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The great floods of 1916 and 2024
One of Miss Letitia Currie’s favorite topics in her history class in the 1950s at Davidson Junior High School was the Great Flood of 1916. Miss Currie was the daughter of a Davidson College professor. Many of her students also knew what she was talking about because their parents had experienced that 1916 flood and talked about it whenever rain poured down hard. ...
Duke Energy sounds nuclear sirens Wednesday as part of routine testing
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Outdoor warning sirens will be tested on Wed., Oct. 9 at the Catawba and McGuire nuclear stations in the Charlotte area, Duke Energy announced. Unlike other routine tests, this particular test is the once-annual test that lasts for a full three minutes. Otherwise, quarterly tests are...
WWII ‘veteran’ transports hurricane supplies to Lincoln County airport
IRON STATION – What do you do when you collect two tons of hurricane relief supplies in Virginia that you need to get to North Carolina? You load up a World War II-era Douglas C-47 Skytrain and fly them in. This plane that was used, “Chalk 40,” has quite...
Minuteman Disaster Relief based out of NC aiding cleanup after Helene
DALLAS, N.C. (WNCT) — People from across the country continue heading to the Western part of the state to help recovery efforts from Helene. Minuteman Disaster Relief, based in Dallas, said they have 10 volunteers working in Asheville at this time and they said one of the big issues they’ve been seeing is clearing large […]
Builder buys 123 acres in Mooresville
M/I Homes Inc. is adding to its Charlotte-area portfolio with a new community in Mooresville. It’s building 201 single-family homes and 112 townhomes at Cambrey Pointe, off Rinehardt Road. The homebuilder acquired a 123.5-acre site for the project for $12.9 million last month, according to Iredell County real estate records. Development of the community is expected to begin later this year. Homes there will include floorplans with four to six bedrooms, ranging from 2,300 to nearly 3,900 square feet. The townhomes will include up to four bedrooms and range from 1,963 to 2,336 square feet.
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