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1209        #lee-user-wrapper .tnt-admin-login { display: none; }
1210        
1211        #lee-user-wrapper .lee-signup .block-title.user-header,
1212        #main-page-container .breaking,
1213        #lee-user-wrapper .lee-signup .user-login-social,
1214        #lee-user-wrapper .lee-signup .user-login-or,
1215        #lee-user-wrapper .lee-login .panel-footer,
1216        #lee-user-wrapper .lee-signup .panel-footer p:first-of-type,
1217        #lee-user-wrapper .lee-signup .critical-error { display: none; }
1218        #main-page-container.container { 
1219            background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.05)!important; 
1220            width: 100%; 
1221            border-top: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.1); 
1222        }
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1224            background-color: #fff;
1225            padding: 20px;
1226            border-radius: 3px;
1227            border: 1px solid #ddd;
1228            box-shadow: 0 0 15px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
1229            position: relative;
1230        }
1231        #lee-user-wrapper .lee-user-form .form-loading { 
1232            position: absolute;
1233            top: 0;
1234            bottom:0;
1235            right:0;
1236            left:0;
1237            width: 100%;
1238            z-index: 5;
1239            align-items: center;
1240            font-size: 50px;
1241            background-color: #ffffff99;
1242            display: none;
1243        }
1244        #lee-user-wrapper .lee-user-form  .form-loading svg { margin: 0 auto; }
1245        
1246        #lee-user-wrapper .lee-user-block .panel { 
1247            border:0; 
1248            box-shadow: none; 
1249            margin:0;
1250            background-color: transparent;
1251        }
1252        #lee-user-wrapper .lee-user-block .panel-body { padding: 0; }
1253        #lee-user-wrapper .lee-user-block .panel-heading {
1254            background-color: transparent;
1255            border:0;
1256            padding: 0 0 10px 0;
1257            border-bottom: 2px solid #666; 
1258            margin-bottom: 20px; 
1259        }
1260        #lee-user-wrapper .lee-user-block .panel-footer { 
1261            border-top: 1px solid #ddd; 
1262            background-color: transparent; 
1263            padding: 15px 0 0 0;
1264        }
1265        #lee-user-wrapper .lee-user-block,
1266        .lee-user-login-wrapper .critical-error { 
1267            max-width: 1100px;
1268            margin: 0 auto 20px auto;
1269        }
1270        .lee-user-login-wrapper .critical-error { 
1271            margin-top: 15px; 
1272            font-weight: bold;
1273            box-shadow: 0 0 15px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
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1275        #lee-user-wrapper .btn-primary { padding: 10px 30px; font-weight: 500; }
1276        #lee-user-wrapper .lee-login .user-login-or {
1277            background-color: #fff;
1278            border: 3px double #ddd;
1279            color: #666;
1280            height: 45px;
1281            width: 45px; 
1282            line-height: 40px;
1283            border-radius: 45px;
1284            font-size: 18px;
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1287            font-weight: 300;
1288            margin: 20px 5px;
1289            color: #666;
1290        }
1291        #lee-user-wrapper h2 {
1292            font-weight: bold;
1293            margin: 30px 5px 20px 5px;
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1298            #lee-user-wrapper .lee-user-form { padding: 0; }
1299            #lee-user-wrapper .lee-login .user-login-or {
1300                position: absolute;
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1302                margin-top: 110px;
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1304            #lee-user-wrapper .lee-user-block .panel { padding: 20px 10px; }
1305            #lee-user-wrapper .lee-user-block .row { margin:0; }
1306            #lee-user-wrapper .user-login-social {
1307                margin-left: 0;
1308                background-color: #fbfbfb;
1309                border-right: 3px double #ddd;
1310            }
1311            #lee-user-wrapper .user-login-social .panel-body { padding-right: 15px; } 
1312            #lee-user-wrapper .user-login-social .panel { min-height: 279px; }
1313        }
1314        @media screen and (max-width: 991px) {
1315            #top-promotional-row { display: none; }
1316            #lee-user-wrapper .lee-user-form .user-login-or-container {
1317                border-top: 3px double #ddd;
1318                margin: 30px 0 10px 0;
1319                clear: both;
1320            }
1321            #lee-user-wrapper .lee-login .user-login-or {
1322                margin-bottom: 5px;
1323                float: none;
1324                margin: -24px auto 0 auto;
1325            }
1326            #lee-user-wrapper .lee-login .social-btn {
1327                width: 48%;
1328                margin: 0;
1329            }
1330            #lee-user-wrapper .lee-login .btn-facebook { float: left; }
1331            #lee-user-wrapper .lee-login .btn-google { float: right; }
1332            #lee-user-wrapper h2 {
1333                font-weight: bold;
1334                margin-top: 20px;
1335                font-size: 24px;
1336            }
1337            #lee-user-wrapper .lee-login .social-btn.btn-webauthn { width: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px; }
1338        }
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1340    <div id="lee-user-wrapper">
