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CONCORD, N.C. – Artwork by Cabarrus County students will be brightening up buildings in Washington, D.C. soon.
Mount Pleasant High School junior Jazmin Williams won first place in the 2014 Congressional Art Competition and was recognized along with other winners at a reception hosted by U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson at the Sam Bass Gallery in Concord on Tuesday.
Concord High School senior Shelby Stocton’s piece came in second place. In third place was Destiny Jacobs from Fairmont High School.
DENTON | A South Davidson High School senior was surprised Wednesday morning when a special visitor congratulated him on his personal and community work.
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8th, presented Brandon Paul with the Congressional Award Silver and Bronze medals during class. The awards give young people the opportunity to set personal goals and achieve them through four components — public service, personal development, physical fitness and exploration.
HAMLET — Richmond County business owners and elected officials came together on Wednesday to discuss issues that may affect the future business and taxes in the county.
North Carolina Rep. Ken Goodman, Rep. Garland Pierce, Sen. Gene McLaurin and Congressman Richard Hudson came together at Cole Auditorium in Hamlet to answer questions from residents concerning the county. One of those topics concerned energy sources in the state.
CONCORD, N.C. — New lanes on Interstate 85 have made it easier to get to exit 49, the main access point for Concord Mills and the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
But once you get off the exit and onto Concord Mills Boulevard, traffic is a different story.
Exit 49 is the busiest in the state, averaging more than 40,000 cars a day.
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson said businesses along the stretch generate nearly $1 billion to the state's economy and he doesn't want that to be stifled.
CONCORD, N.C. -- The Silverman Group broke ground Thursday on the construction of two new speculative buildings, adding to the inventory of large vacant commercial buildings the area has to market to potential employers.
“We need more facilities like we have here today, like we have starting here today,” said Patrick Coughlin, president and CEO of the Cabarrus Economic Development Corporation and Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce. “You guys have opened up the floodgates.”
MONROE — Congressman Richard Hudson, R-8, visited Union Academy on Wednesday to tour the facility and talk to students, faculty and staff.
Hudson is a member of the Education and the Workforce committee and sits on the Workforce Protections and High Education and Workforce Training subcommittees.
CONCORD -- Exit 49 stakeholders continued their push for road and infrastructure improvements Monday, meeting with a U.S. congressman and warning that traffic gridlock could choke off the area’s economic success.
House Republicans demonstrated on Thursday their support for restoring funding to a U.S. military that could shrink to its lowest size in decades as global threats rise.
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are pushing back against a Navy review to potentially ban the sale of tobacco products on Navy and Marine Corps facilities, saying it violates servicemembers’ “rights.”
Last month, Cmdr. Tamara Lawrence, a Navy spokeswoman for the secretary, confirmed Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus is taking a new look at tobacco use across the service. A Navy official, who spoke to Stars and Stripes on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the topic, said one option on the table is banning tobacco sales on Navy bases and ships.
An appropriations request submitted to a Congressional committee would block the use of defense dollars to shutter Fort Bragg's 440th Airlift Wing.
The request, submitted by North Carolina U.S. Reps. Renee Ellmers, David Price, Richard Hudson and Mike McIntyre, would "prohibit funding for the inactivation, relocation or any other measure that would disrupt the mission, personnel or aircraft of the 440th Airlift Wing," according to Hudson's office.