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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Two more high-ranking officials with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools have announced plans to retire.
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CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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PixabayLocal news in trouble. The media landscape here took another hit last week as McClatchy, the parent company of the Charlotte Observer, eliminated a quarter of its newsroom. This comes after years of downsizing at the paper, and McClatchy is doing the same across its properties nationwide. What this means and what, if anything, can be done to keep news healthy. -
Octane PressNASCAR star Mark Martin rose from the small-town tracks of Arkansas to the speedways of NASCAR, carving a career out of consistency and precision. Now, Martin has written about his career, his time living in Charlotte, and his passion for racing. He joins us to discuss “Never Lift.”
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LOCAL NEWS
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City Council member Kimberly Owens proclaimed in Monday’s City Council meeting that the spring and fall seasons are “Bird Safe Awareness Months,” encouraging residents and businesses to turn out nonessential lights between 11 p.m. and 6 p.m. while birds migrate overhead. -
Stokes County commissioners have once again approved Project Delta, a planned hyperscale data center in Walnut Cove. Here’s what commissioners, the developer and opponents had to say after the months-long debate ended in another 3-2 vote. -
Residents who spoke immediately before the decision were uniformly opposed to the project. Commissioners who voted in favor pointed to the potential for millions of dollars in new tax revenue -
Parents at Collinswood Language Academy say they remain concerned about a vacant school building next door, months after Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Mecklenburg County agreed on a plan to redevelop the site. -
Council members plan to vote next Monday on whether to reverse their decision to withdraw support for the $4 billion toll lane project. Two council members who voted against the toll lanes in May — Malcolm Graham and Joi Mayo — indicated Monday that they now lean toward support. -
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. -
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.
NATION & WORLD
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