For 38 years Dr. William F. Pilkington has served as the Public Health Director and Chief Executive Officer for the Cabarrus Health Alliance. Now, according to The Independent Tribute, he is stepping down in October.
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College fine arts students will learn more than just creative skills this fall when Pottery 101 welcomes them to hold ceramics classes at its downtown studio and retail shop.
The Cabarrus County Board of Education has reversed course on the fate of Beverly Hills Elementary School, voting on Monday night to let the school remain open.
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College’s radiography program continues to make a name for itself, with students achieving 100 percent pass rates on industry credentialing exams and 100 percent job placement within 12 months of graduation, according to a press release from RCCC.
With NASCAR stars Ryan Newman and Chase Briscoe in attendance, the green flag will fly on Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Fall Season of Speed on Wednesday with the speedway’s annual Parade of Power from 12-2 p.m.
Erikc Pérez-Pérez, a former Early College student at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, recently graduated from the University of Notre Dame’s top-ranked Mendoza School of Business. While at Notre Dame, he and several fellow students founded a technology company called Resonado.
Race fans visiting Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sept. 29 will party in the fast lane prior to the second running of the historic Bank of America ROVAL™ 400. Chris Lane will perform on the speedway's frontstretch.
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College’s marketing team received three national awards for the College’s annual report, a holiday invitation and a billboard.
At the City Council work session on Tuesday, August 6, the Concord City Council appointed David W. Phillips to fill the District 1 Council Member vacancy left by the death of Sam Leder.
It is another great year to Discover Fun in Kannapolis. The City has announced its lineup of concerts, movies, special events, Intimidators Baseball and of course - fireworks for 2019.
Michael Bonoffski, Senior Vice President of Marketing & Communications for the Cabarrus County Convention and Visitors Bureau, has received the Certified Destination Management Executive (CDME) designation.
Cybersecurity is one of the fastest-growing employment segments in the information technology field, with hundreds of thousands of job openings across the nation.
The Census recently assigned two hard-working partnership specialists, local residents Peter Sabo and Lawanda Blair Foster, to help ensure an accurate count in Cabarrus County.
Kannapolis-based Rich Energy Haas F1 Team driver Kevin Magnussen brought home a 13th-place finish in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix, the 12th round of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship at Hungaroring in Budapest.
On Friday, August 2, Atrium Health will unveil new signage at its hospital in Concord, continuing the long history of providing care to Cabarrus, Rowan and surrounding counties.
The Head Start program in Cabarrus County is getting a reboot and a new grantee, according to a new release from US Representative Richard Hudson, (R, NC-08).
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College offers numerous seminars for local small business owners through the Small Business Center (SBC). Seminars are provided free-of-charge and open to the public.
North Carolina First Lady Kristin Cooper will tour Cabarrus County arts organizations on Thursday, August 1 to learn more about the influence of arts initiatives in the county.
There’s a distinctive vehicle rolling on the streets of Concord right now. It’s equipped with cameras, computers, and lasers, all designed to help city transportation crews know exactly which streets need work, not just now, but in the future.
The City of Kannapolis has announced through a press release that SNP Therapeutics, a new medical food and supplement company, is coming to the North Carolina Research Campus.
Cabarrus County officials released details of the social engineering scam that diverted a $2.5 million vendor payment made by the county. Of that total, $1.7 million remains missing.
The 26th season of Bojangles’ Summer Shootout racing on Charlotte Motor Speedway’s frontstretch quarter-mile will conclude with back-to-back nights of bumper-banging action on Monday and Tuesday.
Kannapolis-based Rich Energy Haas F1 Team drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen scored the team’s second double-points finish of the season, placing ninth and 10th, respectively, in Sunday’s wet and wild German Grand Prix.
Multiple local government websites have been attacked by hackers in the last few days, including, but not limited to, Lincoln County, Concord and Anson County.
If you are fairly extraordinary at a craft or hobby, put it on display at the Cabarrus County Fair, September 6 -14 at the Cabarrus County Arena and Events Center (4759 NC-49, Concord) and now is the time to submit contest entries.
Kannapolis 101 gives residents a behind-the-scenes look at how your local city government works. This special nine week program begins September 10. It is held at various city facilities from 6-8:30 p.m.
Local pastors traded paint in school buses, Legend Cars tangled and Bandoleros battled during Tuesday’s eighth round of the Bojangles’ Summer Shootout at Charlotte Motor Speedway presented by iFLY.
Meghan Davis, a biotechnology instructor at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, participated in the UNC World View OVERBook Project on the Environment and Sustainability for 2018-2019.
City of Concord Water Resources crews will begin a stormwater pipe replacement project on Spring Street NW near Coltrane-Webb Elementary School on Wednesday, July 24.
