Speculation that Apple Corp. will build a $1 billion data center in Maiden, N.C., is building momentum, The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer reported Monday. Apple said this spring it was focusing on North Carolina as the site of a new data center.

The new technology center that opened this month at the Catawba Indian Nation's Longhouse was the result of a combined efforts by a variety of groups. It should be a valuable learning tool not only for tribal members but also others in the community.

By Sarah Newell Williamson, Hickory Daily Record, N.C. Jul. 25--NEWTON -- As Catawba County has grown, the Catawba County Schools system has grown with it.

By Anonymous It's not always good to be No. 1. In April, the waterway that courses through the center of the Charlotte region was at the top of America's Most Endangered Rivers, compiled by American Rivers, a Washington, D.C., advocacy group.

By Bruce Henderson / The Charlotte Observer and Adam O'Daniel / aodaniel@heraldonline.com The Catawba River, beset by growing water demand, drought and what critics say are failed policies to protect it, is the nation's most endangered river, an environmental group says.