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Longtime Charlotte City Council member James Mitchell resigning James "Smuggie" Mitchell resigns from CLT City Council By WBTV Web Staff | January 11, 2021 at 9:45 AM EST - Updated January 11 at 7:06 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - James “Smuggie” Mitchell announced he is resigning as a council member effective at 5 p.m. Monday. Mitchell, a democrat, was serving his third term as an at-large council member. He previously served from 1999 to 2013 as the District 2 council member. HAPP...

Rev Patrick Baker with Bible teaching from South Grove Free Presbyterian Church

City of Charlotte RJ Leeper Construction is part of a $115 million contract to renovate the Charlotte Convention Center. R.J. Leeper Construction is a major player in the city’s construction business. And that includes contracts doled out by the city of Charlotte. Leeper is one of three construction companies in charge of a $115 million expansion of the Charlotte Convention Center, as well as a $600 million renovation of Charlotte Douglas Airport’s main terminal. The firm was also picked t...

Rev Patrick Baker with Bible teaching from South Grove Free Presbyterian Church

comments Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has for months stonewalled a new round of coronavirus emergency relief, specifically digging in on liability protections for businesses as a "red line" in negotiations with House Democrats and the Trump administration. But with a government shutdown looming at midnight on Friday, negotiations on a new bill have in recent days inched forward, with McConnell signaling he would yield on his key sticking point, apparently in part because he fea...

PIERS FULLER/Stuff New Eketāhuna resident Linda Osborne cant believe how welcoming people have been in the small Tararua town. Linda Osborne​ sold her modestly-sized three-bedroom house in Waikanae three months ago and bought a large five-bedroom house with over a hectare of land in Eketāhuna. ”I came over here because I originated from a very small rural community and feel naturally comfortable here.” A single mother with five children, most of whom have grown up and left the nest...

ICU bed space reaching capacity in cities across the country Posted at 12:15 PM, Dec 16, 2020 and last updated 2020-12-16 15:15:23-05 Some first responders worry if current COVID-19 hospitalization numbers do not start falling, the general population looking for care might get turned away. Bed space in intensive care units is not available in several major metropolitan areas around the country, as more COVID-19 patients come in. Last week, 224 ICU beds in the Albuquerque, New Mexico were repor...

Charlotte council considers more economic disclosure requirements Charlotte City Council has had to file economic interest forms for the last several years but theres been little enforcement making sure the statements are filed. (Source: WBTV) By David Hodges | December 16, 2020 at 1:58 PM EST - Updated December 16 at 1:58 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Charlotte City Council is considering a proposal to require more financial information be disclosed by elected officials on mandatory e...

Charlotte targets crime hotspots with nuisance abatement cases City considers nuisance abatement for Charlotte crime hotspots By David Hodges | December 14, 2020 at 4:54 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 6:38 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A deluge of crime in some areas of the Queen City is causing some city councilmembers to pull out every trick in the government tool bag to end it. The city is considering brining nuisance abatement cases against some property owners, what City Attorney Patri...

Share this article NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --  Surfside Solutions Inc. ("Surfside"), a leading provider of advertising and data solutions focused on the cannabis industry, today announced its out-of-home ("OOH") measurement tool as an added feature to the companys Motion Signals platform. Surfsides new capabilities provide advertisers the ability to understand the people who were in view of static and digital OOH placements, and tie that exposure back to digital engagements - s...