Feb. 27, 2009

• Closing Of Mecklenburg Co.’s Juvenile Detention Center Will Tie Up Officers

Feb. 26, 2009

• Quilting tells another side of black history

Feb. 25, 2009

• Another $6.9M to be cut from county budget
• Mecklenburg will seek further cuts; schools could lose $2.5 million
• County Wants $5M From Current CMS Budget
• County may ask schools for more budget cuts

Feb. 24, 2009

• Schools one topic for commissioners' meeting

Feb. 23, 2009

• Critical need fund over $2 million and growing

Feb. 22, 2009

• Mecklenburg County budget cuts: How will they impact you?
• Big Read: Second time can still surprise - Feb 22, 2009

Feb. 21, 2009

• Budget cuts will close youth jail
• Shuffletown Sportsplex put on hold
• WHO YOU GONNA CALL?

Feb. 20, 2009

• Mecklenburg County Outlines Budget Cuts to Save $17M
• Mecklenburg County agencies are cut by $17.4 million
• Budget cuts close Mecklenburg youth jail
• Big Mecklenburg Co. budget cuts announced
• CMS, sheriff's department asked to slash budgets
• Murder message: men are victims, too

Feb. 19, 2009

• Get kids screened for free pre-K
• March planned after alleged domestic homicide
• Ex charged in shooting

Feb. 18, 2009

• Job cuts possible with Mecklenburg budget deficit
• Whitewater center gets $1 million from Mecklenburg 
• County Leaders Make Decisions On Massive Budget Cuts 
• County works to avoid cut of 500 employees 
• Whitewater Center gets $1 million 
• Commissioners OK recordings at meetings 
• Commissioners Discuss NC Whitewater Center
• Commissioners discuss NC Whitewater Center payment 
• Whitewater park aims to trim losses
• Know the rules before selling at festivals

Feb. 17, 2009

• County wary of diving into whitewater
• Mecklenburg commissioners discuss Whitewater's debt
• County questions Whitewater operations 
• Mecklenburg considers fate of NC whitewater center
• Commissioners approve recording of closed-door talks
• Commission will release audio of closed-door meetings

Feb. 16, 2009

• Mecklenburg Co. Looks At Worst-Case Budget Cuts

Feb. 15, 2009

• New floodplain maps in the works

Feb. 14, 2009

• Commercial building permits hit 6-year low

Feb. 13, 2009

• Language barrier won't hinder Medic response
• Abandoned Baby Finds Happy Home

Feb. 12, 2009

• Mecklenburg County saves taxpayers $18 million by refunding bonds 
• County committed to spend millions on various projects
• Habitat picks clean doomed apartments

Feb. 11, 2009

• Local stimulus wish list: $1 billion
• Mecklenburg Mental Health seeing an increase in clients
• Rescuers reunited with man they saved

Feb. 10, 2009

• Mecklenburg County officials take stimulus wish-list to Washington, DC.
• County leaders return from D.C. lobbying trip 
• Recycle and Win

Feb 09, 2009

• Mecklenburg leaders lobby for stimulus funds
• Mecklenburg County looks at changing the permitting process for commercial construction projects

Feb. 06, 2009

• Building projects pass at record rate

Feb. 04, 2009

• Free HIV testing at Johnson C. Smith

Feb 03, 2009

• Mecklenburg County trimming budget by 15 percent
• County refinances some debt

January 28, 2009

• NC County Commissions want state to overturn law prohibiting smoking bans