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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
After the latest 90-degree day on record for the Charlotte area, a cold front is set to drop temperatures sharply heading into the weekend.
Ivan Petrov · October 16, 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
The U.S. National Whitewater Center will tint its 12-million-gallon artificial river green on Saturday, March 14, during its free Green River Revival celebration.
Ivan Petrov · March 13, 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
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
A New Haven high school team led by chef Nate Bradshaw did not place in the cooking contest but took the management prize at the 2023 National ProStart Invitational in Washington, D.C.
Ivan Petrov · September 9, 2023
The Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation has moved to intervene in a citizen suit alleging the mill south of Charlotte violated federal pollution laws through its waste disposal and storage.
Ivan Petrov · April 14, 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
With interim Superintendent Hugh Hattabaugh set to step down in December, a review of CMS leadership shows tenures have grown shorter and shorter over the past decade.
Ivan Petrov · November 10, 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
