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WHAT’S HAPPENING Atlanta JournalConstitution to stop printing, transition to all-digital news The Atlanta JournalConstitution will stop printing at the end of 2025. The decision will make Atlanta the largest U.S. metro area without a printed major newspaper. Publisher Andrew Morse says in a Thursday announcement that the company will bolster its news delivery in digital, audio and video formats. Morse says more people consume news in digital platforms than print, and this trend is growing. The newspaper is owned by the Cox family and has a rich history dating back to 1868.
Average rate on 30-year mortgage slips to 10-month low The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage slipped this week to its lowest level in 10 months but remains close to where it’s been in recent weeks. The long-term rate eased to 6.56% from 6.58% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.35%.
U.S. applications for jobless benefits fell last week as layoffs remain low Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as employers appear to be holding onto their workers even as the economy has slowed. Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending Aug. 23 dropped 5,000 to 229,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Job gains have averaged just 35,000 a month in the three months ending in July, barely one-quarter what they were a year ago.
U.S. economy grows 3.3% in second quarter, government says, in second estimate of April-June growth The U.S. economy rebounded this spring from a first-quarter downturn caused by fallout from President Donald Trump’s trade wars. In an upgrade from its first estimate, the Commerce Department said Thursday that U.S. gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services — expanded at a 3.3% annual pace from April through June after shrinking 0.5% in the first three months of 2025. The department had initially estimated second-quarter growth at 3%.
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Shipped off
The Panthers have sent veteran wide receiver Adam Thielen (19) back to Minnesota, receiving a 2026 fifth-round pick and 2027 fourth-round pick while shipping the Vikings a 2027 fifth and a conditional 2026 seventh-rounder. Thielen, a Minnesota native, has the third-most catches in Vikings history but left the franchise to sign in Carolina, where he spent two years, including a 100-catch season in 2023.
Stanly EDC board receives information on career plans with local school system Mandy Melton, head of career education for Stanly Scounty Schools, presented information to the board on the school system’s programs By Charles Curcio Stanly News Journal THE STANLY COUNTY Economic Development Commission board met Monday in the recently completed Trades
Building of Stanly Community College to discuss various items. Mandy Melton, head of career and technical education (CTE) for Stanly County Schools, gave a presentation to board members about the various initiatives the school system undertakes each academic year. She said the school system offered 67 CTE classes, noting 1,518 high school students (68.8% of the total number of students) were enrolled in at least one class.
The school’s CTE program also extends to middle schools where Melton said 871 students (45.8%) in grades 6-8 take partin a CTE exploratory class. During the last academic year, Melton added, students earned 4,497 industry-recognized credentials (72.9% of the credential potential for the year). The internship program had 46 students, and seven students were in a preapprentice ship program.
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Melton highlighted several classes in particular, including a natural resources class at South Stanly, which falls under the agricultural department, and a firefighting class at Albemarle. Other events throughout the year highlight CTE education in the SCS system, including the Be Pro Be Proud bus, an outreach of the North Carolina Home Builders Association. Students get the chanc to drive
With the smell of coffee in the air, the Roasted Edge brings a small event space to the town By Charles Curcio Stanly News Journal
THE BUSINESS of hosting events in Stanly has been one which has grown by leaps and bounds over the last few years. From big places in the country to host weddings and festivals to wineries and more, Stanly has some wide open spaces for people to celebrate the milestones of life. A new event venue in downtown Oakboro looks to add its name to the growing list
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of sites with two cozy spaces with completely different vibes. The Roasted Edge, at 117 North Main St., is a two-level event venue that has two completely different themes on its floors. Alexandria Clodfelter and her husband, Chance, own the building and had bounced around several ideas for a good use for it. The 3,500-square-foot facility the couple owns had been sitting basically unused when the COVID pandemic hit. The Clodfelters make and grind coffee, Rel Coffee, in the building, and it can be
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