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Sil Ganzó, founder of ourBRIDGE for KIDS, was named Charlotte’s 2025 Woman of the Year.

A man was detained by ICE agents last month outside a Mecklenburg County social services office while dropping off his pregnant wife for an appointment.

The North Carolina Supreme Court overturned its own 2022 decision in the long-running Leandro school funding case.

Duke Energy is asking permission from state regulators to raise rates for both its North Carolina companies. But first, the public has a chance to weigh in.

After two high-profile stabbings on the Lynx Blue Line train, questions about safety on public transit remain front and center. We sit down with CATS interim CEO Brent Cagle to ask what’s changed, what hasn’t and what riders can expect now.

A revised NCDOT plan for I-77 would save six homes from demolition, though 36 others remain in threatened. Most of S.C.'s Gubernatorial candidates met Wednesday for their first debate. Duke Energy asks permission to raise rates. The City of Charlotte plans to spend $650 million in taxpayer money to renovate Bank of America Stadium.

The city of Charlotte’s plan to spend $650 million to renovate Bank of America Stadium is moving forward after receiving state approval.

Most of South Carolina’s Republican candidates for governor met Wednesday night in Newberry for their first debate of the campaign, focusing heavily on affordability in one of the nation’s fastest-growing states.

State agencies, private landowners and tribes can preempt wildfires by conducting controlled burns. But these controlled burns can only happen when the forecast allows.

There’s a new benchmark to assess how well North Carolina is faring economically. The state Commerce Department launched the County Economic Vitality Index tracking unemployment, wages, median household income and educational attainment. One of the big takeaways is that suburbs may be on the rise.

The N.C. Department of Transportation this week released a tweaked design for the I-77 toll lanes.

North Carolina is working on a major overhaul of its math standards that state officials hope will better connect what students learn in the classroom to the real world.