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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 ...

Zoe Gamble, Board of Directors President for Yadkin Riverkeeper Inc., has announced that Dean Naujoks, the Yadkin Riverkeeper, has been awarded the River Network's 2009 National River Heroes Award.

Drought has forced North Carolina to take a closer look at its dependence on rivers for drinking water and economic development.

State Sen. Fletcher Hartsell is joining the fight over control of the Yadkin River with the recent introduction of legislation on the issue.

The Alcoa-owned dams that created High Rock Lake, Tuckertown Reservoir and Badin Lake were financed with private funds over 50 years ago and the state of North Carolina has no business usurping those investors .

Supporters of a state takeover of Alcoa's Yadkin Hydroelectric Project argue the action is justified because of lost jobs at Badin Works, the need for better water control, potential state revenues to be gained from the sale of electricity, environmental issues and because the Yadkin River is a public resource whose benefits should flow primarily ...

Federal regulators Friday granted Gov. Bev Perdue's eleventh-hour motion to intervene in the renewal of Alcoa's hydroelectric license for the Yadkin River.

Aluminum company Alcoa is asking federal regulators to deny Governor Bev Perdue's request for an emergency hearing in the Yadkin River dispute.

Senate Bill 967, which would establish a state trust to own and manage the Yadkin Hydroelectric Project, won the unanimous support Tuesday of the N.C. Senate's Judiciary II Committee.