A new development along the Catawba River gambles on voluntary environmental impact mitigation to create a more sustainable, social community.
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CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio presents next year's proposed budget. Charlotte city workers have concerns about pay. A private school voucher supporter says North Carolina has gone too far. And the Carolina Panthers will play in Germany. Mike Collins and guests go through this week's biggest local and regional news.
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Protesters have impacted many schools including UNC Charlotte and UNC-Chapel Hill. Some graduation ceremonies have been disrupted; others canceled. Schools have taken different approaches to the protests. We look back and ahead to what the summer and fall might hold.
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LOCAL NEWS
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The public has the opportunity to give feedback on health care provider’s proposal to add more beds to its future Weaverville facility.
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It's prom season — and not just for high schoolers. Older adults with mental and physical health challenges in Gaston County are celebrating prom this year, too.
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Inmates with mental illness often wait months for care to give them a shot at being deemed capable to assist in their defense. Disability Rights North Carolina wants a judge to order the state’s Department of Health and Human Services to take immediate steps to drastically reduce those times.
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Charlotte is one of the largest cities in the country without a National Weather Service radar. But Congressman Jeff Jackson hopes to change that with a bill he introduced that would give areas like Charlotte first priority. WCNC meteorologist Brad Panovich joins us on Morning Edition to discuss what an NWS radar would mean for our city.
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Organizers of a new fund plan to hand out $40 million in loans to small businesses in Charlotte over the next four years. The fund concentrates on aiding businesses owned by women and people of color.
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HopeWay, which provides psychiatric care in Charlotte, has opened a mental health clinic for teens and young adults on Monroe Road. North Carolina health officials report that youths diagnosed with anxiety or depression has increased by 49% since 2016.
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson sits in the guest's chair. Mike Collins, the host of “Charlotte Talks,” interviews Tommy about his new book, “Dogland.” It’s about the Westminster Dog Show and the bond between dogs and their people.
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Pete Candler. He comes from a storied Southern family—one of his ancestors founded Coca-Cola—but Pete has written a new book about the secrets in his family’s history, and in the South’s history as well.
Get behind-the-scenes insight and analysis about what’s happening in local and statewide politics from political reporter Steve Harrison.
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- WFAE/La Noticia reporter Kayla Young wins national awards
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