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 tonight Senior 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.

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.

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.