was Earth’s Hottes...

Sep 16, 2026

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Indonesia Returns 20 Green Sea Turtles To The Ocean After Bali Smuggling Raid

Indonesia Returns 20 Green Sea Turtles T...

Oct 14, 2026

3,156-Pound Pumpkin Grown In Rhode Island Is Inspected For Possible World Record

3,156-Pound Pumpkin Grown In Rhode Islan...

Oct 14, 2026

Police Arrest 12 Suspected Of Snatching Cats For Meat

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Oct 7, 2026

A Tip About A Swerving Van Leads Police To 66,000 US Silver Coins In A Fraud Case

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Sep 30, 2026

Fat Bear Week Opens For Alaska’s Heavyweight Crown. Can Chunk Win Again?

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Sep 30, 2026

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