BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — Church members living inside a former Burke County elementary school are being allowed to stay, as long as renovations are finished by the end of March.
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The board of commissioners decided on Monday afternoon, according to the Morganton Herald.
In April, Channel 9 reported that county officials deemed the building unfit for habitation.
Many members living in the church moved to the United States from the Marshall Islands.
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