The waterfowl population in the U.S. and Canada declined slightly from last year, including the lowest numbers of the two most abundant duck species since 1993, according to an annual report of the
- Cabarrus Arts Council
Art Walk on Union will feature more than 90 local artists and makers, and live performances throughout the afternoon on Union Street North near the Concord Library.
- Mark Price The Charlotte Observer
An ingenious inmate needed only a pencil to open his cell and escape from jail, according to investigators in South Carolina.
Hello, I’m David Hoffmann. Like many of you, I’ve been thinking a lot about our country, our communities and how we find our way back to one another.
- RICHARD CRAVER Winston-Salem Journal
The Mocksville plant will be just its second outside Ohio.
- USA Today Network
Rebuilding Interstate 40’s path through the Pigeon River Gorge after Hurricane Helene will cost about $2.8 billion — a 40% increase over a projection earlier this year.
- RICHARD CRAVER Winston-Salem Journal
Novant Health Inc. core operating revenue was up 9.4% to $6.24 billion.
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Three firefighters were hurt, and a fire engine was heavily damaged during a “challenging” 24-hour period for first responders in North Carolina’s Rowan County.
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Dave Doeren’s late father, Bill, was supposed to take a taxi to the airport and board one of the hijacked flights terrorists crashed into the World Trade Center. He missed the flight.
Saturday's matchup between Michigan and Western Michigan caused heated debates about integrity and controversial calls, shaking up the college football scene.
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Notre Dame spent nine months preaching, “Leave No Doubt.” From the time the 2025 College Football Playoff committee snubbed the Irish on Dec. 7 until kickoff of Sunday night’s game against Wisconsin at Lambeau Field, it was the mantra. The No. 4 Irish repeated it as they embarked on an early offseason without a bowl game and as they fielded questions about how they were ...
Scheyer was succinct in stating his goal for his fifth season as head coach: “Take that final step for a sixth banner in Durham and win a national championship.”
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Session explores why nonprofit boards fear fundraising and offers a simple framework to turn hesitant board members into confident partners in raising money.
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HopeHealth welcomes adult nurse practitioner Tasha Moore to its Timmonsville location, highlighting her nursing degrees and clinical interests in patient support.
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The Florence Lions Club will meet Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 12:30 p.m. at the Florence Country Club, featuring Stephanie Grosick as guest speaker on local growth.
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Carmine Communications LLC celebrates its ribbon cutting with the Greater Florence Chamber, offering organizational health, leadership and team development services.
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Getting a movie made can cost a lot of money, so studios are apprehensive about greenlighting projects. Directors like Christopher Nolan get to skip to the front of the line.
🎧 Religion once provided clearer boundaries for right and wrong. The hosts discuss whether secular culture can create equally effective paths toward responsibility and forgiveness.
Shirlene Obuobi is a Ghanaian American cardiologist, cartoonist, and author of the novels “On Rotation” and “Between Friends & Lovers.” Her new paranormal summer romance, “Die for Me,” has just been published, and she answered the Book Pages Q&A via email. Q. Please tell readers about your new book, “Die for Me.” “Die for Me” is a genre-bending paranormal romance about a 38-year-old Black ...
PARIS — A black background. A skull wearing a crown like a dark monarch. Red roses and a dagger. Then a short video on Goodreads, one of the world's largest online book communities: a hand with long, deep-red fingernails slowly turns the pages of a novel. Below it, hundreds of enthusiastic comments – and a warning: "Not for sensitive readers." Dark Romance has long outgrown its niche. Written ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Little Free Libraries are for more than printed reading materials. Users of the streetside stations give and receive all manner of non-reading merchandise, such as homemade trinkets, canned goods and garden seeds. This all occurs with the blessing of the nonprofit, St. Paul-based Little Free Library. So Abe Eyman of St. Paul had an idea: Why not outfit old Kindle-style ...
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