Catawba County Public Health Assistant Director Jennifer McCracken was named Interim Director by the Catawba County Board of Health October 14. McCracken will begin serving in this role October 24 following the departure of current director Doug Urland. As Interim Director, McCracken will provide organizational leadership for Public Health while the Board of Health conducts a search for a new director. McCracken joined Public… View More
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The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office and the Catawba County Fire Marshal’s Office continue to investigate the fire at Balls Creek Campground in Catawba that occurred on Sunday, September 29th. Because of the historic and religious significance of Balls Creek Campground, the investigation into the cause of the fire is being handled by a joint task force of local, state and federal authorities including the North Carolina State… View More
Catawba County Emergency Services responded to a fire at Balls Creek Campground in Catawba Sunday, September 29. The fire started before 9:40 p.m. Multiple agencies from the region responded to assist with controlling the fire and supporting the responders through the night. The fire was brought under control at approximately 1:20 a.m. Multiple agencies remained at the site to extinguish hot spots. Of the 295 tents (cabins) at… View More
Senior Nutrition Services, a division of Catawba County Social Services, has received a Social Services Institute (SSI) Best Practice Award from the North Carolina Association of County Directors of Social Services. The award was earned for a web-based route mapping application developed for Meals on Wheels of Catawba County by Senior Nutrition Services and the county’s Geospatial Information Services (GIS) division. The… View More
Catawba County EMS has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Plus Award for implementing quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who experience severe heart attacks. Every year, more than 250,000 people experience an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) the deadliest type of heart attack caused by a blockage of blood flow to the heart that requires timely… View More
Catawba County Health Director Doug Urland has been named Director of the North Carolina Institute for Public Health at UNC Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health and will be leaving his position at Catawba County Public Health October 24, 2019. The Catawba County Board of Health is expected to appoint an interim director at its next meeting October 14, 2019. Urland joined Catawba County as Health Director in… View More
Catawba County is hosting a day-long celebration at Riverbend Park to officially open the park’s new trail system Saturday, September 14. The grand opening celebration will take place on the park’s new property at the Riverbend Park Events Entrance, located at 7490 Riverbend Road in Claremont. Riverbend Park has added 209 acres and 7 miles of multi-use, natural surface trails adjacent to the park’s existing 450-acre, 12-mile… View More
Catawba County today announced it has been selected to participate in the national Advancing Pretrial Policy and Research (APPR) grant initiative as a Research-Action Site. Catawba County is among five counties (including communities in Alabama, Georgia and Washington) selected to participate through a competitive application process. As an APPR Research-Action Site, Catawba County will receive intensive assistance from national… View More
Catawba County has hired Peter M. Shonka to serve as the county’s Utilities & Engineering Director. He begins work with the county September 9, 2019. Shonka comes to Catawba County from the City of Savannah, Ga., where he has worked since 2000. He most recently served as Executive Director of Arena Development managing all aspects of the $160 Million arena project in the city’s canal district. His prior roles with the city… View More
Tarp Awareness Week, which takes place September 1-7, 2019, reminds residents to reduce roadside litter and increase safety by using tarps to secure waste loads. In North Carolina, half of all roadside litter is blown onto roads, not thrown. “North Carolina taxpayers spend millions of dollars each year to remove litter that blows out of truck beds because it is not properly secured,” said Amanda Kain, Catawba County Waste… View More