🌱 Road Closure Delays + Pilot Mountain Update + COVID Numbers

Good morning, Huntersville! It's Tuesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in Huntersville today.

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 60 Low: 32.

Here are the top stories in Huntersville today:

1. This CPCC instructor uses a rare visual technique to create art that is 3 paintings in 1 (Charlotte Observer)
2. COVID update: NC positivity rate 8.3%; Mecklenburg 6.4% (corneliustoday.com)
3. 5 Tips To Safely Shop Online In Huntersville (Huntersville Patch)
4. Huntersville Road Closure Expected To Cause Delays (Huntersville Patch)
5. Pilot Mountain Fire Spreads, video (Charlotte Patch)

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— Cassie Fambro

About me: A Texas-native, I've spent most of my life in Alabama but have recently moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. I have an avid interest in motorsports, so this makes the Carolinas an ideal region to call home. I have a decade of experience in journalism, graduating from the University of South Alabama with honors in journalism with a double major in psychology and a minor in criminal justice. I spent roughly five years of my career in front of a camera in TV news but I have spent years in print journalism and even earned a couple of cool awards like an Edward R. Murrow award along the way. I enjoy covering stories in education, healthcare, government and most of all, stories that directly help people and improve their lives in some way. Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my partner Matt, and our two cats, Kenly and Gotenks, going to new restaurants and hanging out at racetracks.

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