MORGANTON, N.C. — Court will be in session in Burke County Thursday despite a COVID-19 outbreak.
Four people tested positive inside the Clerk’s Office in Morganton.
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“Certainly, we are not going to send people who are ill into the courtroom,” said Robert Ervin, a Superior Court judge. “The primary affected areas were areas that are not open to the public.”
In the video at the top of this webpage, Channel 9′s Dave Faherty spoke with the judge about how they will safely proceed with court cases.
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