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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Climate Leaders are a volunteer group working to raise climate awareness in the city. They’re taking aim at one of environmentalists’ biggest boogeymen: data centers. They hosted a data center-themed trivia night Tuesday evening at Patagonia Charlotte in South End.
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CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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Local News Roundup: Trump back in SC; Charlotte data center moratorium; Muggsy Bogues to the raftersDonald Trump heads back to South Carolina to campaign for Darline Graham; Charlotte City Council approves an 11-month extension of a data center moratorium; CMPD says it was a deadly week in Charlotte, with five people killed in separate shootings and Muggsy Bogues climbs the rafters. -
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LOCAL NEWS
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Voter turnout amongst older generations historically outpaces young voter turnout. But this year, disillusioned by an economy that doesn’t seem to be working for them and frustrated with political division, Generation Z voters could be narrowing that gap. -
A&T hosted its first homecoming in 1926. Now, 100 years later, an estimated 200,000-plus people are expected in Greensboro for what’s become known as the Greatest Homecoming on Earth. -
Change is guaranteed on the Cabarrus County school board this year. Six candidates are running for three seats, and two of the three incumbents declined to seek reelection. -
Time Out Youth is celebrating 35 years of supporting LGBTQ young people in Charlotte with an open house and birthday party on Friday. -
The Carolina Panthers struggled again as injuries continue to mount, falling to the Green Bay Packers 27-19 on the road.Quarterback Bryce Young was sacked six times and pressured on nearly half of his pass attempts while playing through a nagging knee injury.
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Sunrise in Rock Hill isn’t normally so crowded. But then, the president of the United States doesn’t live here. So people are lined up, dozens deep, even before the sky turns fully blue this Thursday morning. -
A recent HPU poll indicates that a majority of North Carolinians are against the annual spring-forward, fall-back time changes. But they disagree on what to do about it. -
While violent crime overall has declined in North Carolina, domestic violence reports haven't followed the same trend. A new analysis shows how widespread the problem remains.
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