In a memo included in the council’s agenda packet, Hickory Public Utilities Director Shawn Pennell said the extension was needed in part because of “unforeseen conditions in the construction of
With a forecasted wind chill as low as minus 6 on Saturday night, The Salvation Army is making room for an additional 40 people to shelter from dangerously low temperatures.
The Hickory City Council awarded a $35 million contract for a new wastewater composting facility, a project which city officials have described as the most expensive Hickory has ever undertaken.