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Plasma donation center coming to Shelby
A plasma donation center is in the process of opening a Shelby location, according to the city's planning department. Brian Burgess, director of planning and development, said the site plan has been approved, and the company is in the building permitting process now. ...
July 1, 2024 Marks Start of Uptown Shelby Social District
We've got news you can 'cheers' to: the much-anticipated Uptown Shelby Social District is officially active! Our team has worked closely with the City of Shelby over the past year and half to make sure we can roll out the USSD safely and successfully from the jump. What is a...
Social District 101: Signs & Their Meaning
Looking for more information on the Social District signs and stickers you'll be seeing around Uptown? Our staff breaks it down in this post - read on for all the details. If you still have questions, please feel free to reach out to us. Businesses within Uptown Shelby are allowed...
Shelby Fire & Rescue rated among the best in the state
Shelby Fire and Rescue recently earned one of the highest insurance ratings in the state, landing it among the top 30 departments across North Carolina. It was recently announced at a city council meeting that Shelby Fire and Rescue received an Insurance Services Office Class 1 rating. According to a...
Construction Notice At Lincoln County DSS July 8-12
LINCOLNTON, N.C. - Beginning Monday, July 8, 2024, The Main Entrance Of Lincoln County DSS will be blocked for installation of replacement sliding glass doors. Entry to the main lobby of DSS will be re-routed. Expect to see signage for directions. If assistance is needed for entry, please call 704-732-0738.
Kings Mountain eyes new location for Farmers Market, makes plan to move cabooses
Ever since the late 1970s, a pair of red cabooses have been part of the Kings Mountain landscape on Piedmont Avenue in the parking lot near the Southern Arts Society. The city of Kings Mountain is now in the process of deciding what to do with the cabooses as it makes new plans for the space.
More than 1K customers without power in Gaston, Lincoln counties
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - More than 1,000 customers are still without power in Gaston and Lincoln counties on Monday afternoon. Duke Energy’s outage map showed about 3,500 outages in the Mount Holly area, and 1,200 more near the intersection of Highways 16 and 73 in Lincoln County by 8 a.m.
‘Mayor of Kingstown’: Emma Laird on the Scene That Made Her Weep & What’s Next for Iris
[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for the latest episode of Mayor of Kingstown, “Iris.’]. Iris (Emma Laird) put herself at the center of the action on Sunday’s eponymous new episode of Mayor of Kingstown. Though the town’s new supervillain Konstantin (Yorick van Wageningen) didn’t know she was around, she decided to make her presence known in hopes of getting into his inner circle again, now that her former tormenter boss Milo (Aiden Gillen) is out of the picture — presumed, but not confirmed, to be dead.
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