Charlotte NC

The company that owns the tanker that exploded this week and killed its driver in Mooresville has previously been cited for inappropriately storing hazardous chemicals, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality records show. In 2025, state inspectors fined Brenntag , a global chemical wholesaler with headquarters in Germany, nearly $67,000 after its Charlotte-area plant broke federal regulations designed to protect people from hazardous waste...

Layoffs in North Carolina are up more than 50% this year.

Change happens slowly, then all at once. Walk through certain neighborhoods today and you’ll see construction cranes stretching toward the sky, old buildings wrapped in scaffolding, and entire blocks that seem to shift every few months. Some cities transform gradually over decades, but others are racing against time itself — driven by tech booms, climate ... Read more

A group of Myers Park High School students is pushing Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to start high schools later, arguing that current start times leave teens chronically sleep deprived. Most CMS high schools begin classes around 7:15 a.m. The students say that schedule runs counter to adolescent biology — and research shows...

Tar Heel fans will be pumped to hear that Michael Malone intends on retaining these staff members!

MINT HILL – Arey Properties plans to develop Reynolds Farm, a 41-lot subdivision that could sprout million-dollar homes on 27.39 acres at 12128 Bain School Road. The name of the neighborhood is a nod to the Reynolds family. “It’s been in the family for at least two generations, and...

Toll Brothers Inc. has selected SouthPark for its newest luxury townhome community in the Charlotte market.

City Council members could play a more direct role in deciding who receives some of Charlotte’s largest contracts under a proposal championed by Mayor Pro Tem James Mitchell. The city previously rejected the idea as ill-advised. It returned to the council Monday during a committee meeting. Under the current structure, the City Council only votes on whether to approve a contract after staff...

A York County charter school that had a parent walkout last year now will be operated by its South Carolina charter sponsor after the management organization that had been running Ascent Classical Academy of Fort Mill pulled out this week. The school’s account was drained, according to officials and organizational public statements. The money was taken out of its bank accounts and all but...

An officer with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department was arrested and charged with DWI in Stanly County, according to a release.