“We support local nonprofits working in food sustainability, environmental conservation, water resilience, agriculture, poverty alleviation and community well-being,” reads a statement from the GOAT Collaborative.
- Mike Conley
Among the most significant gains will come from the cardboard baler, which is expected to reduce cardboard hauling trips from about 156 per year to 17.
- Mike Conley
“This award validates the tireless effort our nurses put into every shift to ensure our community receives high-quality, patient-centered care."
- Mike Conley
A brush fire happening now on Interstate 40 near the Nebo/Lake James exit will soon be under control.
This feature mines our archives for what was going on this week in local history.
- Mike Conley
The inaugural event will feature a local authors’ book fair, special sales and other book-themed events.
- Mark Parker Hickory Daily Record Sports Correspondent
Of the 12 wins, the Crawdads have rallied in seven of them, including four in the most recent series at home.
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Increased Fire Danger Across Western North Carolina Wednesday
The school resource officer who body-slammed a girl at West Charlotte High School last year was suspended without pay for excessive force, according to a letter from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department to the girl’s family.
District Attorney Jim O'Neill: "You will be brought to court. And we will show no quarter, no mercy whatsoever."
Increased Fire Danger in Western North Carolina on Wednesday
After a meeting that lasted about four-and-a-half hours, the commissioners voted 3-2 in favor of the plan to merge Catawba County's three school districts.
Anthony Freeman speaks about Catawba County school merger
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San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama scored 35 points as his team defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 111-98 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff clash. Wembanyama’s scoring output was the most by a player in their playoff debut in franchise history, passing the previous mark set by Ti…
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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.
Over a clamor of background noise, author Patrick Radden Keefe’s voice somehow sounds clear and calm. “I’m running around like a crazy person today because the book just came out. So you’re finding me at the bottom of the World Trade Center in a coffee shop,” he says as we connect on April 7, the publication day of his new work of nonfiction, “London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded ...
CHICAGO — As the year moves us closer to the months that we pay homage on Mother’s and Father’s Day to those who birthed us, nostalgic memories inevitably arise. In Dorothy Roberts’ latest book, “The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race and Family,” readers glimpse nostalgic moments from the sociologist and law professor’s family, with her parents at the center. An academic at the ...
There are literally billions and billions of podcasts! Don’t bother fact-checking that statement; it’s literally not true. It just sometimes feels that way, what with the plethora of content available on the many podcasting platforms, social media live streams and good ol’ YouTube. The good news for book lovers is that great conversations with your favorite authors have never been more ...
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