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Weekly Agenda Oct. 3-9: Dog show re-scheduled, fall plant sale, music

  Trying to figure out what to do? This calendar, published weekly on Mondays, can point you to some of the best options in Lake Norman. For events that repeat weekly, we’ve created an ONGOING category; scroll down and you’ll find it.  Here’s a look at what’s coming up: Through Nov. 11 Mud at the Mill […]

The Carolina Renaisssance Festival & Artisan Marketplace is held weekends through November.

Weekender Sept. 30-Oct. 2: Music indoors, anime convention

Trying to figure out what to do this weekend? This calendar can point you to some of the best options in Lake Norman. Check back on Mondays for the Weekly Agenda.  For events that repeat weekly, we’ve created an ONGOING category; scroll down and you’ll find it.  This weekend The Amazing Maize Maze Historic Rural […]

Will Easter & The Nomads

Weekly Agenda Sept. 19-25: Tawba Walk, ‘Murder on the Orient Express,’ Yappy Hour, guided walk, music

Trying to figure out what to do? This calendar can point you to some of the best options in Lake Norman. Check back on Mondays for the Weekly Agenda and Thursdays for the Weekender. For events that repeat weekly, we’ve created an ONGOING category; scroll down and you’ll find it.  Sept. 19 2022 Lake Norman […]

Sept. 24: Tawba Walk art crawl. Photo |  Bella Love Inc. photo

Plan ahead for these September events

Trying to figure out what to do? This calendar can point you to some of the best options in Lake Norman. Check back on Mondays for the Weekly Agenda and Thursdays for the Weekender. For events that repeat weekly, we’ve created an ONGOING category; scroll down and you’ll find it.  Sept. 1 – Sept. 13 […]

2022 VLN photo contest winner by David Weber

VLN photo contest winners confirm the beauty around us

Sept. 1. A golden sunset photograph by David Weber is the winner of this year’s Visit Lake Norman photo contest. The winning photo was selected from a variety of pictures that embodied the best of Lake Norman. Second place was awarded to Julie Elliott for her sailboat row photo. Third place winner was Gregory Knopp […]

Drowning July 7 was alcohol-related

Aug. 24. By Dave Vieser. The official NC Wildlife report regarding a July 7 boating fatality on Lake Norman cites “a high level of intoxication” as a major factor. The accident took the life of Diego Garcia, who fell and struck his head on the edge of the boat, then lost his balance and fell […]

About that storm Sunday morning…

Aug. 22. Yes it was a thunderstorm—a series of strong ones actually—which descended upon Lake Norman around 430 am and hung around until about 6:30 am. What happened? Officials at the National Weather Service (NWS) in Greenville/Spartanburg said that a stalled frontal system over the southeast combined with middle-level disturbances generated a round of storms […]

NC Wildlife ID’s drowning victim

July 25. A man in his early 60s drowned last night after jumping off a boat near the mouth of the cove by the Peninsula Yacht Club. The incident happened around 9:35 pm Sunday. The body of Joseph Suazo, 62, was recovered at 10:45 pm, according to the NC Wildlife Resources Commission. The Cornelius Police […]

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Top fishing contest coming to LKN next year

July 14. Major League Fishing says Lake Norman will host Redcrest IV, the Bass Pro Tour championship event, as well as the MLF Outdoor Sports Expo Mar. 10-12, 2023. It will feature the 2022 Bass Pro Tour’s top 40 anglers and a $300,000 top prize. Lake Norman has hosted MLF events in the past, but […]

Alarm testingat McGuire Nuclear Station in Huntersville is underway for two weeks.

Siren tests today!

Sirens sound July 13. The outdoor warning sirens around McGuire Nuclear Station will be tested between 11 am and 1 pm on Wednesday, July 13. There are no less than 67 sirens within 10 miles of the McGuire Nuclear Station—​and they ​will sound for three minutes​, s​ome more than once. Click here for a sample […]