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Updated 1:56 p.m.Charlotte and Mecklenburg County moved up one place from last year in an annual study that ranks cities on spending and access to public…
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An annual ranking of public park systems puts Charlotte near the bottom of the 100 largest US cities. The ParkScore Index from the Trust for Public Lands…
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County commissioners Wednesday night approved an exchange of land with the Charlotte Housing Authority that will allow the expansion of Pearl Street Park…
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Mecklenburg County Commissioners could give final approval Wednesday night to a land swap with the Charlotte Housing Authority in the Midtown area. The…
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Mecklenburg County will offer a free shuttle bus to the new Ramsey Creek beach on Lake Norman beginning Saturday, to ease parking and traffic…
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Updated Tuesday, May 24, 2016The first public beach on the Mecklenburg County side of Lake Norman is on schedule to open this weekend, just in time for…
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A Hairy Woodpecker tap-tap-taps on a pine tree just below the summit of Mount Mitchell. It’s a sunny spring day. It’s 46 degrees - about 10 degrees cooler…
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A new beach is scheduled to open around Memorial Day on Lake Norman in Cornelius. It will be the first public swimming beach in a Mecklenburg County park…
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Six North Carolina state parks attracted more than a million visitors each in 2015. Jordan Lake near Raleigh was the most-visited, with 1.6 million visits…
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Sun. Headlines: Man Rescued from SC Flood; Jamaican Scammers Targeted; New Year's Hikes at N.C ParksA man was rescued Saturday after being stranded on an island in the Broad River for several days. Meanwhile, federal prosecutors are hoping several…