Chef Jonathan Cox will leave Rare Roots Hospitality to launch his own restaurant in Cornelius. Photo: Courtesy of Jonathan Cox
🍽 The executive chef for Rare Roots Hospitality (of Dogwood, Fin & Fino and Chapter 6, to name a few) will leave his position in the fall to start his own restaurant. Jonathan Cox will open Seaboy in Cornelius, per a press release.
📪 Rowan County Sheriff's Office is investigating "small explosions in mailboxes" along NC-152. (WBTV)
📄 Lowe's is scaling back its diversity, equity and inclusion policies. (AP)
🧑🍳 Dot Dot Dot chef Matthew Deering won Chef of the Year at the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association 2024 Chef Showdown grand finale. (Unpretentious Palate)
👨⚖️ An N.C. poultry farmer is being sued by Perdue Farms nearly a decade after he filed a federal whistleblower complaint alleging Perdue sent him sick birds that the company refused to help treat. (Observer🔒)
✈️ American Airlines expects record-breaking Labor Day weekend traffic starting today through Sept. 3. That means nearly 4,000 flights and around 418,000 passengers at CLT. (Axios)
🗳️ Today's the last day to vote for your favorite North Carolina-manufactured product in round one of the N.C. Chamber's annual "Coolest Thing Made in NC" contest. (Cast your vote here)