1341        <div class="lee-user-block lee-login"><h4>
1342                
1343                    Welcome back! Please login to continue.
1344                
1345                </h4>
1346                <div class="lee-user-form">
1347                <div class="form-loading"><i class="fas tnt-spinner tnt-spin"></i></div><div class="row"><div class="user-login-blox  col-xs-12"><div class="panel panel-default">
1348                <div class="panel-heading">Sign in with your News Herald Account</div>
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1350                        <input type="hidden" name="x_org_url" value="https://morganton.com/" />
1351                            <input type="hidden" name="referer_url" value="https://morganton.com/"><div class="user-login-username form-group">
1352                            <label for="user-username" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Email</label>
1353                            <div class="col-sm-10">
1354                                <input id="user-username" class="form-control" name="username" type="text" value="" required>
1355                            </div>
1356                        </div>
1357                        <div class="user-login-password form-group">
1358                            <label for="user-password" class="col-sm-2 control-label" title="">
1359                                <i class="fas tnt-info-circle" data-toggle="tooltip" data-html="true"></i>
1360                                Password
1361                            </label>
1362                            <div class="col-sm-10"><div class="input-group">
1363        <input id="user-password" class="form-control" name="password" type="password" autocomplete="off" required >
1364        <div id="user-password-toggle" class="input-group-addon password-toggle" title="Toggle password visibility">
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1366        </div>
1367    </div></div>
1368                        </div>
1369                        <div class="user-login-remember form-group">
1370                            <div class="col-sm-offset-2 col-sm-10">
1371                                <div class="checkbox">
1372                                        <label>
1373                                            <input name="remember_me" t
1373ype="checkbox" checked="checked" value="1"> Remember me
1374                                        </label> 
1375                                        <span class="user-remember-br">|</span>
1376                                    
1377                                    <a id="forgot-password" href="https://morganton.com/users/forgot/?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmorganton.com%2F">
1378                                        Forgot your password?
1379                                    </a>
1380                                    <span class="user-remember-br">| </span>
1381                                    <a href="https://morganton.com/users/instant-login/?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmorganton.com%2F">
1382                                        Request login link
1383                                    </a>
1384                                    <span class="user-remember-br tnt-admin-login">| </span>
1385                                    <a class="tnt-admin-login" href="/tncms/auth/admin/">
1386                                        Admin login
1387                                    </a>
1388                                </div>
1389                            </div>
1390                        </div>
1391                        <div class="user-login-submit form-group">
1392                            <div class="col-sm-offset-2 col-sm-10">
1393                                <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-full-xs">Sign In</button>
1394                            </div>
1395                        </div>
1396                        
1397                    </form></div>
1398                <div class="panel-footer user-signup text-muted">
1399                    <span class="fas tnt-user"></span> Don't have an account? <a href="https://morganton.com/users/signup/?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmorganton.com%2F" rel="nofollow">Register here</a>
