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CCC&TI Celebrates Truck Driver Training Program Graduates
HUDSON, NC (July 15, 2024) ⇒ Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute recently celebrated 16 students from the Truck Driver Training program during a completion ceremony at the J.E. Broyhill Civic Center in Lenoir. Pictured, front row, left to right are: James Jensen of Burke, Charles Bensen of Burke, Montage Matheson of Caldwell, Hunter Bryant of Caldwell, Allen Minton of Caldwell, Matthew Sessoms of Caldwell, and Zaachary Ellis of Caldwell. Back Row, Left to Right are: Kati Goins of Burke, Jonas Staley of Wilkes, Justin Laws of Caldwell, CJ Sharpe of Catawba, Nick Perkins of Caldwell, Bradly Sutton or Caldwell, Ethan Hodges of Caldwell, David Starnes of Catawba and Miguel Sanchez Chavez of Catawba.
Charlotte Car Theft Leads to Multicounty Chase, Suspects Arrested in Caldwell County
A multicounty car chase originating in Charlotte ended with the arrest of two individuals in Caldwell County early Wednesday morning. The high-speed pursuit, involving a vehicle reported stolen, spanned over several counties before coming to a close in Granite Falls. QCNews reported that the chase began at approximately 1:05 a.m. and the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office deployed spike strips to halt the suspect vehicle twenty minutes later.
Local man makes rounds at RNC
MILWAUKEE — It’s been a whirlwind week for local resident A.J. Daoud as a delegate to the Republican National Convention, which has included rubbing elbows with what arguably is a who’s who list of top party notables. Daoud, the owner of Cox-Needham Funeral Home in Pilot Mountain and a longtime GOP insider, not only has frequented the convention hall while former President Donald Trump and vice president pick JD Vance were present; he has been right in the thick of other events this week as...
North Carolina drought continues even with rain in the picture
Agricultural damaging drought continues in North Carolina, though rain during the week has helped. Severe drought grips all or parts of 26 more counties spread across the state and 49 more have moderate drought. That’s 77 of 100, and 21 of the rest are abnormally dry. In Monday’s crop progress and conditions report, corn remained...
What to know about CrowdStrike outage effects in WNC: Mission Hospital, county, FedEx, airport
A massive IT outage led to chaos in airports this morning, causing many cancellations and delays in Western North Carolina - and thousands more across the planet. Other industries, from banks to hospitals, also suffered from the outage. The IT outage is linked to cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which is used...
Career-Building Gaming Day at UNCG Celebrates Students Who Take the Lead
North Carolina is home to different paths that turn a love for video games into a career. That was on display at UNC Greensboro’s Esports Arena, where a meeting of student-led organizations helped youth see what skills could prepare them for a dream profession. Middle school and high school...
Patrick's First Warning Forecast: Severe thunderstorm threat Saturday
Chief Meteorologist Patrick Rockey's First Warning Forecast. After a break from storms and heavy downpours for most of us on Friday, messy weather returns on Saturday. In fact, we could see a few strong-to-severe storms. The cold front that ushered in the milder, but soggy weather will throw it in...
Global tech outage disrupts Western North Carolina flights, services and businesses
This is a developing story and will be updated. This story was last updated at 4 p.m. on Friday. Flights and some businesses across Western North Carolina were thrown into chaos Friday as a software malfunction crashed computer systems across the globe. Over 1,700 flights have been canceled across the United States and 911 phone lines are down in some states and major cities including Alaska and Philadelphia.
Headed to the beach this summer? Use extreme caution.
Recent drownings along the North Carolina coast remind us that we always need to use extra caution when we’re around bodies of water. Earlier this month, a teenage girl got caught in a rip current and drowned at Ocean Isle Beach. A few days later a 57-year-old drowning victim died at Surf City. I’ve seen news reports saying that there were nearly 200 rip current rescues along North Carolina’s beaches...
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