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Residents raise senior-center grievance and urge local limits on cryptocurrency mining during Burke County public comment

3393795 · May 20, 2025
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Two preregistered speakers used the informal public-comment period to raise separate concerns: a senior-center patron said he was banned and sought a hearing, and a Morganton resident urged the county to strengthen local zoning and noise rules to restrict cryptocurrency mining.

During the informal public-comment period at the Burke County Board of Commissioners meeting, two preregistered citizens spoke on separate issues.

Charles Erskine, a resident who identified himself as a senior-center patron, said he had been barred from the senior center for 30 days following alleged “multiverbal confrontations” that he said he did not start.…

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