Cabarrus County

A representative of the Cabarrus County Republican Party spoke before the Cabarrus County Commission Tuesday night, defending the party's nominee to replace outgoing chair Chris Measmer.

Two new North Carolina solar farms owned by a subsidiary of Duke Energy have begun generating electricity. And for the first time, they're selling it to the company's regulated consumer side.

A 200,000-square-foot fulfillment center could be open by 2024, Kroger officials said.

An aluminum can maker promises high wages as it joins corporate partners at the site of a former cigarette plant.

Have the urge to travel? Flight prices are historically low at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport as the airline industry works to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Also in this week's BizWorthy: Apartments are coming to the old Zack's Hamburgers site in Charlotte, and we have more details on the Red Bull jobs announcement in Cabarrus County.

Energy drink company Red Bull announced plans Tuesday to build a new manufacturing facility in partnership with can filling company Rauch at the former Philip Morris plant site near downtown Concord.

Roughly 40 people were possibly exposed to a vaccine-preventable, highly contagious viral liver infection while eating at a Waffle House in Concord last month, according to Cabarrus County health officials.