Marty Queen

Nov 5, 2024 | gofoothills.com | Marty Queen

“I’m really excited to be involved with the team that has led the city so successfully. It’s an honor to be invited to help with that,” Rigsbee said after his appointment during the City Council’s meeting tonightSenior leaders have been searching for permanent legal counsel since attorney Louis Vinay retired Sept. 1. Since that time, Vinay has served in an interim capacity until his replacement could be found.

Aug 24, 2024 | thepaper.media | Marty Queen

In all likelihood, the Burke County Board of Commissioners will approve conditional zoning for the proposed Great Meadows industrial megasite at its next meeting Sept. 17. That approval would set in motion a process that could turn a 1,353-acre property in western Burke County into — depending upon whether you’re talking to the site’s proponents or detractors — either a generational economic opportunity for the county or the beginning of an environmental apocalypse.

Aug 15, 2024 | thepaper.media | Marty Queen

Burke County Commissioner Randy Burns received an Exemplary Service Award from the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) at its annual meeting in Winston-Salem last weekend. Burns received the award for his efforts in chairing the group’s Public Education Steering Committee for 2024. He appreciated the honor but deflected the praise. “My role was to facilitate the meeting, line up speakers, and develop the agenda,” Burns said.

Aug 14, 2024 | thepaper.media | Marty Queen

As an organization, the cancer charity Casting for Hope is in the midst of some changes, but its popular annual fundraising gala will remain the same lively, entertaining event as usual. This year’s version of Hope in the Hills is set for Friday, Sept. 6, at the Hidden Hills Venue on Burkemont Mountain. As always, the evening will feature plenty of great food and drink, as well as an eclectic cavalcade of live musical acts.

Aug 3, 2024 | thepaper.media | Marty Queen

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision earlier this summer to reject a $6 billion opioid settlement by Purdue Pharma will not affect the money Burke County is receiving from drug companies, officials say. The court rejected the Purdue bankruptcy agreement on the grounds it unfairly shielded the Sackler family – who essentially engineered an opioid epidemic that resulted in the deaths of more than half a million Americans from 1999-2021 – from future civil liability.