Catawba County Public Health’s COVID-19 Vaccination Team has been named the 2021 Catawba County Team of the Year. The county’s Team of the Year awards program is judged by an independent panel of local municipal and community leaders. The Public Health COVID-19 vaccination team, which is comprised of 112 Catawba County employees across four county departments, implemented the community’s largest coordinated COVID-19 vaccination… View More
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Catawba County Animal Services has received a 2022 Rachael Ray Save Them All grant in the amount of $20,250 from Best Friends Animal Society. The grant supports Animal Services’ foster program for kittens by providing training and provisions to families who foster kittens from the Catawba County Animal Shelter. Funds will also be used to cover related medical expenses for the kittens in the… View More
Due to improving weather conditions, Catawba County Board Chair Randy Isenhower officially terminated the county’s State of Emergency in response to Winter Storm Izzy at 12:00 p.m.… View More
Catawba County government offices and facilities, including county parks, will open at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 19 due to anticipated early-morning road conditions. Any county facilities or services that normally open after 10:00 a.m. will open at their usual time. Catawba County’s Seniors Morning Out programs will be closed Wednesday, January 19 due to Greenway Public Transit’s 3-hour delay Wednesday morning. Meals on Wheels… View More
Catawba County’s Riverbend Park and St. Stephens Park will remain closed Tuesday as crews work to clear ice and snow for public access. Bakers Mountain Park is open. All Catawba County Library System branches (Newton, Claremont, Conover, Maiden, Sherrills Ford-Terrell, Southwest and St. Stephens) will close at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday evening. The Catawba County Board of Commissioners meeting will take place as scheduled at 7:00… View More
Catawba County government facilities and parks will open at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 18, in light of anticipated early-morning road conditions. County facilities and services that normally open after 11:00 a.m. tomorrow will open at their usual time. StarMed will resume COVID-19 drive-through testing at Catawba County Public Health at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday. Seniors Morning Out and Meals on Wheels of Catawba County will not be… View More
Catawba County’s Blackburn Sanitary Landfill and Blackburn Convenience Center will be closed Monday, January 17, due to inclement weather. Both facilities are anticipated to re-open Tuesday, January 18, weather permitting. As a reminder, other county government facilities will be closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. County parks are currently closed due to inclement weather until further… View More
Catawba County Board Chair Randy Isenhower declared a State of Emergency in Catawba County effective at 8:00 a.m. today due to hazardous conditions related to Winter Storm Izzy. The declaration enables Catawba County Emergency Services to implement coordinated response and recovery efforts in all affected unincorporated areas of the county in alignment with the Catawba County Emergency Operations Plan and in collaboration with… View More
Due to the forecasted winter storm, the Catawba County Park System (Bakers Mountain, Riverbend and St. Stephens parks) will be closed Sunday, January 16, until further notice. Park officials are monitoring the weather and will re-open the parks when conditions allow. Updates will be posted online at… View More
The Catawba County Animal Shelter will be temporarily closed to the public Friday, January 14 and Saturday, January 15 due to limited staffing. The closure will allow scheduled staff to continue providing the same level of care to the animals at the shelter during their shifts. The shelter will reopen to the public Tuesday, January 18 following usual hours. The shelter is always closed to the public on Sundays and… View More