It’s a big weekend for beer lovers in Charlotte. The Queen City Brewers Festival is on Saturday and this year, the festival’s Beers for Life initiative is back. Each participating brewery was asked to feature a brew that will support a regional nonprofit. One of those breweries is Primal Brewery and they selected us. That's right, WFAE is proud to announce the release of a fruited pale ale called Ale Things Considered. And Primal didn't just make it for us. They made it with us. WFAE’s Marshall Terry reports.

A public hearing Wednesday at the Durham County Courthouse was the first opportunity for members of the public to weigh in on this year's iteration of the Carbon Plan. This plan outlines how Duke Energy will achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

North Carolina’s Career and Technical Education, or CTE, students hit a record high last school year after earning more than 380,000 industry-recognized credentials.

Cutting back on ready-to-eat meals won't be easy, and whole milk may make a comeback. One thing that's certain: It'll be a while before the new guidelines trickle down to schools.

If you’re selling your home in the Charlotte area this spring, be prepared to wait a little longer before striking a deal. It took an average of 96 days for homes in the 16-county region to go from being listed to closing last year, according to Canopy Realtor Association. That’s a 10% increase from 2024. For more, Ashley Fahey of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for our segment BizWorthy.

The N.C. Department of Transportation plans to build express toll lanes on Interstate 77 from uptown to the South Carolina line.

NCDOT announces plans to elevate I-77 express lanes through uptown. Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper is mentioned in several emails to and from late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Prisma Health hospitals now requires masks for all visitors and patients to help slow the spread of measles in S.C. The Hornets make a pair of trades before the NBA trade deadline.