Burke County Animal Services

10/15/2026

10/14/2026

🐾 These cuties are FIXED and ready to find their forever homes! 🏡❤️

Beautiful, friendly, and ready to bring some extra love into your life! These sweethearts are all ready for their next adventure and would love to find a family of their own. 🥰

Could one of these cuties be the perfect addition to your family? ❤️

📩 Interested in adopting? Contact [email protected] for more information!

Please share to help these sweet babies find the loving homes they deserve! 🐾💕

10/13/2026

Help I’m lost and want to go home!!

Found on NC-18

Stop by 636 Kirksey Dr to reclaim .

10/13/2026

Help I’m lost and want to go home!

Found at the ABC store in Valdese. Stop by 636 Kirksey Dr to reclaim.

10/13/2026

UPDATE: adopted

🍀 MEET FORTUNE — YOUR LUCKY DAY IS HERE! 🍀

They say fortune favors the bold… but we think Fortune favors whoever takes this handsome boy home! ❤️🐾

Meet Fortune, a 2-year-old Chesapeake Bay Retriever with 88 pounds of pure puppy charm packed into one BIG, beautiful body!

This boy is a total heart-stealer! 😍 He absolutely loves people, is incredibly handsome, and even walks nicely on a leash without pulling. And despite his impressive size, Fortune acts like an oversized puppy who just wants to enjoy life and make friends!

✨ A little about Fortune:
🐾 2-year-old Chesapeake Bay Retriever
🐾 A big, handsome 88-pound boy
🐾 Neutered and microchipped
🐾 Loves people
🐾 Walks nicely on a leash
🐾 Still has that goofy, lovable puppy personality!

Fortune is ready to trade shelter life for a couch, a family, and a lifetime of adventures. This big guy has so much love to give, and we can’t wait to see him find the people who will love him right back. ❤️

💰 Adoption fee: Just $40!

📍 Burke County Animal Services
636 Kirksey Dr.
Morganton, NC

Come meet Fortune and see if he’s the lucky charm your family has been missing! 🍀🐶

Share Fortune’s post and help this big, lovable boy find his forever home! ❤️

10/13/2026

🍔💕 DOUBLE THE LOVE, EXTRA CHEESE, AND ONE VERY SWEET PUPPY! 💕🍔

Meet McDouble, and trust us… she’s a whole meal deal! 🐾🥹

This adorable 5-month-old girl is ready to supersize your happiness and find the forever family of her dreams! ❤️

🐶 Dog-friendly? Absolutely! She loves having furry friends to play with!

🐱 Cat-friendly? Yep! She does well with kitties, too!

👧 Kid-friendly? She thinks kids are the BEST thing ever!

💖 Personality? Playful, loving, and sweeter than a milkshake on a summer day!

🏡 House manners? McDouble is kennel trained and working hard on her house training. She’s still a puppy, so she just needs a little more practice and a family willing to help her succeed!

✅ Spayed
✅ Microchipped
✅ Full of love and puppy kisses!

McDouble has so much love to give, and all she needs is someone to give her a chance. Could your home be the place where her happily-ever-after begins? 🏡💕

📧 Interested in adopting McDouble? Email us at [email protected]!

Let’s get this sweet girl off the menu of available pups and onto the permanent menu of someone’s family! 🍔🐾❤️

10/13/2026

I’m lost and want to go home! Found on Decker Rd.

Email [email protected]

10/12/2026

**Animal Services followers—we’re moving to a new page!**

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10/10/2026

Burke County Joint Information Center
Weather Situation Report | October 10, 2026 | 2:00 p.m.
Issued by Burke County Emergency Management

Two bands of heavier rain have already moved through Burke County. Steady, lighter rain continues between the bands, with heavier rainfall increasing and then tapering off as each band passes. Rainfall rates are expected to increase through midnight. A Flood Watch remains in effect for all of Burke County through Sunday.

Winds are also being monitored across the county. Jonas Ridge has recorded the highest wind gust so far, consistent with the forecast for stronger winds at higher elevations. A High Wind Warning is in effect for elevations above 4,000 feet. A Wind Advisory is in effect for the remainder of Burke County’s mountain areas below 4,000 feet.

Reporting gauges in the Burke County weather station network recorded the following rainfall totals today as of approximately 1:39–1:40 p.m.:

Enola Fire Department: 0.92 inches
Jonas Ridge EMS Base: 0.74 inches
Chesterfield Fire/Rescue: 0.73 inches
Lake James State Park Visitor Center: 0.62 inches
Brendletown Fire/Rescue Base 1: 0.61 inches
South Mountain Fire Department: 0.59 inches
George Hildebran Fire/Rescue: 0.39 inches

All monitored stream gauges are currently showing green, indicating no flooding at those gauge locations at this time. Emergency Management continues to monitor stream levels as additional rainfall is expected tonight.

Roads are wet, but no weather-related incidents have been reported. There are no reported power outages or internet outages. Calls to 911 have increased slightly, but remain consistent with the normal increase in afternoon call volume.

Burke County Emergency Management remains engaged and is monitoring conditions throughout the county as impacts are expected to increase into tonight. Residents should remain weather ready and weather aware through tonight and into Sunday morning. Keep a way to receive weather alerts, secure loose outdoor items, and watch for changing road conditions, fallen trees, and downed power lines. Never drive through water covering a roadway.

Additional information will be shared as conditions change and verified updates become available.

10/09/2026

Help we’re lost!

Locations found on each pic.

Email [email protected]