The NCAA transfer portal has officially been open for one week and moves are being made around Duke basketball.
- Billy Chapman
While state surveyors were investigating complaints at the hospital, they documented two incidents that led to the Immediate Jeopardy status, which puts the hospital’s Medicaid and Medicare funding at risk.
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The community got its first look at new players and key returners at the Lenoir-Rhyne spring football game on Saturday. See some of the top images from the scrimmage.
- jason.koon
In the opener, LR pounded 25 hits as Matt Procopio, Drew Beard and Sylas Boris each had four-hit games.
- Mike Conley
Norfolk Southern’s rail line from Old Fort to Black Mountain saw major damage due to Hurricane Helene in late September 2024.
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On Saturday, the Master Gardeners of McDowell County held their sixth annual Spring Fling Plant Sale.
- 1ST LT. KARLEE SKAGGS U.S. Army
“The worst day in our homeland must be our best day at work,” Baird said. "Our people depend on us and we will not fail them.”
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North Carolina ended job creation incentives Tuesday for two companies and gave another company additional time to meet its incentive goals.
During booking, detention officers found narcotics which led to charges of felony possession of methamphetamine and felony possession of a controlled substance on jail premises.
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A subsequent search of the vehicle, with the assistance of Marion Police Department, turned up a suspected amount of fentanyl and drug paraphernalia.
Bricks & Minifigs will open Saturday at 10 a.m. in Hickory.
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Pablo Castelblanco, who plays Steve on "Happy's Place," talks with co-host Bruce Miller about the show and his background.
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