Charlotte’s pride took a hit Thursday morning when the city was excluded from the list of potential sites for Amazon’s eastern headquarters. But the reason for the exclusion isn’t hard to figure out.
PHOTOGRAPHER LOGAN CYRUS captured scenes across the city on Wednesday, as snow continued to accumulate. Charlotte schools, offices, and even Mecklenburg County ABC stores closed for the day. See the first "Snow Day" of the year captured through his lens below.
A panel of local journalists took part Thursday in a discussion at the Levine Museum of the New South. How have digital media and charges of ‘fake news’ changed how reporters report, and consumers consume?
IN 2009, Greg and Terri Pope married on the campus of Queens University—he’s an artist from Georgia, and she’s a financial services professional from eastern North Carolina. They dreamed of owning their own business, and by the next year, they had…
The slow progress of the Leading On Opportunity council; another head-shaker from Pittenger; why officials should proceed with caution on taxpayer subsidies for the Panthers.
I WAS SITTING outside of a D.C. pizza place with my mom, waiting for a table on a chilly day sometime between winter and spring in 2011 when I told her about this guy at work. I had recently been…
Cabinets The homeowners were originally leaning toward gray cabinetry, but designer Meredith Beregovski of Georgia Street Design nudged them toward this rich navy, “Black Blue” by Farrow & Ball. “The homeowners wanted something classic but (which) still made a…
The neighborhood restaurant is no place for facing life’s biggest questions
I REALLY THOUGHT I liked Malbec wines. I told Laura Maniec, master sommelier and owner of Corkbuzz in SouthPark, this when we started my wine profile session. The sessions are $35 and last about 45 minutes, and are usually held…
FROM THE TOP SUBURBS around Charlotte to deeply personal essays, this year’s most-read stories are a diverse collection of topics and approaches to telling the city’s story. Which one was your favorite? 1. Charlotte's 12 Best Suburbs: 2017 The definitive,…
Rooting for others to succeed instead of fail
In as turbulent a week as the Carolina Panthers has ever endured, star running back Jonathan Stewart delivers some holiday warmth to autistic children.
It was a weird, chaotic year in Charlotte’s public life. All the issues seemed in transit, halfway between realization and resolution.
Before he bought a NASCAR team, the Cuban-American businessman parked cars
Many things happened in, around, or to folks in Charlotte that made us cringe in 2017. Fortunately, some things also happened that made us cringe slightly less. These are those things
FIVE YEARS AGO, Kim O’Neill went to visit her daughter, Kendra, in Michigan for a few days. When she returned home, her husband had a surprise for her. “We’re moving,” Mike O’Neill said. “There’s a place called The Cottages.” Top: The…
Meet the woman behind the legend
Every three weeks, opioids kill as many Americans as did the 9/11 attacks. Even more users cycle between addiction and treatment, their lives defined by the blurry, shaky minutes that fill the gap from one hit to the next. When addicts relapse, go to jail, or overdose, what happens to the kids left behind?
Founding owner faces sexual misconduct allegations
ASHLEY MANNING WAS PREGNANT when she and her husband decided to purchase and renovate a home in south Charlotte. The home overlooks Carmel Country Club, but with a design stuck in the 1970s, it needed some serious updating to become…
The NASCAR champion's home is equal parts high tech and high style
BID A FOND FAREWELL to 2017 with these New Year’s Eve parties in Charlotte, whether it's a modest neighborhood spot or a suit-and-tie affair. Rich and Bennett’s NYE Bash Uptown, 9 p.m., $75 The duo behind the annual St. Patrick’s Day Bar…
Use this breathing exercise to exhale holiday stress
WBTV ANCHOR Molly Grantham starts her book, Small Victories: The Off-Camera Life of an On-Camera Mom, with a revealing admission. “I like working,” she writes, “sometimes more than I like being a mom.” The book is actually a collection of…
Born on Christmas Day, she breaks with tradition
Charlotte Lucas and Liz Carroll draw inspiration from their Southern roots
Defining the right pace for change
Recognizing those who do their best to blend in
