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February 13, 2019

• Wind gusts comparable to a Category 3 hurricane are blowing at Grandfather Mountain
• Disgruntled Clemson students should find a new university
• We’ve canceled the ‘Non Sequitur’ comic strip in The Observer and want you to know why
• Mecklenburg County websites were down 12 hours. The county hopes to avoid a repeat.
• A baby injured in January house fire dies, as death toll rises to 4
• NASCAR Cup series title No. 2? Defending champ Joey Logano might have found secret
• Want to get more engaged in your community? Check out Civics 101
• 4 Observer-area stars named to Carolinas Classic All-Star rosters
• Panthers announce coaching changes, including newly-defined role for one assistant
• High wind warning issued as western NC faces potentially hazardous 65 mph wind gusts
• Gardner-Webb University names an East Carolina dean as its new president
• Tuesday’s boys roundup: Rocky River upsets Independence
• QB Cam Newton admits he’s not perfect in cryptic post, ‘but I’m damn sure worth it’
• Urban Ministry Center and Men’s Shelter of Charlotte to merge into one nonprofit
• Charlotte looks to shake off HB2 legacy with NBA All-Star Game hoopla
• Wells Fargo pushes back on shareholder reform plans
• Sleeping in your car now illegal in one Virginia county -- even in your own driveway
• RIP Mars rover: See some of its best pictures from 15 years on the red planet
• 3 local boards went on retreats. Only one stayed in town, and the costs reflect that
• CMS buys land for new south Charlotte elementary. But some parents want more help.
• Superintendent calls on CMS to rally for students ‘traumatized’ by recent ICE raids
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. gets ‘down and dirty’ with Hurricane Michael chainsaw cleanup crew
• Think Pokemon Go, but in serious application: That’s what Charlotte professor is doing in #HomeCLT
• Ground-breaking ballet star Mel Tomlinson, who returned home to N.C., dies at 65
• St. Paul and The Broken Bones’ latest album looks inward for inspiration
• Part II: How—and what—is Charlotte doing, one year after NAACP Minority Report?
• Inside Councilwoman Dimple Ajmera’s traditional/nontraditional wedding ceremony
• 7 NBA All-Star Weekend Watch Parties in Charlotte
• He’s playing in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at age 58. What’s Dr. Oz trying to prove?
• From the Observer archives: In 2002, Mel Tomlinson was dancing for the glory of God