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1406            <h2>
1407                
1408                    New here? Create an account.
1409                
1410            </h2>
1411            
1412            <div class="lee-user-form"><section class="user-register-wrapper user-account-form">
1413    <div class="block-title user-header">
1414        <div class="block-title-inner user-header-inner">
1415            <h2>Account Registration</h2>
1416        </div>
1417    </div>
1418
1419    
1420
1421    <div class="row"><div class="user-login-blox  col-xs-12"><div class="panel panel-default">
1422                <div class="panel-heading">Sign up with us</div>
1423                <div class="panel-body">
1424                    <form id="user-register-form" class="user-login-form form-horizontal" role="form" method="post" action="https://morganton.com/users/signup/"><input type="hidden" name="referer_url" value="https://morganton.com/" />
1425                        
1426                        <fieldset>
1427                                <div class="form-group">
1428                                    <label for="input-username" class="col-md-3 col-lg-2 control-label">
1429                                         Username
1430                                    </label>
1431                                    <div class="col-md-9 col-lg-10">
1432                                        <input id="input-username" class="form-control" type="text" name="screen_name" value="" required>
1433                                        
1434                                            <p class="help-block">This is the name that will be displayed next to your photo for comments, blog posts, and more. Choose wisely!</p>
1435                                        
1436                                    </div>
1437                                </div>
1438                            
1439                            
1440                                <div class="form-group">
1441                                    <label for="input-firstname" class="col-md-3 col-lg-2 control-label">
1442                                        
1443                                            <span class="text-danger">*</span>
1444                                        
1445                                        First name
1446                                    </label>
1447                                    <div class="col-md-9 col-lg-10">
1448                                        <input id="input-firstname" class="form-control first_last_names" type="text" name="first_name" value="" required>
1449                                    </div>
1450                                </div>
1451
1452                                <div class="form-group">
1453                                    <label for="input-lastname" class="col-md-3 col-lg-2 control-label">
1454                                        
1455                                            <span class="text-danger">*</span>
1456                                        
1457                                        Last name
1458                                    </label>
1459                                    <div class="col-md-9 col-lg-10">
1460                                        <input id="input-lastname" class="form-control first_last_names" type="text" name="last_name" value="" required>
1461                                        
1462                                    </div>
1463                                </div>
1464                            <div class="form-group">
1465                                <label for="input-email" class="col-md-3 col-lg-2 control-label"><span class="text-danger">*</span> Email</label>
1466                                <div class="col-md-9 col-lg-10">
1467                                    <input id="input-email" class="form-control" type="email" name="email" value="" required>
1468                                    <span class="help-block">Your e-mail address will be used to confirm your account. We won't share it with anyone else.</span>
1469                                </div>
1470                            </div>
1471
1472                            <div class="form-group">
1473                                    <label for="input-password" class="col-md-3 col-lg-2 control-label"><span class="text-danger">*</span> Password</label>
1474                                    <div class="col-md-9 col-lg-10">
1475                                        <input id="input-password" class="form-control" type="password" name="password" autocomplete="off" required>
1476                                        <span class="help-block">Must be at least 8 characters, not contain repeating characters (e.g., 111), and not contain sequential numbers (e.g., 123).</span>
1477                                    </div>
1478                                </div>
1479
1480                                <div class="form-group">
1481                                    <label for="input-confirm-password" class="col-md-3 col-lg-2 control-label"><span class="text-danger">*</span> Confirm password</label>
1482                                    <div class="col-md-9 col-lg-10">
1483                                        <input id="input-confirm-password" class="form-control" type="password" name="password_verify" autocomplete="off" required>
1484                                        <span class="help-block">Confirm your password.</span>
1485                                    </div>
1486                                </div></fieldset>
1487
1488                        
1489
1490                        
1491
1492                        
1493
1494                        
1495                            
1496                            <fieldset>
1497                                <div class="form-group">
1498                                    <label for="g-recaptcha-response" class="sr-only">CAPTCHA</label>
1499                                    <div class="col-md-offset-3 col-md-9 col-lg-offset-2 col-lg-10"><div class="tncms-recaptcha-wrapper"><div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="6LdvF8kSAAAAAHtjCXotWkt5byjdinh-RPyWTH5J" data-action="submit"></div><input type="hidden" name="g-recaptcha-is-checkbox" value="yes"></div></div>
1500                                </div>
1501                            </fieldset><fieldset>
1502                            <div class="user-register-submit form-group">
