Believe it or not, high school football season is fewer than 90 days away, and this season’s schedule is shaping up to be one of the best in a long time. In just the first few weeks of the season, four teams will play at Bank of America Stadium, home of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers. […]
Two EF-1 tornadoes with 110 mph winds uprooted and snapped dozens of trees on their miles-long paths west of Charlotte during Wednesday’s deadly storms, National Weather Service meteorologists said Thursday. One of the tornadoes crossed Interstate 85 and the South Fork Catawba River, an NWS damage survey team found. Gaston County bore the brunt of […]
Four years after a medical supplier saw a surge in demand during the pandemic in North Carolina, its Charlotte-area distribution center is closing, and throwing over 200 people out of work. Medline Industries, based in Illinois, is closing its Charlotte distribution center in Lincolnton resulting in 220 job cuts, according to a Worker Adjustment and […]
Long before diversity, equity and inclusion programs became a corporate staple targeted by conservative groups as divisive, Atrium Health was doing the work. Fernando Little, Atrium’s chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, said political backlash and growing uncertainty around DEI haven’t discouraged one of North Carolina’s largest employers from its mission. “We are freeing ourselves […]
Another Election Day in North Carolina is in the books, but some races in the Charlotte area are still close enough for recounts or runoffs. Making the results official could take several more days and lag into next week. Each county board must have canvass meetings, when the results are made official, by March 15. […]
Interstate 85 southbound in eastern Gaston County closed for sevenhours after a fatal wreck early Saturday that involved a driver in a disabled vehicle with no lights on, police said. Officers found the driver dead in the far right lane of Interstate 85 at the Belmont-Mount Holly Road bridge about 1:45 a.m., according to a […]
A Mooresville developer plans to build a major pickleball-centered entertainment complex along Interstate 77 in Cornelius at Lake Norman that would include indoor and outdoor courts, a restaurant, bar and lounge and space for community events. The Serve Pickleball and Kitchen would include 10 indoor and six outdoor courts, according to developer Spectrum Building Co.’s […]
Each February, we honor and celebrate the achievements of Black Americans for Black History Month. Special events, performances, and programs are held throughout Charlotte during the month. Here’s a list of events taking place for Black History Month in 2024: Feb 3 — Elevating Our Voices: Code Switching and Black Identity The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library […]