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Fifteen people have been honored for completing all seven 5K events as part of the Run Kannapolis Series. In its first year over 1,000 people walked or ran in at least one of the seven 5K events held in the City. The Run Kannapolis series is part of the City’s Discover a Healthy Life brand.  Completing all seven events in 2015: David Baucom Keith Eagle Sarah Edwards Jay Evans Brandon Farabee Tucker Farabee Christine Hall Hayden Hamlin Earl Lentz Lisa Lentz Zach Martin She...

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January 23 - 12 noon Crews continue to plow and treat all major streets, such as Kannapolis Parkway, Main Street, Cannon Boulevard, Dale Earnhardt Loop, etc. in the City. No residential streets will be plowed as the 127 miles of major streets are the priority of the crews as they are the major arteries of our transportation system. Conditions on these streets are improving slightly but Mother Nature is not helping much with the melting of the compacted layers of snow, sleet and freezing r...

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 Gordon Food Service today celebrated the grand opening of its 300,000-square-foot distribution center in Kannapolis - near Kannapolis Parkway. Attending the event were North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, Kannapolis Mayor Darrell Hinnant, Gordon Food Service CEO Jim Gordon, Gordon Food Service Carolinas Division General Manager Mike Sprenger, and Gordon Food Service President of U.S.Distribution Scott Nicholson. State and local officials joined Gordon Food Service employees for a clo...

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