Animal Services Coordinator will focus on increasing adoptions from Animal Shelter. 

Rachel Johansen will work to improve the process of posting information on the internet about adoptable animals at the shelter, assist with a check of all animals arriving at the shelter for general health, improve the County’s outreach to rescue groups that assist with adoptions, and oversee the shelter’s volunteer program.  Full story

The Catawba County Board of Commissioners next meeting is set for

7 p.m. on Monday, August 18, 2008 at the Catawba County Government Center off Highway 321 in Newton

The Catawba County Board of Commissioners will conduct public hearings on 1) proposed amendments to a Planned Development-Conditional District rezoning requested by Lowe’s Home Center at 5374 Highway 150 East in southeast Catawba County; and 2) a proposed renaming of B&B Road, southeast of Claremont, to JB Road, when the Board meets at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, August 18, 2008, in the Second Floor Meeting Room of the Government Center at 100-A Southwest Boulevard (Highway 321 Business) in Newton. Please note the change from the Board’s regular meeting location, due to Soldiers Reunion events in downtown Newton on that evening.

The Board will also consider a proposed incentives package for the proposed expansion of the Poppelmann warehouse and distribution facility in Claremont; a supplemental appropriation of funds received from Duke Energy for training and other matters related to the McGuire Nuclear Station; and a request for a commitment of additional County funds for the Protect the Catawba Coalition, as it continues efforts in opposition to the transfer of water from the Catawba River basin.  Full agenda

You have two opportunities coming up soon to help make a greener Catawba County!

Fall Litter Sweep Weeks will be held from September 20 through October 4.  And Catawba County has registered to compete in a national competition to find the "greenest" county.  We'll need the help of everyone to do well!  More details

Catawba County Public Health releases 2008 list of credentialed child care centers.

37 local child care centers have successfully completed all necessary requirements to receive the Catawba County Child Care Health and Safety Credentials.  Full story

Free health screenings will be offered for firefighters during Firefighters Health Week.

The screenings will be offered at Catawba Valley Medical Center's Health First Center at Valley Hills Mall, from 8-10 a.m. on Monday, August 18.  Full story

Are We Alone? Ask an expert on the search for terrestrial intelligence at the Catawba Science Center on August 23.

Could humans be the only intelligent beings in the cosmic ocean that is the universe? Or, are we just one humble race among a vast intergalactic fraternity of advanced civilizations? Learn about the ongoing scientific quest to answer these great unknowns during a lecture at Catawba Science Center in Hickory on Saturday, August 23.  Full story

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