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
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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 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
As an entrepreneur, would you like to feel more connected to the community – and to other business owners who may be dealing with the same things you’re experiencing? The library is hosting a networking night where you can come and meet other professionals, share business information, and receive helpful tips about local resources. The hope is that attendees will find tools to help each other succeed and take pride in what they… View More
To help the community learn more about black history throughout the year – and not just during Black History Month each February – the Library is hosting regular gatherings to discuss various topics of interest. This month, local historian and documentarian Richard Eller will be leading a conversation about the 1964 Ridgeview High School Panthers, a football team known as The Untouchables for their undefeated record of… View More
When local gardeners discuss their crops, you’ll hear them talking confidently about tomatoes, waxing proud about little white cucumbers, and figuring out how to protect their corn from birds and raccoons. But you’ll rarely hear them sharing details about their best efforts to grow mushrooms. The Cooperative Extension is about to change all that. September’s Advanced Gardener… 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
ONLINE NUTRITION EDUCATION ADDS CONVENIENCE FOR WIC PARTICIPANTS HICKORY, N.C. – The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program at Catawba County Public Health is making WIC even more convenient in September with the addition of WIChealth.org, which allows participants to access nutrition education online. For families using WIChealth.org, the online nutrition education modules can be completed anywhere there… 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
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