Two-day event culminates in placement of signed steel beam Under sunny downtown Concord skies, community members gathered this week for the two-day Cabarrus County Courthouse “topping off” celebration.  The event commemorated a major milestone in the project, as the building’s structure is now in place and crews are moving into the next phase of construction for the 250,000-square-foot expansion/renovation. The event was also the first official public presentatio...

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In 2008, racing team owner and engineering whiz Gene Haas and NASCAR racing legend Tony Stewart came together to form what would become one of the world’s most formidable racing organizations with Stewart-Haas Racing. The company needed a state-of-the-art facility to recruit talent that included sports celebrities and all the other various talent it takes to build a race team, and Kannapolis could deliver. Through the years, their success has led them to add more cars and even expand...

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After a long year of waiting to honor its 2020 class of inductees, the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame will hold inductions for its 2020 and 2021 class on Thursday, October 21, 2021 in Kannapolis, North Carolina. The 2020 inductees, announced last year during the COVID-19 pandemic, included six nationally known and award-winning legends from North Carolina: The Briarhoppers, Jermaine Dupri, Donald Lawrence, Michael T Mauldin, Charles Whitfield, and the Squirrel Nut Zippers. The annual cerem...

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City Will Host Two Concerts This Week The City of Kannapolis will continue its Summer Concert and Movie Series with two concerts this week. The Band of Oz will perform at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 8 at Veterans Park. Uncle Kracker will perform at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 10 at Village Park. Both events are free to the public.   The City will provide a free shuttle to Village Park during the Uncle Kracker concert. The shuttle will operate from 5-10:30 p.m. Masks must be worn on the p...

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The City of Kannapolis Fire Department is sponsoring a food drive to benefit the Cooperative Christian Ministry Food Pantry. Drop off your non-perishable food items, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on July 16 at Kannapolis City Hall, 401 Laureate Way. Meet Kannapolis firefighters as they take your donations and "stuff the fire truck" with your donations.   Currently, the ministry needs cereal, peanut butter, soup, pasta sauce, dried beans and canned carrots, peas, potatoes, vegetables...

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All City of Kannapolis offices will be closed on Monday, July 5, in observance of the Independence Day holiday. There will be no disruption in garbage and recycling collection service; however, there will be no collection of yard debris. Please remember in North Carolina, only sparklers and poppers are legal. It's illegal to have ground spinners, bottle rockets, and aerial fireworks (any firework that explodes or leaves the ground on its own). Please adhere to the law and have a safe holi...

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