Council members clashed over merging departments or letting them collaborate, but agreed staff needs hard numbers first.

Nearly $28 million heads to Hendersonville and Forest City to fix flood-wrecked water and power systems from Hurricane Helene.

The rally lands at Gastonia Municipal Airport as polling shows Whatley trailing Roy Cooper by double digits.

Backyard fires now need a five-foot buffer and a watchful adult, or Belmont residents could face fines.

Teens told the CMS board that efficient buildings could shrink a budget already burdened by rising utility bills.

TTI Floor Care is shrinking its Charlotte office to about 30 workers as it shifts operations 130 miles south to Anderson, South Carolina.

Two separate ballot measures would fund open space and affordable housing, building on a 2022 bond that leveraged $322 million in outside money.

A frozen $7.25 wage and no public-sector bargaining rights keep North Carolina at the bottom of Oxfam's worker rankings.

Alpha Modus shares crashed nearly 29% after the Cornelius firm's Bitcoin gambit handed offshore investors majority control.

Jessica Martin says her son bled after classmates threw rocks at his head, then he was the one suspended.

The K-8 campus on Prosperity Church Road skips traditional teachers for AI software and afternoon life-skills workshops.

NYU's Melissa Murray and conservative thinker John Hood will square off in Uptown Charlotte on October 29 over how much Americans owe each other.

The city council's 6-1 vote keeps a Miami-backed 80-acre AI campus off I-85 stalled while officials finish new zoning rules.