For the past four months, toll lanes have pushed new trains out of the headlines. The biggest transportation story in Charlotte has been the growing controversy over the planned Interstate 77 toll lanes from uptown to the South Carolina line.

North Carolina's Forest Service is having a hard time retaining firefighters, even as incidents of wildfires climb across the state. Helene damaged more than 800,000 acres of forest.

As a recount (and possible election legal challenges) loom in the close primary between Senate leader Phil Berger and Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page, Page is raising concerns over whether the process can be handled fairly.

James Daniels is Greensboro's second poet laureate. His appointment will run through December 2028.

If you’ve been out to eat in Charlotte recently, you might have noticed a bit less elbow room. Smaller dining rooms are one effect of delivery apps and a preference for efficiency that are changing Charlotte’s restaurant real estate. For more, Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for our segment BizWorthy.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education voted Tuesday night to split Governor’s Village STEM Academy from a K-8 school into two separate schools — an elementary school and a middle school.

The Fort Mill School District is calling on Silfab Solar to cease all operations involving chemicals. CATS is starting construction on a new South End light rail station. The uptown entertainment complex formerly known as the Epicentre is for sale again. The quarterfinals of the ACC men's basketball tournament kick off today at Spectrum Center.