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In his farewell column as publisher of The Charlotte Observer in December 1997, Rolfe Neill said that in 40-odd years, illness had kept him away from work for less than … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Rolfe Neill, one of modern Charlotte’s most influential leaders and publisher of The Charlotte Observer from 1975 until his retirement in 1997, died Friday at age 90. He had personal … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Three stores in the Charlotte region were among nearly a dozen North Carolina retailers fined over $22,000 combined for overcharging customers. A total of 10 stores were fined in nine … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Veteran Bank of America executive Cathy Bessant will retire at the end of the year, the bank told employees in a memo Thursday morning. Bessant also has been a longtime … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Fewer than 250 Mecklenburg County property owners have succeeded in lowering their property values through formal appeals, but thousands of 2023 revaluation appeals remain unresolved, according to county data. Revaluation, … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Atrium Health’s midtown flagship campus, Carolinas Medical Center, is getting a $900 million, 1.1-million-square-foot advanced care facility. Groundbreaking for the project was held Wednesday. The new tower is the latest … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Charlotte Douglas International Airport saw more guns seized at security checkpoints the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2022, federal officials said Wednesday. Agents with … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

The land around a north Charlotte highway interchange soon could be filled in with more urban development. If approved, the new project could help fulfill a planning vision going back … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

A majority of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will receive Title I money this year because of the percentage of low-income students enrolled at their schools. District officials announced Tuesday 102 schools will … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Charlotte renters have shouldered the burden of steadily rising rent prices — until now. Data released by commercial real estate analytics firm CoStar show a 0.328% decrease in Charlotte market … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Sarah Lapointe took her first dance class at age 2. From those early steps, she forged a career in ballet, having danced with Charlotte Ballet for the past eight seasons. … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

A local developer is seeking to build 186 homes on a mostly-wooded lot in south Charlotte. Blu South LLC is proposing to build 128 townhomes and 58 duplexes on roughly … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

It’s apparent Charlotte loves skin art. We asked for nominations for the best tattoo shop in Charlotte and the surrounding areas, and you gave us 760 responses. About 30% of … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

A North Carolina angler caught a channel catfish so big, it “bent the net,” he said. Now, his massive 27-pound catch holds a state record, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are investigating Saturday night homicides that left two people dead in separate incidents in the University City division. One victim died from a gunshot wound at the scene. … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Camps are restarting and modular classrooms are headed to Charlotte Preparatory School as it begins to rebuild after a fire destroyed a portion of its campus June 26. The school … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Four months ago, Samaritan House was in financial straits and facing over $60,000 in unexpected repairs. The almost two-decade-old organization that serves homeless persons recently hospitalized temporarily closed in March … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Nearly 6,000 Duke Energy customers in south Charlotte lost power during a severe storm Saturday with the potential for 50-60 mph winds and quarter-size hail, according to the National Weather … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Swimmers should avoid a popular Lake Norman cove where sewage spilled from a broken pipe, Mecklenburg County officials urged in a public health alert. About 875 gallons of sewage poured … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

Two Powerball ticket buyers in North Carolina won big prizes in Wednesday’s drawing, but the players remained a mystery Saturday, as no one immediately claimed the wins, N.C. lottery officials … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

After pushing for change, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings is lauding Gov. Roy Cooper and state legislators for altering how some bonds and other pretrial release conditions will be set … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service

A former North Carolina town mayor has been tapped to lead the financially ailing Barber-Scotia College, a historically Black college northeast of Charlotte. The college’s Board of Trustees unanimously appointed … Click to Continue » Top Featured Tags: – North Carolina News Press Release Distribution Service