Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is participating in the statewide Finish Line Grant program, helping to identify and assist students whose educational goals may be at risk because of financial emergencies.
Cabarrus County Government is holding a career fair to highlight public safety occupations, including law enforcement, paramedic/EMT and Emergency Management/fire.The career fair will be held on Saturday (Sept. 14) from 9 a.m. to noon on the 7th floor of the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office.
Officials say a 21-year-old died shortly after buying drugs from two people. Now the two suspected of selling the drugs are being charged through N.C.'s new “Death by Distribution” bill.
London’s Gfinity Esports Arena is set to host the start of the 2019 Formula 1 New Balance Esports Pro Series on Wednesday Sept. 11, pitching the world’s top esports drivers against each other as they represent all ten Formula One teams.
A trial is set for this week in Rowan County Superior Court. David Dover was charged with the murder of his 79-year-old coworker, Arthur Lee “Buddy” Davis of Kannapolis.
One of the biggest tourist attractions and shopping centers in North Carolina celebrated its 20th anniversary on Tuesday.Concord Mills was opened in Concord in 1999.
Fans seeking to kick their Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 weekend into high gear will have a golden opportunity to crank up the volume on Saturday, Sept. 28. Charlotte Motor Speedway will host a rollicking Rock the ROVAL™ party.
The NorthEast Foundation, whose mission is to provide financial and community support for Atrium Health Cabarrus, has announced that Jamal Smith is the recipient of the 2019 Ann Cannon Spirit of Volunteerism Scholarship Award.
The Rowan-Cabarrus Community College library will host a special exhibit, “North Carolina in the Great War,” at its North Campus in Salisbury from Sept. 23-Nov. 14. The traveling exhibit is sponsored by the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Kannapolis-based Rich Energy Haas F1 Team driver Romain Grosjean finished 16th while teammate Kevin Magnussen retired due to a hydraulic issue in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix, the 14th round of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship at Autodromo Nazionale Monza.
NASCAR driver and Cabarrus County native Daniel Hemric has established the Daniel Hemric Be the Change Scholarship with the Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Foundation.
In conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the first participant enrolled in the landmark MURDOCK Study, the Duke CTSI Translational Population Health Research group has announced plans to double its clinical research space at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis.
Kannapolis-based Rich Energy Haas F1 Team drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean brought home finishes of 12th and 13th, respectively, in Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, the 13th round of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
Isaiah Montique Cuthbertson of Kannapolis was convicted this week in Rowan County Criminal Superior Court of felony possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Carvana will put an auto facility in Concord, a project that would bring hundreds of jobs to the site of a former Philip Morris plant that’s been shuttered for over a decade.
The program chairs from the Health and Education department, as well as Emergency Medical Science (EMS), collaborated on the first ever health programs simulation at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College.
The Gene Haas Foundation has awarded Rowan-Cabarrus Community College a grant of $15,000 to assist students enrolled in manufacturing, machining and engineering-related programs.
Summer vacation is over for students in the Cabarrus County Schools as of Monday morning.30,000 students will be back in class, including approximately 1100 who will be attending Harold Winkler Middle School.
The Concord Police Department, with the assistance of CMPD, has concluded a month-long heroin operation investigation after arresting a man reportedly in possession of more than $8,000 in narcotics.
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College has received $2,000 from the Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation to help stock the College’s on-campus food and resource pantry.
The 4th Annual Kaleidoscope Arts Festival and Zombie Walk kicks off at 4 p.m., Saturday, August 24, at the North Carolina Research Campus in downtown Kannapolis.
One of NASCAR’s most highly anticipated weekends will feature arguably the greatest race car driver of all time leading the field to green on Sept. 29. Mario Andretti – a motorsports legend like no other – will serve as the honorary pace car driver for the Bank of America ROVAL™ 400
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College’s Fire and Emergency Services program has received official Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) recognition from the United States Fire Administration.
Registration for the Seventh annual Tour de Saints’ charity bike ride is underway. Hosted by All Saints Episcopal Church, this event is in support of Cooperative Christian Ministries of Cabarrus County.
Commissioners in Cabarrus County have given approval to an economic development package in the hopes of landing some 400 jobs at a Carvana distribution center on property that used to be home to the Philip Morris cigarette making plant.
Deputies say they received a 911 call around 8:30 p.m. to a home on Hopewell Church Road in Midland, where they found 71-year-old Arthur Thompson shot. Thompson was pronounced dead at the scene.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation say the wreck happened on I-85 northbound near Exit 68, NC-152, “with traffic queue of about 10 miles extending into Cabarrus County.”
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.
