The town initially conducted sampling after North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality inspectors found coal ash in the nearby streambed, a tributary of Lake Norman, in 2020.

As WCNC Charlotte continues to report on risky levels of carcinogens and radioactive material embedded in coal ash underneath a Mooresville day care, town leaders say soil samples in a residential ...

Mooresville plans to buy and clean up a longtime toxic coal ash site along busy N.C. 150 just east of Interstate 77 exit 36, Mayor Chris Carney said Wednesday night.

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Duke Energy is now at the center of a lawsuit based out of Mooresville. The lawsuit alleges the company played a role in “significant health issues ...

Today, almost 10 years later, knowing what she and her husband know now about the coal ash buried under and around the day care, they are no longer convinced. "We were never told anything," Apap said.

For months, advocates and scientists have shared concerns with WCNC Charlotte about the dangers of coal ash buried in and around Mooresville, including under Tutor Time of Mooresville.

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Two organizations are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a full investigation of contamination in Mooresville. The request comes after they claim to ...

Moore says the ash is responsible for a cancer cluster in Mooresville and Sherrills Ford. Their client, Tanya Hall, is a kidney cancer survivor. “There used to be ash on my car in the morning in ...

Test results of the soil near a Mooresville day care confirm what experts feared: what they call "unacceptable levels" of carcinogens and radioactivity in the coal ash placed there decades ago as ...