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We’re about a month out from a regional holiday tradition: the Southern Christmas Show. The annual event draws more than 100,000 people to the Park Expo and Conference Center, its home for almost 60 years. Organizers say that’s likely to change in the next few years, though. For more, Ashley Fahey of The Charlotte Ledger joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for our segment BizWorthy.
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James Farrell / WFAELeadership changes and questions about how Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is governed have raised public concerns. We unpack the latest developments and explain what we know — and what we still don’t. -
Steve Harrison/WFAEFlashback to 2024. Republicans hammered Democrats on affordability. Now, it’s the Democrats’ turn. Two years ago, Democrats pushed social issues like abortion rights and democracy and lost. This year, Republicans are on the defensive about the cost of living and are talking about crime and transgender athletes. It’s a flip-flop of strategies by both parties, and the question is: Will it work the same way?
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The NC Department of Public Instruction has a bold goal to boost public school enrollment. So far, there’s not been much movement. -
Drought conditions have improved slightly in parts of Guilford and Rockingham counties following Hurricane Isaias. But much of North Carolina remains in severe or extreme drought. -
Hattie "Chatty Hatty" Leeper, who died Tuesday at 98, was North Carolina's first Black female radio announcer. -
The move comes a day after a Superior Court judge denied the State Health Plan's request for a temporary restraining order against Atrium's new pricing plan. -
Members of the group New Generation of African American philanthropists will travel Friday from Charlotte to Alabama for a three-day pilgrimage focused on the Civil Rights Movement. -
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board says it will create a working group charged with implementing recommendations that came out of its two-month investigation into former Superintendent Crystal HIll. -
The North Carolina State Board of Elections this week sent letters to nearly 1,400 registered voters flagged as potential noncitizens. -
Residents can cast their ballots at any early voting site in their registered county starting Thursday.
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