Charlotte FC struggled on a wet, cold evening at Bank of America Stadium and lost game 1 of the best-of-three series to New York City 1-nil on Tuesday. Team captain Ashley Westwood said a sluggish start doomed Charlotte.

From Carolina barbeque to Cajun treats, sweets and donuts, food with a Mexican or Caribbean flair, there are dozens of food trucks feeding people in eastern North Carolina.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education officially passed a new policy governing how staff and students should use artificial intelligence.

Charlotte-based nonprofit Nourish Up is gearing up for the possibility of nearly 140,000 Mecklenburg County residents losing access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP.

Charlotte’s city sexton, Bill Bibby, spends his days among the dead, maintaining the city’s cemeteries and comforting grieving families. He says the work has changed how he looks at life.

According to a small business survey, 93 percent of the businesses impacted by Helene have since reopened, but economic uncertainty and the lingering government shutdown are blocking the road to full recovery.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles launched the Mayor's Racial Equity Initiative in 2021. It focused on reducing racial disparities in four areas.

More than two dozen people of Latin American descent registered with the State Board of Elections to run for local office across North Carolina this year.

The Trump Administration has said it will not use reserve funds to continue providing SNAP amid the federal shutdown. More than 1.3 million North Carolinians use the program to buy food.

As November looms, states are trying to sort what options they can offer beneficiaries to fill the gap in food assistance. Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the impact of this potential lapse in states across the country.