At the Nov. 28 bi-monthly Policy Board meeting, the Western Piedmont Council of Governments delegation elected Lenoir Mayor Joseph L. Gibbons as the next WPCOG Chair. Gibbons will serve as
20 YEARS AGO – OCTOBER 8, 2003 Veteran Burke County Commissioner and civil rights champion announced that he would resign from the District 2 post he had held for 22 years. Lodge said he was resigning on the advice of his doctors due to declining health. A liquor by the drink referendum was scheduled to