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Education Tomorrow at Greenheck Group

Education Tomorrow at Greenheck Group

Greenheck Group engineers help Burns High School students build and race electric vehicles

Staff Reports

3 minutes ago

Save a life: Check your stuff

Save a life: Check your stuff

Save a life: Check your stuff

Chuck Thompson

2 days ago

Curbside voting sign at the BOE

Curbside voting sign at the BOE

Republican participation grows as early voting continues

Chuck Thompson

4 days ago

U.S. Congressman Tim Moore gives a thumbs up at the Liver Mush Festival

U.S. Congressman Tim Moore gives a thumbs up at the Liver Mush Festival

Congressman Tim Moore announces over $871 million in federal funding for Helene recovery across North Carolina

Staff Reports

5 days ago

dollars spread out of different amounts

dollars spread out of different amounts

Report: North Carolina surplus is $7,500 per taxpayer

Alan Wooten

5 days ago

Opinion

Opinion

Question everything: A call for healthy skepticism in politics and advertising | Opinion

Ron Humphries

6 days ago

FACING THE VOTERS: Wayne King, Cleveland County Commissioner

FACING THE VOTERS: Wayne King, Cleveland County Commissioner

FACING THE VOTERS: Wayne King, Cleveland County Commissioner

Chuck Thompson

Oct 19

Police lights

Police lights

KMPD investigates shooting at Kings Food Store

Chuck Thompson

Oct 19

Shelby shows up for music, mutts and mush at the NC Liver Mush Festival | Opinion

Shelby shows up for music, mutts and mush at the NC Liver Mush Festival | Opinion

Shelby shows up for music, mutts and mush at the NC Liver Mush Festival | Opinion

Opinion

Oct 19

Rod Powell

Rod Powell

FACING THE VOTERS: Rod Powell, NC Senate District 44

Chuck Thompson

Oct 19

Dover Baptist wwith flames coming out of the rood. Photo by Wendell Leonard

Dover Baptist wwith flames coming out of the rood. Photo by Wendell Leonard

Fire destroys Dover Baptist Church

Chuck Thompson

Oct 18

The Livermush Festival: Pardon me, excuse me, pass the livermush, y'all

Chuck Thompson

Oct 18

CC Board of Elections parking lot

CC Board of Elections parking lot

Cleveland County early voting is telling an interesting story

Chuck Thompson

Oct 17

SELAH to perform concert Saturday at First Baptist Church, Shelby

SELAH to perform concert Saturday at First Baptist Church, Shelby

SELAH to perform concert Saturday at First Baptist Church, Shelby

Chuck Thompson

Oct 16

Robert Queen

Robert Queen

FACING THE VOTERS: Robert Queen, School Board

Chuck Thompson

Oct 16

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