Novant fires unvaccinated employees for not complying with mandate
Complaints on social media from a left-wing redistricting activist are drawing fire from a state Senate redistricting leader.
The N.C. prison system, comprising 55 facilities and employing roughly 16,000 staff, is one of the largest agencies in the state. That might surprise some, as prisons, from the real estate they occupy, to the critical role they play in governance, are not foremost in our minds when it comes …
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and Cleveland County partnered to construct several new shotgun ranges at the Foothills Public Shooting Complex at 283 Fielding Road in Cherryville. The new ranges include a skeet range, two combination skeet and trap ranges and a 5-stand range. The new…
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Jul. 2—As Catawba Nation Tribe Chief Bill Harris gazed into the crowd, he gave an emotional speech to the people of Cleveland County as the city held a ribbon cutting Thursday for the long-awaited Catawba Two Kings Casino in Kings Mountain. "Today is about working together," said Harris. "It…
The six red wolf pups were born in April, part of three litters born at the N.C. Zoo during a three-day span that produced 12 pups in all, the zoo said in a news release. The names are based on rivers in the Southeastern U.S. where critically endangered red wolves used to range and were amon…
This weekend two things happened. We had out-of-state guests and it rained on the mountain trails where I usually take visitors.
Jun. 25—HIGH POINT — A charity bike ride in High Point organized by the foundation of NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Bobby Labonte has left the city. The ride, now called the Labonte Roubaix, will be held instead at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem on Aug. 21. It was held in downtown High Po…
Jun. 24—A Lake Norman mansion just became the highest-priced home sold in the Charlotte region in 2021, according to Canopy MLS, which lists homes for sale by Charlotte area real estate agents. The 9,894-square-foot mansion in The Peninsula community in Cornelius sold for $6.25 million on Ju…
Howard Poole also said he planned to help a brother who has cancer.
Jun. 24—RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper has nominated Elizabeth Biser, a North Carolina-based executive at a national recycling nonprofit, to take over the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. The nomination marks the second time that Cooper will try to fill a DEQ secretary role that was vaca…
Jun. 24—The state's two top economic development organizations — the Commerce Department and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina — have released more than 1,000 pages of records related to their recruitment of Apple to Research Triangle Park. The successful recruitment, wh…
Kyeremeh earns master’s degree from WGU
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The softball coach at Lake Norman High School has been charged with indecent liberties with children after a voice mail concerning a sex act was reported to the school resource officer, said Iredell Sheriff Darren Campbell.
Brown's TikTok videos featuring vegan recipes, humor and positive affirmation have garnered her millions of followers across several social media platforms — and gained her the moniker America’s mom.
The second shift will be in the manufacturer's Saf-T-Liner C2 plant, which produces traditional and electric school buses.
Charlotte’s SouthPark mall will add five more stores by August, the late summer, property owner Simon said Tuesday in a news release. Those moves come as the high-end south Charlotte mall undergoes a “transformational” multimillion-dollar plaza project that will include a brewery opening by late summer, The Charlotte Observer previously reported. Stores that have opened or are set to open are: ...
NC has increase in children dying from firearms, suicide in 2020, according to report
North Carolina beer and wine distributors applaud the ongoing efforts of N.C. authorities to stop the illegal shipment of alcohol into the state, according to a news release from the N.C. Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association.
Authorities say there’s been a recent rise in drug smuggling through Charlotte Douglas International Airport and more federal agents have been called in. Charlotte’s office of Homeland Security Investigations is particularly concerned about a spike in seizures of fentanyl at the airport. In 2019, agents confiscated only trace amounts of the drug. Last year, close to 38 pounds was seized in ...
May 9—RALEIGH — The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Ben Anderson as the new warden of the Piedmont Correctional Institution in Salisbury. He had been the deputy warden at Central Prison in Raleigh. "Warden Anderson has a remarkable depth and breadth of experience earned from two decades of service in our prison system," said Commissioner of Prisons Todd Ishee. "He ...
WASHINGTON — Congress held its first hearing in half a century Tuesday on unidentified flying objects. And no, there is still no government confirmation of extraterrestrial life.
Hundreds of people are expected to come to North Carolina Saturday to see former President Donald Trump as well as several other high-profile Republican candidates running for election.
Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., Wednesday walked back blockbuster drugs-and-sex claims about fellow lawmakers in a brutal tongue-lashing from GOP leaders. Cawthorn admitted to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy that he made up claims that he saw lawmakers doing cocaine and that they invited him to orgies. “He changes what he tells and that’s not becoming of a congressman,” McCarthy said. “He ...
Ely Lilly. Kroger. Red Bull. Recently, these familiar corporate names have been in the local news. Each has received an economic development investment from the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners. Many local companies have also, but these bigger names are the ones of which you have heard.