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The Charlotte Area Transit System may have the Silver Line light rail share tracks with the Lynx Blue Line through uptown. That would save money and increase ridership, the transit system said.

Tens of thousands of people are bracing for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent.

Police said a shooter killed a faculty member in a science building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, August 28, 2023 after a lockdown that paralyzed the campus community as authorities searched for the suspect.

Wawa has hundreds of locations, and it’s planning to build another one in Kill Devil Hills soon.

Democratic lawmakers and advocacy groups called Monday for blocking the planned elimination of North Carolina’s corporate income tax, arguing that companies that benefit from operating in the state should pay a proper share for necessary public services.

There were no surprises in the North Carolina presidential primaries, with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump easily winning the Democratic and Republican primaries.

North Carolina Democrats and Republicans weighed in on Wednesday's violence at the U.S. Capitol.

The Charlotte City Council will vote on the city's annual budget at its Monday night meeting, potentially capping off months of debate on several big-ticket items, including increased funding for the arts, police funding and raises for council members.

South Carolina workers on unemployment will see a drop in benefits this week as the state ends the extra $300 a week in unemployment assistance from the federal government.

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti over the weekend, leaving the more than 5,000 Haitians that live in North Carolina reeling for their home country. One local Haitian woman still has family back home and is trying to help them.

Two of Charlotte's historic trolley cars could be up and running again — this time in the Gaston County city of Belmont.

Huntersville Mayor John Aneralla sent a letter to the Mecklenburg County Commission questioning the legality of the county's indoor mask mandate, which takes effect Aug. 31.

Bank of America is awarding Charlotte’s Latin American Chamber of Commerce with a $200,000 grant to launch an online e-commerce platform for local Latino-owned businesses.

Nearly all of North Carolina's 10,000 employees at state-operated health care facilities are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have gotten an approved exemption.

Families on the brink of homelessness gathered in uptown Charlotte on Monday, asking for more transparency about housing support intended to keep them sheltered.

With the passage of Mecklenburg's transit bill appearing likely, Mecklenburg County commissioners could vote in early September to place a referendum on a 1-cent sales tax increase on the ballot for November.

Former President Donald Trump is encouraging Republicans to vote early. So far, that's working in North Carolina.

As election season ramps up, Vice President Kamala Harris made another stop in North Carolina on Wednesday. She spoke at Johnson C. Smith University, an HBCU, as part of a tour highlighting economic opportunity.

Chief Justice John Roberts visited Durham to help bestow a posthumous award on former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

Duke Energy is still waiting on the state to sign off on its plan to replace two coal boilers at the Marshall plant with two new natural gas generators. The N.C. Division of Air Quality is accepting comments on a draft permit for the project.