Mecklenburg County News Releases

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  1. Excitement Surrounds Inaugural Mental Health Show Series with Powerful, Personal Stories - Tickets On Sale Now

    They are the stories of resilience from those who lived it and want to help others. This Is My Brave CharMeck 2024 show series will use performing arts as a way to end the stigma around mental illness, substance abuse and community violence. It’s about finding and forming a place to share the pain, the struggle, the vulnerability but most of all, hope.
  2. Hundreds of Veterans Get Face-to-Face Help at Veterans Benefits Live Event

    More than 1,100 veterans and their families were served at a three-day open house held in Mecklenburg County in late August, approximately $1 million in benefits likely to pay out as a result.
  3. Small Businesses and Organizations Can Save Money at Hazardous Waste Collection Event

    Mecklenburg County Solid Waste and Recycling invites small businesses, nonprofits and other qualifying, nonresidential organizations to drop off their hazardous waste for a reduced fee during a special collection event on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
  4. Needed Now: Foster and Adoptive Parents: Residents Invited to Apply for Pre-Service Training

    The final training session of the year for prospective foster and adoptive parents begins Sept. 25, and interested families are invited to submit their applications now.  
  5. County Honors Lives Lost on International Overdose Awareness Day

    In 2023, 293 people died from overdose in Mecklenburg County. Those people and more will be remembered on Saturday, August 31 as the world spotlights International Overdose Awareness Day. 
  6. County Announces Labor Day Closings

    Mecklenburg County offices and services will be closed on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, for the Labor Day holiday.

     
  7. William R. Davie Self Service Recycling Center Closes Temporarily for Construction and Expansion

    The self-service recycling center at William R. Davie Park will close Sept. 10 through late 2024, as Mecklenburg County completes construction to expand the center.  
  8. Public Health Offering Back-to-School Immunizations

    Back to School is an exciting time for students, teachers and families. As students launch into a new year of learning and engagement in school activities, there’s a very important to-do item and that’s being up to date with vaccine requirements to attend school. All students must comply with state-mandated immunizations.  
  9. Keeping You Cool: Assistance Available for High Summer Energy Bills

    Nothing will run up the electric bill like running the air conditioning during the recent extremely hot weather. Mecklenburg County residents who have trouble paying their summer cooling bills can get help through the Crisis Intervention Program (CIP).
  10. Mecklenburg County Public Health to Distribute Mpox Vaccine at Charlotte Pride

    Mecklenburg County Public Health will be offering free mpox vaccines at the Charlotte Pride Festival this weekend as the World Health Organization recently declared mpox a global public health emergency based on an ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo related to a strain of mpox that can cause more serious complications.