The Colonial Pipeline panic illustrates Charlotte’s back-row position on the fuel supply line—and the prospect of another mad rush to the pumps

Charlotte’s new Major League Soccer team has slogged through COVID, indignation over ticket prices, and other complications before it’s built a roster, much less played its first match. Team officials say they expect a packed stadium for first kick anyway

After a quarter-century with grass fields, the venue goes synthetic—material with a long and consequential history that started in North Carolina

They hark back to 1940s and ’50s America

The city hasn’t adopted a comprehensive plan—a document that determines who can build what where, and who can afford to live there—since 1975. City planners have worked on a draft for three years. When they presented it to the City Council, all hell broke loose. Can the council get it together? What would it mean if they can’t?

Charlotte’s NPR station celebrates four decades of format changes, resonant voices, and the gradual growth of a thriving news source

Pediatric neurosurgery is technically and emotionally complex—and traditionally dominated by men. As Novant’s first female pediatric neurosurgeon, Dr. Erin Kiehna Richardson has had to learn the intricacies of a demanding field and battle sexism along the way

Ritzy residences in Charlotte’s golf course communities

He talks retirement, the altered states of politics and journalism, and how he’s weathered a devastating personal loss

Ready to get your hands dirty? Several clubs in Charlotte are looking for new members. Here’s a sampling, broken down by interest:

And where to fish in and around Charlotte