In-person early voting begins on Thursday, Feb. 12, and ends on Feb. 28. The North Carolina State Board of Elections shared tips for voters ahead of the primary.

A federal judge refused Sunday to help in attempts to open early voting sites at three public North Carolina universities, declining requests to overrule decisions by Republican-controlled elections boards leading up to the state’s upcoming primary.

Legislators in Raleigh are grilling Mecklenburg County leaders on Monday about crime — especially the high-profile killing of Iryna Zarutska on the light rail — and their cooperation with federal immigration officials.

West Charlotte residents are furious that the N.C. Department of Transportation this week said it plans to build elevated express toll lanes on Interstate 77 through uptown, and some protesters shouted down a Charlotte City Council member during a town hall Thursday night.

Some voters need to update their information this week or risk having to cast a provisional ballot.

Election officials have disqualified Republican Margot Dupre from the GOP primary for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat, finding she failed to prove she is a North Carolina resident.

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

The new Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority will have enough money this summer to build a temporary waiting room and ticketing area for Gateway Station.

On this "Charlotte Talks," we listen to the candidate forum WFAE hosted Tuesday evening with two of the men running for sheriff in Mecklenburg County. Both are Democrats — no Republican is running. Incumbent Garry McFadden and challenger Antwain Nance were unavailable, so we hear from retired Chief Deputy Sheriff Rodney Collins and retired CMPD Sgt. Ricky Robbins.

North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis is pressing the Department of Homeland Security for answers on the U.S. Border Patrol’s Charlotte operation last November.