2 Raleigh-Charlotte Piedmont trains are temporarily suspended. Here’s what we know.

Passengers on two of the six Piedmont trains that run between Raleigh and Charlotte each day will have to choose another one to ride on through mid-July, NC rail officials … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

An earthquake was recorded in the North Carolina mountains overnight, USGS reports

A 1.8 earthquake registered in the North Carolina mountain town of Weaverville early Saturday according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck at 1:16 a.m. and was centered about … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Overnight shootings leave two dead, one hospitalized in Charlotte, police say

Shootings Friday night and early Saturday in Charlotte left two people dead and another hospitalized, police said. One of the gunshot victims was driven to the Transit Center in uptown, … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

1 killed, 1 hurt in uptown shooting, officials say

One person was killed and another was injured in a shooting Friday night in uptown Charlotte, officials said. First responders were called to East Trade Street near the Charlotte Area … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Are Plan B and other contraceptives still legal in North Carolina after SCOTUS decision?

The United States Supreme Court announced the overturning of Roe v. Wade Friday morning, sparking much debate across the nation. The landmark court ruling established in 1973 had, up until … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Wellness vendor peddles ‘cognitive clarity’. NC fire marshals shut their devices down.

The Raleigh Fire Department has ordered a fast-growing wellness company to stop using hyperbaric chambers that the firm claims will “have you feeling like you turned back the hands of … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

CATS ridership rises, but so does frustration over bus driver shortages around Charlotte

The number of people in Charlotte who rode public transit in May was significantly higher than during the same period last year, according to data released Wednesday by CATS. The … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

First case of monkeypox reported in North Carolina. Here’s what we know.

The first case of monkeypox virus infection has been found in a North Carolina resident, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported Thursday. NCDHHS is working closely … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Mecklenburg County budget to give CMS $30 million increase, will close juvenile jail

The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners approved Wednesday its $2.1 billion budget for the 2023 fiscal year, which starts next week. With the approval, Charlotte’s juvenile detention center is set … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Driver shortage, absences now affecting bus routes and causing delays, CATS says

Charlotte Area Transit System has been experiencing a bus driver shortage since May, and now it’s beginning to affect routes, CEO John Lewis said. “In my over 24 years of … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Tariq Bokhari created GOP’s city council slate, but he faces a fight for his own seat

CLT Politics is a new weekly analysis of political news and events in Charlotte and across the region published Thursday by The Charlotte Observer. City Councilman Tariq Bokhari formed a … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Mecklenburg EMS can now count on new heart monitors for when seconds matter most

Dozens of ambulances in Mecklenburg County have received major upgrades: new, high-tech heart monitors. “It’s like going from an iPhone 4 to an iPhone 13,” Drew Williams, a crew chief … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Top Charlotte executives commit to help CMS with safety, mental health, teacher retention

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will turn to the business community to help it address some of the most prominent problems plaguing the district, interim Superintendent Hugh Hattabaugh said Tuesday. Hattabaugh and Mike … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Kids under 5 are now eligible for COVID vaccines. Here’s where to get shots in Charlotte

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized use of the Moderna and Pfizer for children under 5 years old. The FDA said it had evaluated the safety and efficacy … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Life interrupted: Storms disrupt Juneteenth, Father’s Day air travel in Charlotte

When Brandy Naylor arrived at Charlotte Douglas International Airport late Friday night, she was a day late and several hundred dollars short. As bad, she had missed her 15-year-old son’s … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Tough start for holiday travel

The line for American Airlines customer service at Terminal B at Charlotte Douglas International Airport was extremely long at 9:30 p.m. Friday, June 17, 2022. … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Here’s how to get help paying off your North Carolina medical debt

Unpaid medical bills are a burden to millions of North Carolinians. More than a third of the state’s population were in collections for medical debt at the end of 2020, … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

2 from NC killed in SC weekend crashes in York, Lancaster counties, troopers say

Two people from North Carolina were killed over the weekend in unrelated crashes in South Carolina, officials said. In a single-vehicle wreck around 10 p.m. Friday night in York County, … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Celebrity with ties to Chester has ‘sweet’ childhood memories, helps host literacy event

Michael Smalls, a Gullah Geechee basket sewer wove sweetgrass into intricate baskets underneath a decades-old shade tree in Chester. A dozen feet away, Anita Singleton Prather, or “Aunt Pearlie,” performed … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

What is Meta Pixel, the code detected on health system websites in NC and beyond?

Four of North Carolina’s largest health care providers sent patient information to Facebook through a tool called Meta Pixel, a recent news report revealed, raising concerns about privacy breaches. On … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

‘One Father’s Day I’ll never forget.’ NC dad hits jackpot on scratch-off lottery ticket

Thanks to a stop at a convenience store, Father’s Day on Sunday will be one that a 64-year-old North Carolina man said he’ll remember forever. On Friday, Raleigh resident John … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Here’s what to know about heat, cars, and how you can help save a child’s life

Temperatures could again tip into the triple digits in the coming week. But it doesn’t have to get that hot for one critical threat to exist. The three nationwide child … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

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