The City of Kannapolis invites everyone, especially neighborhood associations, community groups and homeowner associations, to join the Kannapolis Police Department, from 5 – 8 p.m., Tuesday, August 6, to celebrate National Night Out.
Thanks to a $224,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College has rolled out a new Women in Engineering and Industrial Technologies (WE IT) initiative to promote the enrollment of women in fields related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
The Concord Police Department is currently investigating a shooting that occurred Sunday afternoon in the Ramsgate subdivision just off of Zion Church Road.
Operation Fan Heat Relief is open for business and handing out fans to eligible residents around Cabarrus County this summer and into the fall as temperatures continue to rise.
All it took was for the artist to hear the story of a boy who needed to cross a busy Kannapolis thoroughfare on the mornings when he missed the school bus to launch what’s become the talk of the town this summer: a tunnel takeover.
From Friday night’s “run-what-you-brung” Outlaw Drag Wars at zMAX Dragway to the first-ever Cars & Coffee “Ride the ROVAL™” event on Saturday and the summer’s final school bus slobberknocker at the Bojangles’ Summer Shootout, the coming week at Charlotte Motor Speedway offers a buffet of fun
The Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Foundation has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (ZSR) as part of its Inclusive Public Art initiative.
Cabarrus County Government is one of Charlotte Business Journal’s 2019 Healthiest Employers. It’s the seventh consecutive year the County received the award for its commitment to offering a wide range of wellness resources and maintaining a healthy workplace.
Kannapolis City Schools has named Kevin Garay as its new Assistant Superintendent. Garay will replace Dr. Kelly Burgess who is leaving to take a position in the Rowan-Salisbury School District.
The annual Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Student Leadership Banquet recognized outstanding student leaders for their dedication to academics, student life and volunteerism.
A Concord resident was sentenced on July 16, 2019, in federal court in Greensboro, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The Salisbury-based Three Rivers Land Trust, formerly the LandTrust for Central North Carolina, has been named Land Conservationist of the Year by the North Carolina Wildlife Federation as part of its 56th Annual Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards.
Rachelle Colas and Demarcus Cousar graduated during Rowan-Cabarrus Community College’s commencement ceremonies in May as the College’s 2019 Scholars of Global Distinction.
Petty Officer 1st Class Garrett Egnor, a 2005 Northwest Cabarrus High School graduate and native of Concord, North Carolina, is one of these sailors serving at the Fleet Weather Center.
There have been some very bright spots over the years for the only American-based team racing in Formula One, but Sunday’s British Grand Prix will stand as one of the lowest, and it started on the first lap.
The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada has awarded Cabarrus County the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the 34rd consecutive year.
The N.C. Department of Transportation plans to close Plaza Road Extension between Stafford Road and Starwood Drive at 9 a.m. Monday, July 15, weather permitting.
Charlotte Motor Speedway officials announced a special promotion that will give race fans the opportunity to relive the drama of NASCAR’s newest thriller in first-person fashion.
The Center for Digital Government (CDG) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) recently announced Cabarrus County as a winner of the 17th anniversary Digital Counties Survey. Cabarrus ranked first nationally among its population category, 150,000-249,999.
Rich Energy, the British-based energy drink firm and title sponsor for the Kannapolis-based Rich Energy Haas Formula One race team is terminating its sponsorship of the team according to multiple media reports.
Cabarrus County is building a new courthouse that will change the look of downtown Concord. Officials encourage the public to become familiar with the project at a drop-in Q&A session on Wednesday.
The Concord Police Department has arrested a man who is accused of shooting a former NFL and University of South Carolina quarterback during a dispute in Concord Monday afternoon.
A Cabarrus County family is offering a substantial reward for the return of a beloved dog that apparently got loose while his owner was in the hospital.
Members of the Concord Police and Fire Departments responded to a scene on the I-85 on Sunday in which a bus with dozens of passengers had been evacuated on the side of the highway.
Cabarrus County Commissioners on Monday experienced the first 3D images of the possible future of downtown Concord, viewing renderings of the Cabarrus County Courthouse as it could exist at the completion of the project.
Fireworks filled the sky and sparks populated the pavement in Tuesday night’s spectacular fifth round of the Bojangles’ Summer Shootout at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Former University of South Carolina quarterback Anthony Wright was hospitalized after suffering several gunshot wounds, according to police in North Carolina.
The Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Phi Beta Lambda business club won 18 awards at the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) State Leadership Conference in Charlotte and competed at the national conference in San Antonio in June.
Three Rowan-Cabarrus Community College students have been selected as this year’s Student Excellence Award winners and represented the College in statewide awards competition within the North Carolina Community College System.
