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For people living with vision loss, a smartphone or computer can be a gateway to independence — or a source of frustration. A program offered at Lions Services in east Charlotte aims to make sure it’s the former.
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CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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WFAEA look at how the recently passed North Carolina state budget affects higher education. One of the biggest headlines from is a fully funded UNC system, but it would also make certain records related to discipline proceedings exempt from the state public records law including cases of sexual misconduct. That plus tuition changes, student loans, and more. -
Penguin PressIn 1898, a white mob massacred dozens of Black residents in Wilmington, North Carolina. They used a machine gun and stoked fear to stage what is considered the only successful coup in U.S. history. Author Lauren Collins joins Charlotte Talks to discuss the impact.
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LOCAL NEWS
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State regulators are still deliberating over Duke Energy’s rate hike request for next year. But the most financially vulnerable customers may experience a second shock on top of higher rates as a little-known pilot program expires. -
Aging dams can be a hazard in extreme rain. North Carolina is trying to fix them — or remove them. -
Stokes County Commissioners voted to reject a six-month pause on data center development recommended by the planning board. -
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department on Tuesday recommended that the city implement a 9 p.m. curfew for everyone under 18 to address youth crime and so-called “teen takeovers.” -
The grant will go toward a new public service complex that’s outside of the floodplain. -
The North Wilkesboro Speedway will host its first 450-lap event in the track's history, and the first points race in nearly -
Edwards, who faces a tight re-election race, says he and his wife Teresa are making the move to “devote even greater attention to public service.” -
The Charlotte Museum of History says one of its historic buildings was vandalized over the weekend.
NATION & WORLD
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