After four years of tests and screenings and near-death experiences, a Syrian family was approved to move to the United States. But they were stranded at the airport in January while a network of refugees in Charlotte anxiously awaited their arrival
Given the last eight months, you can understand why the Charlotte City Council would want to turn off the cameras during the citizens’ forum. But they shouldn’t.
Rallying families after a controversial CMS student assignment vote
What a friend taught me about life through mashed potatoes and asparagus
NORTH CAROLINIANS TAKE grass seriously. We want to cultivate a lush lawn. We seed and water and fertilize and mow and edge and watch. We hope the grass is always greener on our side. But Charlotte summers are hot and…
The longtime public official and businessman assesses his life, and the nation’s, two years after his sister’s murder in a Charleston church
The Charlotte native on college hoops, staying busy, and pictures from a Five Guys bathroom
SCOTUS’ ruling Monday in a key gerrymandering challenge is good news—but not the biggest and most important prize out there.
BACK IN 2004, I lived in a small town with a big lottery winner. He was a retired truck driver, and he’d stopped by a convenience store a few miles from his home one February afternoon to buy five tickets.…
Hi. We know you're busy. But can we take a moment to talk about the importance of quality local journalism in Charlotte? You undoubtedly notice that the city is growing. You undoubtedly see that it’s changing and becoming more…
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal that might have resurrected N.C.’s discriminatory 2013 ‘voter ID’ law. So it’s dead, right? Not really.
Tillis treads water. Two great stories on Reverend Barber. CMPD brass responds to 'Ferguson effect' charge. A Charlotte woman’s frightening faceoff with an off-duty cop with gun drawn.
SPRING IS SUCH a hopeful time. We put plants and seeds in the ground. We water them. Sometimes we talk to them. Like many gardeners, my husband and I try new things, new plants, new locations. By the time you…
This summer, children and adults will go into this region’s lakes and pools and never come out. If drowning is predictable, discriminate, and entirely preventable, why are so many people in Charlotte dying in the water?
On helping pets, helping people, and helping people help pets
Cities like Charlotte are working to close the gap between rich and poor. If something like the bill the U.S. House passed last week becomes law, we might as well pack up and go home.
THE CAST IRON SKILLET of paella was bigger than a manhole cover and heavy enough that I needed a partner to carry it. Cubes of chicken and dollops of chorizo poked out from vegetable-studded saffron rice. A spiral of black…
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE royalty to take advantage of this regal design trend. Treat your interiors to a luxe upgrade with jewel-toned furniture and accents, or textures that give off an expensive impression. Your kingdom awaits. COLOR Be inspired…
I WRITE THIS from the infirmary, or, as it’s known most of the rest of the year, my side of the bed. One requirement of being sick is to tell people about it, not just to warn them but to pre-qualify…
Searching for victories with people “just like me”
A roundup: legislative chicanery over the Charlotte mayor’s race; requiem for Mark Binker, whose death Saturday shocked the capitol press corps; and the ascendance of ‘reactionism.’
A plane hit a deer at Charlotte Douglas in February. Still, statistics show that wildlife strikes are rare
The neighborhood hid in the shadow of Dilworth for years. Then South End growth started lapping at its edges.
THE MOST INTERESTING CONVERSATION I ever had with Dale Earnhardt Jr. was about how he couldn’t win a race. It was early 2014, before the season started, and he was more excited to get back in the racecar than at…
ON TUESDAY, it was announced that Dale Earnhardt Jr. is retiring at the end of the 2017 season. Over the years, we've spoken to the NASCAR about turning 40, joining Hendrick Motorsports in 2008, and his family's legacy. Find a few of these…
One new report confirms the absence of widespread voter fraud. Another alleges potential criminal conduct on behalf of a defeated Pat McCrory in trying to prove it.
THE QUESTION of how Charlotte Center City Partners' Vision Awards would address the turmoil of the past year was answered quickly on Thursday night. The annual event recognizes local leaders who “catalyze communities within our center city.” At the beginning…
NOW THAT THE WATER is warm enough, try your hands (and feet) at the U.S. National Whitewater Center’s new Deep Water Solo wall, which opened this season. Climb without ropes until you make it to the top of the 45-foot-high…
