By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: April 1,2011
In 2005, the state Division of Water Quality slapped Karla Knotts and her husband’s Pineville-based real estate brokerage company, Knotts-Greylock, with a $57,816 fine. The basis for the fine: A tire rut in their Greylock subdivision development in Matthews. In the eyes of the DWQ, the rut was a temporary stream that helped the development [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: January 7,2011
After health officials issued warnings Thursday about eating fish from the Catawba River, David Merryman, Catawba riverkeeper, wants to know where the polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, are coming from. Health officials in North and South Carolina are urging the public to not eat largemouth bass and channel catfish in large portions of the river and its lakes [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: November 5,2010
Shannon Binns’ message isn’t new, but he’s hoping how he delivers it and who helps him will make people take notice. But first he has to get the Charlotte community, particularly the business community, to financially back his vision, a goal that might not be easy as nonprofits everywhere are dealing with funding challenges in [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: October 19,2010
The North Carolina Division of Water Quality plans to hold a public hearing from 7 to 9 p.m. today to discuss water-discharge permits for Duke Energy Corp.’s three coal-fired power plants along the Catawba River. The hearing on the permits, which are in draft form, will be held at Charles Mack Citizen Center in Mooresville. Duke is seeking renewal [...]
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