Badin News

The source of contaminated fish in Badin Lake, scene of a long-running dispute over Alcoa's now-closed aluminum smelter, remains unknown nearly a year after state officials warned the public.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 2:50 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 2:50 p.m. Recent coverage in The Dispatch on the Alcoa/Yadkin Hydroelectric Relicensing appears to have digressed into a shouting match.

Lou Donaldson on Jon Hammond's HammondCast Show for KYOU Radio. Lou was born November 1, 1926 is a jazz alto saxophonist.

Four University of West Florida athletes earned Gulf South Conference player of the week awards.

The N.C. House Water Resources and Infrastructure Committee's vote Tuesday not to transfer Senate Bill 967 out of committee will give it more time to study the proposal for a Yadkin River Trust.

The N.C. House Water Resources and Infrastructure Committee's vote Tuesday not to transfer Senate Bill 967 out of committee will give it more time to study the proposal for a Yadkin River Trust.

Published: Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 17, 2009 at 4:03 p.m. Samantha Jo Lesch and William Garrison Rudisill Jr.

More than 100 people from Anson, Montgomery, Stanly, Davidson and Rowan counties attended a hearing Tuesday in Raleigh where state legislators were considering possible creation of a Yadkin River Trust.

Published: Monday, July 6, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 5:43 p.m. Handy Sanitary District customers living within the first phase of the $18 million Badin Lake regional sewer project area have until July 13 to pay the $3,500 sewer connection fee before the price jumps to $7,500 once construction begins.

The Alcoa Power Generating Inc. official most closely identified with the company's relicensing effort for the Yadkin Project officially retired June 1. But Gene Ellis, former licensing and property manager with APGI, has stayed on in the prolonged relicensing fight as a consultant, working with Long View Associates of Washington state.

Published: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 7:24 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 7:24 a.m. Spend an hour on the Westchester Country Day School campus with recent graduate Lily Ragan and you'll find she's different from the average 18-year-old. Send us your photos E-mail photos taken at graduations in Davidson County to ...