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Bonsai trees take center stage in Kannapolis Dec. 5-6 as the free Winter Silhouette Bonsai Show returns with master artists, demonstrations and vendors.
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A simple majority of voters is required for the referendums to be enacted.
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In a midterm rebuke, Democrats won control of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and Republicans lost key state-level races. Plus, historic firsts of election day 2026.
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According to data from the N.C. State Board of Elections, 53.27%, 87,283 people, cast a ballot in the election.
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Democrat Roy Cooper has defeated Republican Michael Whatley in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race, flipping a seat Republicans have held since 2015.
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Water restrictions are easing in Concord, Kannapolis, Harrisburg and Landis. All four communities moved to voluntary conservation Nov. 3 as drought conditions improved.
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Duke football coach Manny Diaz isn’t trying to dodge or ignore speculation he might be considered as a potential candidate to replace fired Florida State coach Mike Norvell. Diaz said Monday he broached the subject with his team after practice Sunday. “It’s the same thing we talked about last year. Last year I was packing my bag and was going to Penn State,” Diaz said. “I addressed our team ...
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — There is a case that Saturday’s football game between No. 8 Kentucky and No. 16 Tennessee is the most significant contest ever played in a border rivalry that dates back to 1893. At the least, it will be the biggest UK-UT football matchup in 76 years. With the CFP format now at 12 teams, both Kentucky (7-1, 5-1 SEC) and Tennessee (6-2, 3-2) will enter play Saturday with ...
The NFL trade deadline used to be a yawn-inducing nothingburger, served cold. Major League Baseball reshuffled pennant races with its annual midseason yard sale. The NBA spent February swapping stars and setting social media on fire. Football usually offered up a backup lineman for a conditional seventh-round pick. Then the league pushed its deadline back, front offices mastered salary-cap ...
DALLAS — The College Football Playoff committee unveiled its first rankings of the 2026 season Tuesday night, giving an early indicator of how the committee sees the top teams in the country weeks away from the start of the playoff. Only one Texas team cracked the top 12 — No. 7 Texas— with several others on the outside looking in. Here are five takeaways from the first CFP rankings: Texas ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. — If the 2026 college football season ended today, Kentucky would be in the 12-team playoff field. The Wildcats were slotted at No. 6 in the playoff committee’s first in-season ranking revealed Tuesday on ESPN. That is the highest ranking for the program at any point in the 12 years of the playoff era. At No. 6, Kentucky would host a first-round playoff game against No. 11 Notre ...
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Salisbury Transit will not operate Wednesday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day. Regular bus and ADA/Paratransit service resumes Nov. 12 from 6 a.m. to 7:08 p.m.
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A writer visits Pulliam’s and Kermit’s in Winston-Salem, exploring bright red North Carolina hot dogs, family-run traditions and NASCAR-flavored nostalgia.
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Cox Mill finished third at the NCHSAA 7A girls golf state championship at Seven Lakes Golf Club, led by top-10 individual performances from two juniors.
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UNC Greensboro men’s basketball has sold out its Nov. 3 home opener vs. Milligan at Bodford Arena, the program’s first sellout since December 2019.
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LOS ANGELES — What does it mean when a Sunset Strip hotel installs a white pool table with gold balls and puts a swing set on the roof? It means that Ian Schrager, the New York lifestyle entrepreneur who co-founded Studio 54, is again reaching west to try some new ideas. This time, his new hotel property is known as the Public West Hollywood. It opened Oct. 30, occupying the same 1962 building ...
LONDON — There’s something a bit strange about being in a restaurant where every single table has kids sitting at them. While I know children are absolutely allowed to take up space in public places, trips out with little ones still come with a slight amount of worry – are they being too loud? Too messy? Is it unfair on the poor child-free couple trying to have a peaceful meal next to us? But ...
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