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What are Nancy Hoffmanns plans for a downtown Greensboro building
In what she hopes will be a catalytic project for the 300 block of South Elm Street in downtown Greensboro, City Council member Nancy Hoffmann plans to renovate a three-story, 9,400-square-foot historic building into a mixed-use development featuring retail and apartments. Hoffmann purchased the building at 304 S. Elm St. from SunTrust Bank in July 2012 for $275,000, according to public ...
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Michael Jordan summons Hugo the Hornet to Charlotte
NBA franchise's application Tuesday to re-claim the name of the city's original basketball team : the Hornets. A name change requires approval from the 30 members of the NBA board of governors. The league will vote on the name change in July. If approved, Charlotte would play one more season as the Bobcats and become the Hornets for the 2014-15 season. Until last month, New Orleans ...
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N.C. ferries get ready for summer
One of the pleasures of visiting the North Carolina coast is the chance to ride one of the ferries. It's a fun trip, and it has the purpose of getting you to neat places. Ferry service is being increased in preparation for summer vacationers, with the Ocracoke-Hatteras ferry now offering 36 trips each day. It's the busiest route in the ferry ...
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Lowes 1Q profit rises chilly spring hurts sales
Lowe's first-quarter net income rose almost 3 percent, even as a wet and cool spring dampened sales of gardening products.Spring is the biggest season for home improvement retailers. While the weather was chilly in the quarter, the improving housing market has helped such businesses.Lowe's Cos. earned $540 million, or 49 cents per share, for the period ended May 3. That compares with ...
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Tesla to demonstrate car outside NC legislature
RALEIGH, N.C. Tesla Motors wants to show North Carolina residents why the company opposes a bill in the General Assembly that effectively blocks the Internet seller from doing business. Tesla will show its Model S electric car Wednesday outside the legislature to tell people about its award-winning automobile and influence the outcome of a bill expected to advance in the House in the coming ...
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Volunteers needed to maintain Appalachian Trail
GATLINBURG, Tenn. A lot of the trail work in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is done by volunteers. There is another service opportunity June 1. It is the 21st National Trails Day and volunteers are needed to help maintain the Appalachian Trail. Volunteers need sturdy shoes, adequate drinking water and will need to pack a lunch. At the end of the day, volunteers will be treated to a ...
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Wednesday morning traffic update
The big traffic story this Wednesday morning is the scheduled closing of several uptown Charlotte streets, in preparation for the start of the annual Food Lion Speed Street festival. Those closings will take effect at 9:30 a.m., so motorists won’t have to change their driving habits during the morning commute. Otherwise, there are no major problems at 6:30 a.m. There are no reports of ...
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Charlotte mulls paid interns for City Council
The Charlotte City Council will consider next week whether to spend up to $160,000 annually to have paid interns, a budget request Democrat James Mitchell said is needed to keep up with a crush of requests from residents. Mitchell said he’s often overwhelmed trying to attend council meetings and return phone calls and emails from people who call or email with problems. He said the ...
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Tampa Bay Water hires CEO from North Carolina
Jordan Tampa Bay Water has hired the CEO of the Cape Fear Utility Authority in North Carolina as its general manager. Matthew Jordans hiring must still be approved by the Tampa utilitys Board of Directors on June 17, but if approved, he will begin work on July 8, WHQR said. No salary details were provided in the report. Tampa Bay Water serves three counties and the cities of Tampa, St. ...
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Judith Durham improves after stroke
JUDITH Durham of The Seekers is continuing to make positive improvement following a stroke after her Melbourne concert last ...
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WFU buys Winston-Salem coliseum
Wake Forest University in the Triangle may be happy to hear that, after three years of negotiations, the Winston-Salem City Council has approved the sale of the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum to Wake Forest University. The university will pay $8 million for the coliseum, where its basketball team plays its game, and spend another $10 million on ...
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Are N.C. schools ready for twisters
The answer to the question of whether schools in North Carolina are ready to protect kids, teachers and employees from the ravages of tornadoes is this: Plans are in place, but there's no guarantee against a storm of the speed and magnitude of the one that struck in Moore, Okla. Wake County's plan outlines where teachers and kids should go and what the should do when warned of a storm ...
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North Carolina Bill Targets Drivers Who Pass School Buses
North Carolina lawmakers want to increase the consequences for drivers who fail to stop for school buses picking up or dropping off students. The bill approved unanimously by the House would require those convicted of the misdemeanor charge to receive a minimum $500 fine. A driver who hits a child and faces a felony would receive a minimum $2,500 fine, while a death conviction would mean at ...
