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Cary's council made Russ Overton's appointment permanent on Thursday, choosing continuity over a national search as the town continues financial reforms following an audit.
Gabriela Flores · October 23, 2026
Mayor Rob Harrington, about 100 days into the job, says the discovery of offensive messages among Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers has been his toughest moment so far, while stressing that most officers are not involved.
Gabriela Flores · October 20, 2026
The county could take over the nature museum building near Freedom Park after the museum said it cannot repay a gap left by construction cost overruns.
Gabriela Flores · October 8, 2026
Crawford, a West Point instructor and start-up co-founder, says better management, transparency and more open meetings are the path to stronger student outcomes in Durham Public Schools.
Gabriela Flores · February 12, 2026
Three authors on a Charlotte panel said Black literature preserves history and urged aspiring writers to start putting their stories on the page.
Gabriela Flores · July 15, 2025
Mayor Vi Lyles announced her reelection bid days into filing, drawing a pointed response from predecessor Jennifer Roberts, while the NAACP convention opened in the city and CMS warned of a federal funding freeze.
Gabriela Flores · July 12, 2025
Hopefuls seeking city and town offices across Guilford County have a two-week window to file, with a strict noon deadline on July 18.
Gabriela Flores · July 2, 2025
A slide in the city manager's budget presentation used Charlotte's median home value for every city it compared, making Charlotte's tax and fee burden look far lighter than it is.
Gabriela Flores · June 2, 2025
The university joins 187 doctoral institutions nationwide with the elite designation, and East Carolina also earned it, bringing North Carolina's total to five.
Gabriela Flores · February 13, 2025
The South End brewery will offer eight-person, all-day barbecue sessions starting July 14, teaching Carolina-style and international techniques.
Gabriela Flores · June 18, 2024
City parks, trails, greenways and several lakes stay open on Monday, May 27, while city offices, libraries and recreation centers close and trash pickup shifts by a day.
Gabriela Flores · May 21, 2024
A city email puts the start of the long-awaited Greene Street project in August 2023, four months after the mid-April date given a month earlier.
Gabriela Flores · March 14, 2023
With only four voting members present, Durham's City-County Appearance Commission could not hold a valid February meeting and instead talked through membership rules and a possible awards rebrand.
Gabriela Flores · February 24, 2023
A check of state voting records for members of the Charlotte Executive Leadership Council found that only eight of 35 business leaders clearly voted in last year's mayoral and City Council races.
Gabriela Flores · February 13, 2023
The Equal Act passed the House by a wide margin but never won Senate approval, even as the attorney general moved to treat the two forms of cocaine alike in new federal charges.
Gabriela Flores · January 10, 2023
County officials are seeking public and organizational input on how to use money from a $26 billion national settlement with major opioid makers and distributors.
Gabriela Flores · November 29, 2022
An exhibition event on Monday's Presidents Cup media day will bring 24 college golfers from historically Black colleges and universities to Charlotte's Quail Hollow Club in honor of the late Charlie Sifford.
Gabriela Flores · August 27, 2022
Nearly 50 companies from the Charlotte region made Inc. magazine's list of the nation's fastest-growing private businesses, while residents press the city on Airbnb regulations left out of its new development ordinance.
Gabriela Flores · August 25, 2022
