Charlotte still merits the title “City of Trees.” But as development downs more of them, city officials and conservationists work to plant seeds of new growth.

She turned a side hustle into a business that gives back—and caught the attention of Nordstrom.

The longtime attorney, who made news at Gitmo, has found a home and cause in Charlotte.

From fairs and festivals to cultural exhibits and Halloween activities

Our most powerful tool to help might be as simple as this: our willingness to be a friend.

Is the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence an important historical document, a joke—or somehow both?

Elizabeth residents are about to decide whether they want the neighborhood to be the city’s ninth local historic district—and the debate has pitted neighbor against neighbor.

What to do and see this month leading up to Charlotte Pride

It didn’t last. But for a few years in the late ’80s, Don Cody hosted the hottest show in town.

Her long road from Pittsburgh to a dual destination: our history museum and her liquor brand.

A growing therapy team at Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital thinks music matters in patient care—and sometimes goes places that doctors can’t reach.

Velvet hippo. Wigglebutt. Land manatee. Whatever you call them, pit bulls need our help.

A round-up of the best places to see fireworks this year.

The business founder and philanthropist left his mark, and name, all over our city.

The best things to do and see this month.

Surrogacy has become a booming industry, driven by rising infertility rates and other factors. Charlotte’s parents, surrogates, and the professionals who work with them increasingly have to wade through its social, legal, and medical complexities.

Some say the field of study is dying. These professors won’t let it.

Charlotte has no shortage of local media outlets. But they struggle with a problem common to journalism these days: shrunken staffs, scant budgets, and limited resources. What, and whose, stories are going untold?