KHADEJEH NIKOUYEH Knikouyeh@charlotteobserver.com Charlotte City Council committed to vote on a 60-day pause on the Interstate 77 toll lane project as a raucous crowd demanded action during Monday…
Read more ‘Stop the expansion.’ Charlotte commits to vote on 60-day pause for I-77 tollsCharlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has launched an effort to provide affordable housing for educators, including a recent announcement that developers are setting aside up to 25 homes for teachers. In…
Read more CMS says developers will set aside up to 25 new homes for district teachers to buyPolice arrested a longtime suspect Thursday in the 1990 killing of Kim Thomas in her Charlotte home. Thomas’ murder has been a cold case for 35 years, up…
Read more The Charlotte killing of Kim Thomas: Key events in cold case with recent arrestNBA star LaMelo Ball crashed his custom vehicle Wednesday. The Charlotte Hornets guard was in his easy-to-distinguish Hummer when the collision happened. Ball is fine, a league source…
Read more 3 things to know about Hornets star LaMelo Ball’s wrecked Hummer, fleet of carsThe Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader who died Tuesday at 84, had deep Charlotte and North Carolina ties. Jackson often passed through the Queen City for…
Read more Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, had rich Charlotte historyWolfspeed’s new materials factory near Siler City, North Carolina, in December 2025. The company is currently meeting its demand through other facilities. Brian Gordon bgordon@newsobserver.com I’m Brian Gordon,…
Read more What Wolfspeed needs to wake up its very quiet Chatham County factoryIn a letter sent this week, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis pushed for more information about U.S. Border Patrol agents’ operation in Charlotte last year. “The operation resulted in…
Read more Sen. Tillis pushes again for answers on Charlotte Border Patrol operationThe Catawba Indians plan to expand their gaming operations with a $120 million thoroughbred racing track beside their $1 billion North Carolina casino, tribal officials said in laying…
Read more Catawba Indians to build $120 million thoroughbred racetrack near $1B NC casinoSammy Boyd’s hometown of Morehead City doesn’t have a fleet of plows, so his waterfront restaurant, Southern Salt, closed down like nearly every other business on Saturday to…
Read more Snow flies at the NC coast as winter storm moves in. Up to a foot is possible.People navigate an icy Lake Wheeler Road by S. Saunders Street in Raleigh in this 2025 file photo. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com Louise Specht wanted to know that the…
Read more Winter storm halts some Triangle mail delivery. Where are the USPS updates?Politics & Government By Diamond Vences Updated January 28, 2026 6:55 PM Four candidates for Mecklenburg County sheriff will take the stage at 7 p.m. ahead of the…
Read more Watch live: Four candidates for Mecklenburg County sheriff participate in debateA mural in memory of Iryna Zarutska was painted at the Taoh Outdoor Gallery in Charlotte following her killing in 2025. KHADEJEH NIKOUYEH Knikouyeh@charlotteobserver.com A state House committee…
Read more NC House delays hearing with Charlotte leaders to ask courts about Zarutska caseDr. Lauren Siewny, Emergency Department medical director at Duke University Hospital, has a failsafe forecast around winter weather: When freezing rain falls, so do people. Siewny — pronounced…
Read more Tree limbs aren’t all that break in an ice storm. How to avoid common injuries.A procession of Buddhist monks walks along snow-covered Raleigh Boulevard in Raleigh on Sunday morning, Jan. 25, 2026. The monks are making a 2,300-mile pilgrimage from Texas to…
Read more See photos of winter storm in NC, monks on their chilly journeyIndian students were threatened because of their race in 2024 at a NoDa pizza shop. Google Maps Eight Indian graduate students gathered inside Zambies pizzeria at the tail…
Read more Man with AR-15 who threatened Indian students in NoDa because of race is sentencedMecklenburg County Public Health Director Dr. Raynard Washington is leaving to lead New Jersey’s health department. Jeff Siner jsiner@charlotteobserver.com Mecklenburg County’s chief public health official is leaving for…
Read more Mecklenburg public health director is leaving to run New Jersey’s state departmentJohn Mellencamp — a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer responsible for ’80s smashes like “Jack & Diane,” “Pink Houses” and “Small Town” — is returning to Charlotte…
Read more John Mellencamp set to play his biggest show in Charlotte in more than 20 yearsFor the second time since the show in 2015 that he proclaimed would be the “one last time” he’d perform in Charlotte, Barry Manilow is returning to uptown’s…
Read more Barry Manilow bringing ‘Last Concert’ to Charlotte. He says he means it this timeREAD MORE Cary under scrutiny The town of Cary has been in the spotlight since late November, when Town Manager Sean Stegall was put on administrative leave without…
Read more NC auditor sees ‘potential criminal activity’ in spending by former Cary town managerThe 9th Street Station stop along the LYNX Blue Line in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, December 8, 2025. KHADEJEH NIKOUYEH Knikouyeh@charlotteobserver.com The head of the Federal Transit Administration…
Read more Federal transit leader coming to Charlotte after stabbings on light rail