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Snow has visited the Charlotte area the past three weekends — a fairly rare happening for our Southern town. WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in his On My Mind commentary, tries to appreciate what’s here and anticipate what’s ahead.

Charlotte-based CPI Security and Utah’s Vivant Smart Home are suing each other in federal court over what they claim are unethical business practices. In other business news, Charlotte’s airport is cutting back on free parking and the BayHaven Restaurant Group is opening several new ventures in Camp North End.

A fire chief says the explosion threat from a fire at a Winston-Salem, North Carolina, fertilizer plant has “greatly diminished” now that much of a combustible chemical has burned off and firefighters have returned to the site to spray down what’s left. But officials are still asking people to stay away from the Weaver Fertilizer site.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted unanimously Tuesday to end the district's mask mandate on March 7. Three members wanted to move faster.

Former president Donald Trump has hired Butch Bowers of South Carolina to represent him in his Senate impeachment trial that will begin the week of Feb. 8.

Duke Energy has reached a settlement with North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein that reduces how much customers will pay toward the cleanup of Duke’s coal ash sites.

North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services says nearly 3% of people who have received first doses in the state are nonresidents. Data from the department shows more than 27,000 people living out of state have received first doses of the Pfizer or Moderna coronavirus vaccines.

A summer school program designed to target K-12 students in North Carolina at risk of academic failure after virtual learning during the pandemic will help children get caught up, House Speaker Tim Moore said Tuesday while unveiling the proposal.

The first year of the pandemic brought no spike in North Carolina teachers leaving their jobs, a new report shows. But it doesn't account for what has happened since March 2021 as COVID-19 continued for a second year.

Athletes from around the world attended the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan.

Kelly, an Arizona Democrat, sued Hegseth after the Defense Secretary moved to formally censure him for participating in a video where he told service members they can refuse illegal orders.

Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper is mentioned in several emails included in the latest release of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including one in which Epstein invited Tepper through a third party to join him and Bill Gates for breakfast at his house. There's no evidence that Tepper was the recipient or sender, or took Epstein up on the offer.

Chile has sworn in its most right-wing president in decades — and his rise, and ideology, are rooted in a small town beneath the Andes.

During the American Civil War, tens of thousands of soldiers used a simple envelope to cast their ballot from the battlefield.

As North Carolina faces challenges in recruiting and retaining teachers, a recent statewide survey of school districts shows the number of unfilled teaching jobs has dropped significantly this school year.

Charlotte Douglas International Airport and American Airlines are warning travelers that flight cancelations have begun at CLT, as the airport implements the FAA's flight reduction order Friday.

A week of heavy rain and severe storms continues tonight in much of the Carolinas. Tropical Storm Chantal was the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, damaging much of central North Carolina and leaving many without clean drinking water.

The Oscars start at 7 p.m. Eastern, 4 p.m. Pacific on Sunday, airing on ABC and streaming on Hulu.

North Korea said its testing spree this week involved various new weapons systems, including ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads, as it pushes to expand nuclear-capable forces.

After weeks of social distancing and self-quarantine, listen to participants from NPR's Outbreak Diaries project about how they're spending their time and preserving their sanity.