The U.S. Department of Energy is offering 1.9 billion dollars in funding for transmission upgrades, including replacing conductors, installing better technologies to monitor the grid and transmitting power across regions.

West Charlotte residents are angry and anxious over a plan that could bulldoze their homes and parks for new toll lanes on I-77 south. The North Carolina Department of Transportation has paused the project for three months to get more feedback, at a time when some residents remain skeptical whether their voices will be heard.

The project is already in the federal government’s pipeline. The big question now is how local governments will fund their part of it.

The state has added a number of retaining walls to mitigate impacts from the project.

Crews battle active fires in McDowell and counties across the region as drought conditions raise risk statewide.

N.C. Department of Transportation board member Stephen Rosenburgh said last week he might question whether the state should be involved in other Charlotte transportation projects if the city rejects I-77 toll lanes.

The NCDOT opens its new community engagement center on West Morehead Street. State transportation officials roll out new designs for the I-77 toll lane project. Firefighters battle a growing wildfire near North Wilkesboro. Gaston County residents call for the dismissal of School Board member Tod Kinlaw following a social media post about the Islamic faith.