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The automotive industry is short of trained technicians. It's expected to have tens of thousands of open positions each year over the next decade. In Charlotte, one program equips community members with the tools and skills they need to fill the labor shortage.
CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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Tony Mecia/The Charlotte LedgerSoutheast Charlotte has transformed into one of the region's bustling centers for business, housing and development. We explore how it got here, how the area is changing and what comes next. We’ll also look at the push to create communities where people can live, work, shop and spend time without getting in a car. -
WFAECMS Superintendent Crystal Hill tells “Charlotte Talks” that the investigation into her found no wrongdoing. As the school board approaches a deadline for a decision, towns around Charlotte are deciding how to vote on the I-77 South toll lanes, Mooresville Mayor Chris Carney announces he’ll retire, and North Carolina’s mail-in ballots are out.
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LOCAL NEWS
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U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy Audrey Robertson announced a new $16 million program to support mining education during a visit Monday to the Albemarle lithium mine in Kings Mountain. -
José Eliezer Martinez-Andino, a young Honduran man who a federal judge determined was wrongfully deported earlier this year, will return to North Carolina next week. Martinez-Andino flew back to the U.S. in early August, but federal immigration enforcement officials detained him in Texas for several weeks. -
Houseplant workers and allies nationwide say they're subject to extreme heat and few breaks. -
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board will consider removing Stephanie Sneed as chair at its next meeting. -
North Carolina A&T State University has been awarded $10 million to expand the school's capacity for research in areas of artificial intelligence, autonomy, cyber resilience and quantum systems. -
Blumenthal Arts says the Charlotte International Arts Festival will not return to uptown Charlotte this month due to funding constraints. -
President Trump will campaign with North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley in Gastonia on Wednesday night, the White House announced. -
Early treatment for psychosis can improve recovery and challenge the misconception that mental illness means a lifetime of suffering.
NATION & WORLD
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