SALISBURY - The W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury will host an educational fair on Friday, April 19, 2013, from 10:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. in the Social Room of Building 6.  

The focus of the education fair will be our Veterans, retired military, family members, and VA staff.  Information on all VA education benefits will be available. The purpose of the event is to inform Veterans and family members of educational opportunities available to them in the community and online, where they can use their GI benefits for education that will assist in acquiring new skills, and will prepare them for the future changing job market.

DENVER, NC (WBTV)- The Lincoln County Health Department approved Lincoln County Public Works canceling a No Swimming Advisory for all residents in the cove area bordering the 8300 block of Ranger Island Marina Road, Denver on Monday.

On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, a wastewater spill occurred. 

The estimated amount of the spill that reached Lake Norman was 20 gallons.  The spill occurred due to a commercial vehicle damaging a sewer connection, and the untreated sewage flowed into a cove that runs into Lake Norman in the Catawba River Basin

Lincoln County Public Works has tested daily three sites for fecal coliform levels at the 8300 block of Ranger Island Marina Road cove area.

Three consecutive samples <200/ml were received at all three testing sites and all sampling meets the Division of Water Quality standards.

For further information, please contact Lincoln County Public Works at (704) 736-8497.

LINCOLNTON, N.C. (AP)- The family of a man killed in a Lincoln County marina explosion has been awarded $1.5 million.       

Jurors took less than an hour to make that decision Wednesday in the case of Nate Coppick. The 19-year-old was killed in 2008 while refueling a boat at Westport Marina.          

The jury said Petroleum Equipment and Service had knowingly put people in danger by installing a piece of equipment that the state said was illegal to use at marinas.          

A lawyer for the company said Nate was at fault for fueling a boat while it was running.          

An attorney for Coppick's estate said the fuel nozzle hold-open latch Coppick was using didn't work properly and that at least 30 gallons of gas overflowed before the explosion.