Alert Featured Top Story Morganton doctor named Fellow of The Explorers Club Special to The News Herald Jan 24, 2024 Jan 24, 2024 0 Seth Hawkins is pictured on a trip to Costa Rica in November 2023. Submitted Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Special to The News Herald Dr. Seth Collings Hawkins of Morganton was recently inducted as a Fellow of The Explorers Club.kAm%96 tIA=@C6CD r=F3 :D 9625BF2CE6C65 :? }6H *@C< r:EJ H96C6 :E H2D 7@F?565 :? `h_c] (:E9 4FCC6?E r92AE6CD 24C@DD E96 8=@36[ %96 tIA=@C6CD r=F3 92D 366? DFAA@CE:?8 D4:6?E:7:4 6IA65:E:@?D 2?5 7:6=5 DEF5J :? 2== 5:D4:A=:?6D 7@C @G6C 2 46?EFCJ]k^AmkAmw2H<:?D :D 2? 2?E9C@A@=@8:DE[ HC:E6C 2?5 A9JD:4:2?[ 5@F3=6 3@2C565 :? 3@E9 6>6C86?4J >65:4:?6 2?5 t|$ W7:6=5 >65:4:?6X] w6 92D 564256D @7 6IA6C:6?46 DFAA@CE:?8 6IA65:E:@?D E9C@F89@FE E96 H@C=5[ A2CE:4F=2C=J :? 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