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CONCORD, N.C. -- Each day, 42 percent of the traffic traveling on Interstate 85 through Cabarrus County gets off at Exit 49, Charlotte Motor Speedway President and COO Marcus Smith said Tuesday during a meeting attended by local and state tourism leaders, and U.S. Rep.Richard Hudson.

Smith and other local tourism leaders told Hudson that funding improved infrastructure at Exit 49 would be one of the best things government could do to help the area and local tourism.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Both of Robeson County’s representatives in the U.S. House oppose military action against Syria.

“The important constitutional question to be answered regarding our country’s potential involvement in a foreign country’s civil war is whether such action meets the threshold of endangering our national security,” Rep. Mike McIntyre, a Democrat from Lumberton, said in a statement. “The recent actions in Syria raise very serious concern regarding the use of chemical weapons.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rowan County business leaders in Washington, D.C. for the N.C. Business and Economic Development Summit will meet today with the Federal Aviation Administration to pitch a $10.4 million improvement project at the Rowan County Airport.