Featured Spotlight Friday Five: AI claiming jobs, a tariffs survey and plenty of new businesses Mark Plemmons May 30, 2025 May 30, 2025 Updated May 30, 2025 0 Burger King® and Carrols Restaurant Group, LLC celebrated the grand re-opening of their remodeled restaurant on Cannon Boulevard in Kannapolis. The Chamber Leading Business in Cabarrus Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mark Plemmons Today’s Friday Five includes a couple of big picture items that affect the whole country and a few local business notes.k9am}@] `k^9amkAms:DEFC3:?8 ?6HD 23@FE px] x DE2CE65 2 AF3=:D9:?8^HC:E:?8 4=2DD 2 76H >@?E9D 324< 2?5 8@E 6IA@D65 E@ pCE:7:4:2= x?E6==:86?46 WpxX] x 7@F?5 :E :?E6C6DE:?8 2?5 FD67F=] x? E96 AC@46DD[ x D:8?65 FA 7@C 2 4@FA=6 @7 52:=J ?6HD=6EE6CD :? 9@A6D @7 =62C?:?8 >@C6] x 5:5] p =@E :D FD67F=[ 3FE D@>6 :D 5:DEFC3:?8]k^AmkAm(65?6D52J’D ?6HD=6EE6C 7C@> %96 }6FC@? 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Friday Five: Luxury apartments, skyrocketing home prices, shagging a restaurant and summer kids program Mark Plemmons' Friday Five includes: A 7-story apartment/mixed-use building in Kannapolis is preleasing; Concord home prices have more than d…
Friday Five: New McDonald's, deli, changes at Concord Mills and more Mark Plemmons' Friday Five includes: Kannapolis Girls Who Walk event, litter pickup and Elk scholarship, JD Sports at Concord Mills, and more.
Friday Five: Burrage Road construction, historical program, a rant and fun Mark Plemmons' Friday Five includes: Burrage Road is getting more homes and a church; Historic Cabarrus continues its History Talks series; se…
Tom Campbell: Do we want NC to be a one-party state? Tom Campbell looks at the political makeup of North Carolina.
Mike Ruffin: Confession is good for the soul The Rev. Mike Ruffin points out that the old "Confession is good for the soul" leaves out part of the Proverb: "Open confession is good for the soul."
Iran says it will stop negotiating with the US, completely block the Strait of Hormuz, citing ceasefire violations
Iran says it will stop negotiating with the US, completely block the Strait of Hormuz, citing ceasefire violations
