Temperatures are expected to be above normal through mid-September.
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.
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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.
- Sarah C. Johnson
Friday marks the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
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“It was an opportunity to come together as a community and recognize the service and sacrifice of the men and women who have defended our country."
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"There are mean people that do not want the cats there. And there are very sweet people that come see the cats and love them.”
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The city of Conover acquired a piece of the North Tower in 2011.
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“As for what comes next, I am giving serious thought to other ways I might serve the people of this state.”
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"My dog was a giant baby, and he got executed by a Winston-Salem cop."
The Burwell School, according to the Historic Hillsborough Commission, stands as both a milestone for women’s education in North Carolina and a reminder of the brutality of slavery in the U.S.
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The six-month moratorium will give the county time to create rules on what kind of data centers can be built here.
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.”
After an exciting Stanley Cup run, Carolina Hurricanes fans are eager to see how the team responds in a new season that starts this month.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas — After approximately 30 years of mediocrity, Bill Armstrong had enough. The oil and gas billionaire knew SMU football's 1987 death penalty from the NCAA for illegally paying players was the catalyst for the program's generation-long downward spiral. But he believed the length of his alma mater's purgatory was somewhat self-imposed. "The first thing I had to do, to be ...
After nearly a decade of mediocrity and failure, the Carolina Panthers broke through last season and finished with an 8-9 record.
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Statesville city offices will close for Labor Day, sanitation routes shift, City Council meets Sept. 14, and police host a community fun day Sept. 12.
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Catawba men’s soccer dominated Newberry 5-0 in SAC play, with Juan Camilo scoring twice and the Indians outshooting the Wolves 17-2 on the road.
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Statesville announces Labor Day facility closures, adjusted sanitation pickups, a Sept. 14 City Council meeting with public comment, and a Sept. 12 police community event.
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Catawba women’s volleyball fell 3-2 to UVA Wise in SAC play at Goodman Arena, despite strong efforts from freshman Alani Kincaid and the Ayers twins.
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DEER LAKE, Canada — Geologist Kirsten Oravec is in her element. "This is a walk on the Earth's mantle. These are wonderfully strange rocks," she says, marveling at the Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park. The Earth's mantle, normally hidden deep beneath the Earth's crust, is the middle layer of the planet. The collision of continents "almost 500 million years ago" catapulted the interior to ...
ATHENS — Tourists from the U.S. are spending the most money per head on their trips to Greece — more than British, French, German and Italian visitors, figures from the Greek central bank show. According to August data from the Bank of Greece for the first half of 2026 and parsed by the Greek financial press, tourists from the U.S. spent an average of around €1,213 per person per trip to Greece ...
Whether you favor a quiet paddle, a deep dive or a shriek-inducing water park, why not center your next vacation around H2O? Here are five ideas to consider. Seabreeze Amusement Park, Rochester, N.Y. Lazy rivers, wave pools, log chutes and rip-tide slides. What more could a water-loving clan desire? And still, there is more for your family to enjoy with a visit to this park that also includes ...
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