Regional News

Union County commissioners have approved spending $1.575 million to purchase land in Monroe for the future home of the county Department of Health and the Department of Social Services.

U.S. 601 north of Monroe will be reduced to one lane of traffic today and Thursday, the N.C. Department of Transportation says.

The Union County Schools have received about 20 applications for the soon-to-be-vacant superintendent position, school officials said Monday.

The good news: State officials have agreed to spend $1.5 million to replace a narrow, aging bridge that carries 13,000 vehicles each day in Matthews.

Nearly 1,000 Union County residents attended a meeting Thursday night, many of them complaining to state legislators about cuts in funding to the Union County Schools.

At least seven of the 10 listed Republican candidates for the 9th District congressional seat currently held by Sue Myrick are scheduled to attend a forum Saturday morning in Waxhaw.

A group of western Union County parents will meet with state legislators tonight to discuss recent and proposed future cuts in state spending on education.

Members of the Mecklenburg Union Metropolitan Planning Organization will focus on the region's road projects at an open meeting Monday in Indian Trail, 4-7p.m. at town hall,

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A plan for a controversial piece of Matthews Four Mile Creek Greenway needs to be reworked to avoid the threat of floods, according to the Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department.