Booster doses for all COVID-19 vaccines are now available in Mecklenburg County. Previously, booster doses for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine had been available for certain eligible people. Now, many providers … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Atlanta manufacturer adding 50 jobs in $47 million plant expansion outside Charlotte
Dozens of jobs are coming to Catawba County in a $47 million manufacturing expansion, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday. WestRock Company is creating 50 jobs in its plans to expand … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
A life and a home filled with beauty: Charlotte arts patron and Cuban exile dies at 92
Isaac Luski loved the simpler pleasures of life: good music, good wine and good company. He also loved art. There was so much of it in the Luskis’ SouthPark home … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Charlotte flight attendants vote to authorize strike. Here’s what it means for travelers
One hundred percent of participating Piedmont Airlines flight attendants have voted to allow their union to authorize a strike, the union announced Thursday. Some 130 Piedmont flight attendants are based … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Main Library, Spirit Square redevelopment in uptown will now take longer than expected
Late last month, the popular Spirit Square and its theaters closed in a “bittersweet” moment ahead of a massive uptown redevelopment project. And next week, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Main Library … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Here’s what NC residents say about COVID vaccines — and whether they’ll get boosters
Most unvaccinated North Carolinians polled this month said they aren’t budging on the COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new survey released Friday by Elon University. Roughly two-thirds of unvaccinated survey … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Someone donated $200 million to this North Carolina college, its largest gift ever
An anonymous donor has given $200 million to Catawba College in Salisbury, the largest gift in the school’s 170 years, college officials said Thursday. “This extraordinary gift is an affirmation … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
NC fraudster went on crime spree while at home on COVID release from prison, feds say
It didn’t take Joseph DiBruno Jr. very long to get back into the family business. According to court documents unsealed Thursday, the 52-year-old Gastonia man has been indicted by a … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Virtual, but still a celebration: How to celebrate Charlotte LGBTQ+ pride this weekend
Instead of marching through uptown, members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community will celebrate Pride this weekend with back-to-back virtual events. Charlotte Pride’s annual parade, normally the event’s biggest gathering, … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Sexual assault report involving 2 juveniles at West Charlotte High under investigation
A 15-year-old girl reported being sexually assaulted on the campus of West Charlotte High School on Wednesday, police said. The girl reported the sexual assault to police while she was … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Fatal shooting under investigation in South End area near Uptown Charlotte, CMPD says
A homicide is under investigation in the South End area near of Uptown Charlotte. The victim has been identified as Keith Griffin, 46, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police. Investigators have arrested … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Drought closes lake, causes cloudy tap water in NC city homes and businesses
Drought has closed a large lake to boaters and other users and produced cloudy water in the taps of Concord homes and businesses, city officials said Wednesday. Officials blamed low … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Charlotte residents can exchange plastic leaf bags for paper this weekend. Here’s how
The big plastic bags for leaves in your garage don’t have to go to waste. Charlotte residents can exchange their plastic yard waste bags for kraft paper ones this weekend. … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
As Republicans eye congressional takeover in 2022, NC unveils possible redistricting maps
North Carolina lawmakers have begun posting draft versions of new congressional maps online, with the options so far indicating that GOP leaders are considering maps that could give their party … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Woman falls off bed after scratching off big NC lottery win. She couldn’t stop crying.
A woman fell out of her bed and onto the floor after scratching off the top prize on a $5 ticket Sunday night, NC lottery officials said Tuesday. Jacqueline Del … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
‘Like something… in a movie.’ Water geyser during main break startled Charlotte driver
Katrina Guiles was driving on Remount Road near her home late Monday afternoon when she chanced upon an otherworldly scene: A tremendous geyser of water shooting just feet from her … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Aging infrastructure in a fast-growing city: Inside Charlotte Water after main breaks
If you were to line up all of Charlotte’s water and wastewater pipes, they would stretch from the Queen City to the Philippines, with room to spare. Charlotte Water, the … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
UNC-Chapel Hill can keep using race in its admissions process, federal judge rules
UNC-Chapel Hill did not discriminate against white and Asian American applicants and can keep using race as a factor in its undergraduate admissions process, a federal judge ruled Monday. UNC … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Talking Walls festival is back in Charlotte. Here’s how to see walls transform into art.
If the walls could talk — oh wait, in Charlotte, they do. And thanks to Talking Walls, Charlotte’s annual mural festival, more beige walls will have things to say later … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Rezoning plan detailed for foundry land near stadium, but some on council remain wary
One of the largest pieces of land available for development around uptown Charlotte took a step closer Monday night to becoming the home of retail, hotels, restaurants — or maybe … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
Parts of I-77 shut down after wreck leaves 1 person dead, others injured, officials say
One person is dead, and others were severely injured, following a crash on southbound Interstate 77 between Woodlawn and Tyvola roads in south Charlotte on Monday morning, according to reports. … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
COVID vaccine live updates: Here’s what to know in North Carolina on Oct. 18
We’re tracking the most up-to-date information about the coronavirus and vaccines in North Carolina. Check back for updates. 80 additional deaths reported At least 1,453,814 people in North Carolina have … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service
