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Chyna Blackmon

North Carolina

Service Journalism Reporter at The Charlotte Observer

✍️ reporter @theobserver @newsobserver • @queensuniv alum • story idea? reach out! [email protected]

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  • 2 weeks ago | charlotteobserver.com | Chyna Blackmon

    A local singer and musician is still on his way to taking the title of the newest winner of "American Idol." The competition is heating up as aspiring performers from across the country continue to take the stage in the hit reality show, including 24-year-old Josh King, a volunteer performer at local hospitals and Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

  • 2 weeks ago | newsobserver.com | Chyna Blackmon

    Children play in the interactive splash fountain at the newly renovated Chavis Park following the ribbon cutting and grand re-opening on Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Raleigh, N.C. Raleigh was recently named the third-happiest city to live in the United States. [email protected] Happiness is subjective and thus, so is measuring it, but a new report says two of the happiest cities happen to be in North Carolina.

  • 2 weeks ago | heraldsun.com | Chyna Blackmon

    The News & Observer publishes a weekly roundup of restaurant sanitation scores to keep you up-to-date on the health grades at Triangle dining spots. Sanitation scores and their corresponding letter grades are used in North Carolina to assess restaurants’ adherence to rules and standards intended to mitigate and prevent the spread of food-borne illnesses.

  • 2 weeks ago | charlotteobserver.com | Chyna Blackmon

    You don't often see anything but retro, rustic designs in mountain homes, but one multi-million dollar house on the market is getting a lot of buzz online for being a "modernist masterpiece." A Highlands home perched atop Satulah Mountain with abstract architecture and contemporary custom rooms made it on Zillow Gone Wild 's Instagram page. The Western North Carolina home, located at 220 Worley Rd., sits on 1.52 acres in Macon County.

  • 2 weeks ago | charlotteobserver.com | Chyna Blackmon

    From train cabooses to treehouses and even helicopters, Airbnb's inventory is full of innovative vacation homes - and a new report is revealing the most popular one in North Carolina. Ahead of the summer travel season, its team recently released a roundup of the "most wishlisted homes" across the 50 states. So which is it for travelers in the Tar Heel state? In 2024, it was a sky-high tree house in China Grove. This year, it's a luxury dome with a hot tub and mountain views in Whittier.

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Chyna Blackmon
Chyna Blackmon @chynablackmon
16 Apr 25

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Chyna Blackmon
Chyna Blackmon @chynablackmon
3 Mar 25

RT @thadogburn: I love "The White Lotus" on Max. But I wasn't expecting the whole Duke-UNC of it all in Season 3! @chynablackmon and @kori…

Chyna Blackmon
Chyna Blackmon @chynablackmon
19 Feb 25

RT @koriedean: What am I if not a responsible NC higher ed reporter for fact-checking the UNC/Duke admissions timelines referenced in the n…