Elvis Menayese

A new report released by Mecklenburg County highlights the rising number of people experiencing homelessness.

A new initiative has launched in one of Charlotte’s low-income Corridors of Opportunity to support small businesses.

A commemorative ceremony over the weekend in Charlotte, hosted by Mecklenburg County, paid tribute to a historic home and the community it represents.

The four-day Charlotte Black Film Festival kicks off Thursday. The festival celebrates Black filmmakers and provides them with a platform to showcase their work and connect with others in the industry.

As part of its rehabilitation efforts for inmates, Mecklenburg County has launched a new program to support individuals held in its detention center, with the opportunity to make music.

Over 20 volunteers participated in the Guns to Gardens initiative in Myers Park over the weekend, which dismantles guns turned in anonymously by community members and repurposes them into gardening tools like shovels.

As part of a nationwide Memorial Day initiative, a ceremony took place in Cabarrus County on Monday in recognition of those who have served and lost their lives fighting for their country.

This Sunday will mark five years since George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, was murdered by a white former police officer, sparking protests across the country and in Charlotte. It also led to new or expanded Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs. Now, many of those initiatives are being scaled back or cut. Those involved in the movement on the ground voiced whether the shift overshadows Floyd’s legacy and how they view what happened and has changed over the last five years.

Charlotte leaders gathered Wednesday to mark the groundbreaking at a former motel site that’s now being transformed into townhomes in one of the city’s Corridors of Opportunity.

Thousands of people gathered over the weekend at Lake Norman for a festival and boat competition that celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.