Catawba Valley Republican Men and Moms for Liberty call a Monday press conference after Newton-Conover’s Shaw and Hayes pointed to SB 516 instead of matching CCS’s biological-sex bathroom policy. CVRM chairman Tom Dees: “This is what cowardice looks like.”
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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.
AI extinction panic uses the same fear-and-control playbook as climate absolutism. Catawba should debate data centers on facts—not doomsday liturgy.
President Trump released an Oval Office video giving Michael Whatley his complete and total endorsement for U.S. Senate against Roy Cooper.
Forsite Development is marketing the former Kroehler Furniture plant in Conover for industrial reuse after a reported $12 million purchase.
Rep. Pat Harrigan says principled compromise requires shared values — and that Washington’s gridlock comes from disagreeing on the problems themselves.
Roy Cooper’s 2000 Attorney General race ended in a 2014 defamation settlement and apology over a false TV ad. In 2026, his allies stretch “hired” over Michael Whatley’s volunteer and elective party ties to Harvey West.
Hickory Police said it launched a Flock Safety transparency portal showing ALPR retention, sharing, queries, camera counts, alerts, and policy summaries.