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Flat Rock Playhouse receives $38,988 grant to improve vital theater infrastructure
Flat Rock Playhouse has been awarded a grant of $38,988 by the Community Foundation of Henderson County. According to managing director Sam Yaeger Goodrum, the grant will be used to purchase and install four A/C units in the Leiman Mainstage as part of the complete replacement of the cooling and heating systems in the building. ...
RFK Jr. notches wins in North Carolina and Michigan in effort to get off ballots
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scored a pair of legal victories in North Carolina and Michigan in his quest to get his name off of the ballots in some states after he suspended his campaign and endorsed Trump.
North Carolina state Rep. Kelly Alexander Jr. dies at 75
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — State Rep. Kelly Alexander Jr., a scion of an influential civil rights family in North Carolina who advocated for legalizing medical cannabis, died Friday. He was 75. A family statement posted on an Alexander social media site said the Mecklenburg County Democrat died Friday morning. It didn’t say where or provide a cause of death. A former president of the state NAACP, Alexander was appointed to the House in mid-2008 and had been reelected to a Charlotte-area district ever since. He did not seek reelection this fall, telling WFAE radio in December that health issues would make it hard to run in 2024. “Kelly’s unwavering commitment to his city, district, state, and this nation has been both profound and heartfelt throughout the years,” the family statement said.
North Carolina high school football scores for 2024 NCHSAA, NCISAA Week 3
Western North Carolina football is returning for Week 3. To help Western North Carolina high school football fans, the Citizen Times and Times-News have created a one-stop shop for all scores across the region and statewide. We'll also have two reporters at games. Zachary Huber will be at Swain County at Franklin, while Evan...
TCOM again makes semifinal round of 'Coolest Thing Made in NC' contest
For the second year in a row, TCOM LP's lighter-than-air aerostats have made to the second round of the N.C. Chamber of Commerce's "Coolest Thing Made in NC" online contest. The NC Chamber announced Thursday that TCOM's aerostats were among the 16 products selected as semifinalists after the first round of voting in the "Coolest" contest's medium-to-large business category. Another 15 products were selected "Coolest" in the small business category. ...
North Carolina GOP leaders reach spending deal to clear private school voucher waitlist
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Republican House and Senate leaders said Friday that they have agreed with each other on a supplemental spending proposal that includes hundreds of millions of dollars to eliminate the state’s waitlist for private school vouchers. The new proposal includes funding for Medicaid, broadband access and the implementation of a law that forces sheriffs to comply with federal immigration agents. Both chambers are scheduled to reconvene next week for a vote that will likely send the bill to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, whose expected veto can be overridden by the legislature’s GOP supermajorities. The proposal sets aside an additional $463 million for this school year and next for the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program largely to clear its waitlist, as a surge in applications occurred after the General Assembly eliminated income caps to qualify last year. Not enough money was initially earmarked to cover everyone, leaving about 55,000 children on the waitlist and many parents frustrated. Lawmakers had failed to agree on a budget adjustment deal that included voucher funding before the legislative session ended in June.
Animal shelters across the Carolinas packed with homeless dogs, cats
NORTH CAROLINA, USA — Every animal shelter in the area is at capacity, bursting with adoptable dogs and cats or all ages, sizes and breeds. WCNC Charlotte is making an impact in the community by helping animals find their forever home through NBC's Clear the Shelters campaign. In Union...
IRS encourages North Carolina taxpayers to do an end-of-summer tax checkup to avoid surprises next year
CHARLOTTE — The Internal Revenue Service encourages North Carolina taxpayers to consider using the end of the summer to make tax withholding or payment updates to avoid a potential surprise next year at tax time. While most taxpayers get a refund after filing their taxes, many also find they unexpectedly owe taxes. This can be due to a life or job change for which they did not make the necessary tax adjustment during the year. ...
‘So happy’: North Carolina woman plans to buy house with $1 million win
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WGHP) — Arely Mayorga Martinez, of Charlotte, plans to buy a house after winning a $1 million lottery prize, according to an NC Education Lottery news release. “We are so happy,” she said. Martinez said her husband bought the winning $10 Multiplier Mania ticket at Shopton Commons BP on Steele Creek Road in […]
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