Capital Automotive Group of Raleigh says it has acquired Cloninger Ford of Hickory and Cloninger Ford of Morganton.
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NEWTON — Catawba County commissioners used their Sept. 21 consent agenda to move two capital…
HICKORY — Charlotte-based Flagship Healthcare Properties says it has bought the medical office building and…
MORGANTON — Burke County has put a formal public-hearing notice on the books for an economic development package aimed at an unidentified manufacturer code-named Project Ice Bear.
HICKORY — A national rehabilitation hospital operator says Hickory is one of six North Carolina markets where it has already locked down land for freestanding inpatient rehab hospitals — its first footprint in the state.
NEWTON — Downtown Newton’s long-planned mixed-use project on the old Corriher Implement Co. block is…
Catawba County commissioners unanimously terminated a December 2023 economic development agreement with Wanzl North America after the company missed investment and job targets. Vice Chair Austin Allran made the motion. The county paid $0 under the deal.
AG Jeff Jackson asks the Utilities Commission for a separate Duke Energy rate class for data centers and other large loads, so households are not left paying for AI-era megawatts.
Census: 2025 real median household income hits $87,460, highest since 1967. Official poverty falls to 10.2% — near a series low, with child and Hispanic rates at historic lows.
Cheaper AI-native industrial robots and a tight labor market are pushing U.S. factories to automate — including in Catawba County, where fiber, cable, and industrial reuse projects already define the next manufacturing map.