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Commissioners Notebook: Mt. Pleasant creek to be named for Archie Fisher

Commissioners Notebook: Mt. Pleasant creek to be named for Archie Fisher

  • From staff reports

CONCORD – Cabarrus County Commissioners will hold their monthly Regular Meeting on Monday, June 15, at the Cabarrus County Government Center in downtown Concord.The Board is scheduled to vote on the Recommended Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 (FY27) at the meeting. The FY27 budget runs from…

Cabarrus EMS receives NCDHHS grant funding

Cabarrus EMS receives NCDHHS grant funding

  • From staff reports

Cabarrus County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is one of 39 state agencies awarded part of a $10 million grant from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

Extradition hearing delayed in NC Sun Drop murders cold case

Extradition hearing delayed in NC Sun Drop murders cold case

  • Maveah Griffith and Joe Marusak The Charlotte Observer

A judge in the Pacific Northwest on Friday rescheduled an extradition hearing for the suspect in the killings of two people at the old Sun Drop Bottling Co. plant in Concord in 2008. 

Disco Night headlines next Cook Out Summer Shootout after emotional Round 2 at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Disco Night headlines next Cook Out Summer Shootout after emotional Round 2 at Charlotte Motor Speedway

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The June 16 event marks the debut of Disco Night at the speedway's summer racing series, combining Legends Car and Bandolero competition with themed entertainment, dance contests and family activities.

Cabarrus EDC manufacturing docuseries wins multiple Telly Awards

Cabarrus EDC manufacturing docuseries wins multiple Telly Awards

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CONCORD — A video series highlighting Cabarrus County manufacturers has earned international recognition, bringing home two honors in the 47th Annual Telly Awards competition.The Cabarrus Economic Development Corporation announced that its five-part "Made in Cabarrus" docuseries received a S…

West Coast flavor manufacturer opens its doors in Concord to 20,000 varieties

West Coast flavor manufacturer opens its doors in Concord to 20,000 varieties

  • Claire Harutunian The Charlotte Observer

Walking through the new manufacturing facility in Concord on Thursday, it’s obvious what Custom Flavors produces: Flavors. Though tarps cover the products to keep customers confidential, the sweet smell of thousands of organic, natural and artificial flavors and flavored products permeated t…

Friday Five: A fairy walk, new restaurants, a festival and more

Friday Five: A fairy walk, new restaurants, a festival and more

  • Mark Plemmons

Mark Plemmons' Friday Five includes: First Watch and Jaggers are proceeding with construction on new restaurants in Concord; The Love & Light Fest will be at Eagle Hall in Kannapolis Saturday; Another Broken Egg Cafe is open at Christnebury Village; a grant will refurbish an historic rai…

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Commissioners Notebook: Mt. Pleasant creek to be named for Archie Fisher

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Cabarrus County neighbors: Obituaries for June 14

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Mike Ruffin:  Does God really care?

Mike Ruffin: Does God really care?

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Cabarrus County neighbors: Obituaries for June 13

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90,000 soldiers passed through Greensboro during World War II. Here's the story of the Overseas Replacement Depot

90,000 soldiers passed through Greensboro during World War II. Here's the story of the Overseas Replacement Depot

The Army Air Corps training base in Greensboro, best known as the Overseas Replacement Depot, would be America's last military base built from the ground up during World War II.

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Cabarrus County neighbors: Obituaries for June 12

Cabarrus County neighbors: Obituaries for June 12

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Could North Carolina have been a Spanish colony? It briefly was

Could North Carolina have been a Spanish colony? It briefly was

"For Native Americans, it sends their ancestors on a trajectory that is so difficult over the coming centuries. ...  But it also is the beginning of the American colonial story.”

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