Western Piedmont will hold the grand opening of its new $18 million Regional Fire & Emergency Services Training Center on Friday, Sept. 11.
- Mike Conley
“What if there was a room built around one simple idea: bringing people together?” Alyssa Hughes said.
- Mike Conley
“Thousands of Americans had their last dinners and kisses goodbye, and they never knew it. Importantly, I hope the next generation finds that value."
- Mike Conley
Culturas Unidas invites the community not only to celebrate diversity, but to see it. Hear it. Experience it.
- Mike Conley
This feature mines our archives for what was going on this week in local history.
- Paul A. Smith Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The waterfowl population in the U.S. and Canada declined slightly from last year, including the lowest numbers of the two most abundant duck species since 1993, according to an annual report of the
- The city of Morganton
The event kicks off on Friday at noon with nine blocks of downtown filled with a variety of craft vendors.
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Lake Lure business Lured Market and Grill got a slight reprieve from potential eviction at one of the two properties it rents on Memorial Highway.
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NCDOT said it also will file a state property incident report with the State Bureau of Investigation.
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“As for what comes next, I am giving serious thought to other ways I might serve the people of this state.”
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As of Friday, Baxter has not received any reports of adverse events associated with the recalled product.
Dave Doeren’s late father, Bill, was supposed to take a taxi to the airport and board one of the hijacked flights terrorists crashed into the World Trade Center. He missed the flight.
Saturday's matchup between Michigan and Western Michigan caused heated debates about integrity and controversial calls, shaking up the college football scene.
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Notre Dame spent nine months preaching, “Leave No Doubt.” From the time the 2025 College Football Playoff committee snubbed the Irish on Dec. 7 until kickoff of Sunday night’s game against Wisconsin at Lambeau Field, it was the mantra. The No. 4 Irish repeated it as they embarked on an early offseason without a bowl game and as they fielded questions about how they were ...
Scheyer was succinct in stating his goal for his fifth season as head coach: “Take that final step for a sixth banner in Durham and win a national championship.”
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Statesville city offices will close for Labor Day, sanitation routes shift, City Council meets Sept. 14, and police host a community fun day Sept. 12.
- Catawba College
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Catawba men’s soccer dominated Newberry 5-0 in SAC play, with Juan Camilo scoring twice and the Indians outshooting the Wolves 17-2 on the road.
- Greater Statesville Chamber of Commerce
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Statesville announces Labor Day facility closures, adjusted sanitation pickups, a Sept. 14 City Council meeting with public comment, and a Sept. 12 police community event.
- Catawba College
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Catawba women’s volleyball fell 3-2 to UVA Wise in SAC play at Goodman Arena, despite strong efforts from freshman Alani Kincaid and the Ayers twins.
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🎧 Religion once provided clearer boundaries for right and wrong. The hosts discuss whether secular culture can create equally effective paths toward responsibility and forgiveness.
Shirlene Obuobi is a Ghanaian American cardiologist, cartoonist, and author of the novels “On Rotation” and “Between Friends & Lovers.” Her new paranormal summer romance, “Die for Me,” has just been published, and she answered the Book Pages Q&A via email. Q. Please tell readers about your new book, “Die for Me.” “Die for Me” is a genre-bending paranormal romance about a 38-year-old Black ...
PARIS — A black background. A skull wearing a crown like a dark monarch. Red roses and a dagger. Then a short video on Goodreads, one of the world's largest online book communities: a hand with long, deep-red fingernails slowly turns the pages of a novel. Below it, hundreds of enthusiastic comments – and a warning: "Not for sensitive readers." Dark Romance has long outgrown its niche. Written ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Little Free Libraries are for more than printed reading materials. Users of the streetside stations give and receive all manner of non-reading merchandise, such as homemade trinkets, canned goods and garden seeds. This all occurs with the blessing of the nonprofit, St. Paul-based Little Free Library. So Abe Eyman of St. Paul had an idea: Why not outfit old Kindle-style ...
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