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W.Va.s local-food movement a model for Appalachia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - With eight in 10 farmers making less than $10,000 a year, West Virginia will never rival big Midwestern factory farms in producing food. But creative collaborations with food entrepreneurs are seeding a new kind of economy that federal officials say could become a model for 12 other Appalachian states.Officials with the Appalachian Regional Commission, the U.S. Department of ...
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Entrepreneurs rev your engines Startup activity in U.S. at 13-year high
More than 43 percent of Americans think there are good opportunities for entrepreneurs today, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Entrepreneurship is back: Nearly 13 percent of American were starting or running new businesses in 2012, the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity in the U.S. since at least 1999. That's according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, an annual ...
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Raleigh police Three charged in Allister Drive killing
Raleigh, N.C. - Three people were charged late Tuesday in connection with the death of Melissa Dawn Huggins-Jones, a 30-year-old woman who was found covered in blood May 14 inside her apartment near North Hills, Raleigh police spokesman Jim Sughrue said Wednesday. Ronald Lee Anthony, 23, Sarah Rene Redden, 18, and Travian Devonte Smith, 20, were taken into custody by Raleigh police in Wake ...
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Mecklenburg ‘Dysfunction 101’ back in session
Last week, as Mecklenburg County commissioners descended into name-calling and shouting, Commissioner Karen Bentley called the bickering “Dysfunction 101.” Tuesday, it didn’t take long for Dysfunction 101 to go back into session. The commissioners couldn’t even finish their customary introductions at the start of the meeting before Commissioner Dumont Clarke asked Chair ...
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Lowe’s sends aid to disaster areas
Lowe’s Home Improvement said Tuesday it would donate truckloads of emergency supplies and $1 million to support disaster relief and rebuilding in communities hit by the devastating tornados in Oklahoma, Texas and across the Midwest. One employee of the Lowe’s in Moore, Okla., died in his home after the tornado struck on Monday, and the company is currently trying to locate ...
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Water is safe for residents in Wake Forest neighborhood
Wake Forest, N.C. - The water is safe for Wake Forest residents living in the Stony Hill Road area, according to officials from the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA officials held a meeting Tuesday to announce their progress as well as the completion of water service lines. Last year, well water at more than 20 homes tested positive for trichloroethylene, or TCE, a cleaning ...
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CMPD’s Putney is finalist for Winston-Salem chief
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Deputy Chief Kerr Putney is one of three finalists to be the next police chief in Winston-Salem. Putney, a 20-year veteran of CMPD, a deputy chief from Greensboro and an assistant chief from Winston-Salem are candidates for the top job, according to a city news release. A national recruitment process managed by Developmental Associates LLC of Chapel Hill selected Putney, ...
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FBI searches for fugitive sex offender
The FBI Tuesday was searching for a fugitive registered sex offender after finding pornography at his home in Concord. James Brian Webb, 43, cut off a tracking device after child pornography was found in his possession, according to an FBI news release. He was last seen at his home in Concord on Monday. Officers discovered child pornography images at the home and issued warrants for his ...
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Steele Creek officers arrest BE suspects
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have arrested two men for allegedly breaking into a car in the 1000 block of Orchard Grass Court and stealing an iPad and cell phone from it. Officers with the Steele Creek division were able to find the suspects by using a GPS tracking device on the iPad’s operating system. Jeremy Valssingane, 19, and Christopher Green, 20, were both charged with felony ...
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ARC of NC leader going to state government post
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A longtime advocate for people with mental disabilities in North Carolina is joining state government as the director of the agency that oversees services for them and others with mental illness or alcohol or drug abuse ...
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19th-century NCs lieutenant governor office opens
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's lieutenant governor conducts state business in a 130-year-old home that's been freshened up since Dan Forest took office as the state's No. 2 executive branch ...
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15-year-old can be charged as adult in Wake double slaying
Raleigh, N.C. - A 15-year-old boy charged four months ago in the shooting deaths of a married couple in their Wake County home can be tried as an adult, a District Court judge ruled.A witness testified during a probable cause hearing Tuesday that Jose Samual Flores Mendoza and his wife, Maria Saravia Mendoza, both 34, were unintentional victims in a dispute between two rival gangs and that the ...
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Middle and high school students becoming more isolated?
While the number of middle and high school students admitting to being bullied in surveys has gone up, the number of students actually reporting abuse is decreasing, suggesting that students may be withdrawing into themselves.
Students at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools get polled every two years by health officials in order to keep a watch on activities that might put them at risk, such as drug abuse, alcohol use, anti-social behavior and smoking. Read more
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