A big donation for Hurricane Helene relief in NC comes from unlikely source

Among the donations pouring into Western North Carolina to help people recover from Hurricane Helene is a sizable one from a foreign government. Taiwan donated $300,000 to the N.C. Disaster … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Pregnant bartender denied Charlotte movie theater job gets over $100K in settlement

When a pregnant bartender reported a Charlotte cinema for discrimination, the theater doubled down and refused to re-hire her. Now it must pay her $137,000. Naidaisha Gaston, 26, worked at … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Charlotte man drove almost 100 mph on I-77 in SC when crash killed NC boy, prosecutor says

A Charlotte man driving almost 100 mph never hit the brakes in 2022 when his car struck an SUV on Interstate 77 in South Carolina, leaving a 7-year-old boy dead … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Fact check: In attorney general race, Dan Bishop tries to tie Jeff Jackson to sex offender

The Republican candidate for North Carolina attorney general is targeting his opponent over an alleged friendship with a local LGBTQ leader and registered sex offender, which Democratic Rep. Jeff Jackson … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

New Lake Norman growth plan moves ahead with over 300 single-family houses, townhomes

More housing is coming to Mooresville. M/I Homes, a national builder, plans to construct 313 homes on 123 acres off Rinehardt Road in the Lake Norman area. “Mooresville continues to … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Uber says it’s ‘not legally responsible’ in NC sexual assault involving Rock Hill girls

There is no dispute a 12-year-old Rock Hill girl was sexually attacked in North Carolina by a man last year after she and her 13-year-old female friend took an Uber … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

NC falls below national average for ACT scores in 2024. Is there actually a good reason?

North Carolina ranked below the national average in graduate ACT scores in 2024, new data show. However, officials say that doesn’t tell the whole story. The ACT is a standardized … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Billy Graham granddaughter blesses out Donald Trump, calls him a ‘megalomaniac’

A granddaughter of the late Charlotte-born evangelist Billy Graham blessed out Donald Trump in an opinion piece in Newsweek, calling him a megalomaniac and reiterating her support for Vice President … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Makeover of former Asian Corner Mall site in Sugar Creek now includes townhomes

Townhomes are coming to the corner of East Sugar Creek Road and Greensboro Street near the now-shuttered Asian Corner Mall in the Sugar Creek, NoDa and Eastway area, the developer … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Barack Obama to hold rally for Harris campaign in Charlotte. How to get tickets

Public tickets are available for former President Barack Obama’s first campaign swing through Charlotte of the 2024 election cycle. Obama, the last Democrat to carry North Carolina in a presidential … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

In Charlotte, former President Obama calls out ‘crazy stuff’ from NC’s Robinson, Morrow

Former President Barack Obama told a Charlotte rally Friday Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson makes former President Donald Trump “look almost normal,” while endorsing Democrats running for statewide office. Obama spoke … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

‘Tense and nervous.’ NC Kamala Harris voters share views on election at Charlotte rally

When speakers asked the crowd at Friday’s rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Charlotte who’d already voted, the vast majority threw their hands in the air and cheered. But … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Tim Moore claims White House never called about Helene response. But it did

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore said during a Monday news conference President Joe Biden hasn’t called him since Helene devastated parts of the state. But records show communication between … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Providence High’s Tracey Harrill named Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Principal of the Year

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools on Thursday named its 2024-25 Principal of the Year: Tracey Harrill, principal of Providence High School in south Charlotte. Harrill got the surprise of a lifetime Thursday morning … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Charlotte’s animal shelter needs more space. It may be a rezoning approval away.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control shelter is in need of more space. Rezoning about seven acres between York Memorial Park and the Jeff Adams Tennis Center in the Yorkmount … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

NC Board of Elections says Spanish election signs about ‘foreigner’ voting can be removed

The North Carolina State Board of Elections has ordered some Spanish-language signs warning noncitizens not to vote to be removed from around polling places. But others will stay up. Multiple … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Concert for Carolina: Parking, entry times and livestream info for Helene benefit concert

It’s almost showtime for several country stars coming together to support storm victims in the Carolinas struggling from Hurricane Helene. Nearly one month after the storm swept through the state … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Google ‘exploring’ $600 million expansion of its Charlotte region data center

Tech giant Google confirmed it is considering expanding its Caldwell County data center, and local leaders cleared the way this week for that $600 million investment by approving incentives for … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

It’s becoming a homebuyer’s market in the Charlotte area. But only if you can afford it

The Charlotte region’s residential real estate market may lean in favor of buyers now, but ultimately affordability is a hindrance. Mortgage rates are slightly lower, inventory has marginally risen and … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Was NC Democrat a pyramid scheme ‘queen’? Facts behind allegation in Charlotte Senate race

A Republican candidate in a competitive North Carolina Senate race is targeting her opponent with claims she scammed consumers as part of an illegal pyramid scheme shut down by the … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Three bodies and one unharmed child found in NC home. Suspect captured, police say

Three bodies — and one unharmed child — were found when police responded to “a reported shooting” at a North Carolina home, according to investigators in Catawba County. The triple … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

How American Airlines decides how late your plane to CLT will be due to the weather

With hundreds of planes from American Airlines coming in and out of Charlotte’s airport each day, airline workers at the Hub Control Center remain focused as they gaze at computer … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

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