1503                                <div class="col-md-offset-3 col-md-9 col-lg-offset-2 col-lg-10">
1504                                    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Create Account</button>
1505                                </div>
1506                            </div>
1507                        </fieldset>
1508
1509                    </form>
1510                </div>
1511                <div class="panel-footer user-signup text-muted"><p>
1512                            <i class="fas tnt-user"></i> Already have an account? <a href="https://morganton.com/users/login/?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmorganton.com%2F" rel="nofollow">Log in here</a>
1513                        </p>
1514                        <p>
1515                            By submitting this form, you agree to our <a href="/terms/">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="/privacy/">Privacy Policy</a>
1516                        </p></div>
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1686    </div></div><div id="footer-col-two" class="col-md-4 col-sm-4">
1687                    <div class="block-title">
1688                        <div class="block-title-inner">
1689                            <h4>Sites &amp; Partners</h4>
1690                        </div>
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1714                    
1715                </a></li><li>
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1724                </a></li><li>
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1727                </a></li><li>
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1734        <div id="site-copyright-container" class="container">
1735            <div id="site-copyright" class="row">
1736                <div class="col-md-6 copyright-left">
1737                    <p class="text">
1738                        &copy; Copyright 2026
1739                        <a href="/">The Morganton News Herald</a>, 3078 US Highway 70 Morganton, NC 28655
1740                    </p><p class="text">A <a href="https://lee.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lee Enterprises</a>, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, <a href="https://hoffmannmediagroup.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hoffmann Media Group.</a></p></div>
1741                <div class="col-md-6 copyright-right">
1742                    <p class="links">
1743                        <a href="/terms/">Terms of Use</a>
1744                        <span class="sep">|</span>
1745                        <a href="/privacy/">Privacy Policy</a>
1746                        <span class="sep">|</span>
1747                        <a href="https://lee.net/advertise/tos/" target="_blank">Advertising Terms of Use</a>
1748                        <span class="sep">|</span>
1749                            <a id="lee-cookie-donotsell" style="cursor:pointer">Privacy Choices</a>
1750                            <span class="sep">|</span>
1751                            <a id="lee-cookie-pref" style="cursor:pointer">Cookie Preferences</a>
1752                        </p>
1753                    <p class="text">
1754                        Powered by <a href="https://bloxcms.com" title="BLOX Content Management System" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BLOX Content Management System</a> from <a href="https://bloxdigital.com/" title="BLOX Newspaper Content Management" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bloxdigital.com</a>.
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1758        </div>
1759    </div>
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1761    </div><!-- / offcanvas close  -->
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1764                <div class="notification-item">
1765                    <a href="{{url}}" target="_blank"></a>
1766                    <div class="notification-item-card">
1767                        <div class="notification-item-image"><img src="{{image}}"></div>
1768                        <div class="notification-item-content">
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1780                    <div class="notify-panel-close"><i class="fas tnt-times tnt-fw"></i></div>
1781                    <div class="notify-panel-nav" role="tablist">
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1784                            <li role="presentation"><a href="#notify-panel-settings" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">Settings</a></li>
1785                        </ul>
1786                    </div>
1787                </div>
1788                <div class="tab-content">
1789                    <div id="notify-panel-content" class="tab-pane active" role="tabpanel">
1790                        <div class="notify-panel-content-items"></div>
1791                        <div class="notify-panel-content-no-items" style="display:none;">You don't have any notifications.</div>
1792                    </div>
1793                    <div id="notify-panel-settings" class="tab-pane" role="tabpanel">
1794                        <div class="notify-panel-settings-promo">
1795                            <p>Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device.</p>
1796                        </div>
1797                        
1798                        <h5>Topics</h5>
1799                        
1800                            <div class="topic-container" data-name="breaking">
1801                                <h4>Breaking News</h4>
1802                                <label class="switch-label">
1803                                    <span class="sr-only">Subscribe</span>
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1805                                    <div class="switch-track"></div>
1806                                    <div class="switch-thumb"></div>
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1808                            </div>
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1810                            <div class="topic-container" data-name="alert">
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1815                                    <div class="switch-track"></div>
1816                                    <div class="switch-thumb"></div>
1817                                </label>
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