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🎧 On the podcast: The complicated freedom of GLP-1s

Writer Tommy Tomlinson discusses how GLP-1s are changing weight loss and his relationship with food

Sep 4, 2026

A bumpy start for CMS buses

Parents say persistent bus delays, overcrowding and tracking issues are disrupting the start of the school year amid about 100 driver vacancies

Sep 4, 2026

Newsletter 9/4: A bumpy start for CMS buses

Plus: Residential property values up 15%; Treasury secretary defends data centers in Charlotte speech; Atrium research lab; Bojangles Halloween commercial?; UNC football probe widens; DaBaby's waffles

Sep 4, 2026

Treasury secretary defends data centers, criticizes China

Says tech industry has been ‘tone deaf’

Sep 2, 2026

Evaluating the reval

Plus: Golf course revaluation; School plots expansion; Are Charlotte’s apartments getting bigger or smaller?; Developer buys land for mixed-use project; Historic site demoed for data center

Sep 2, 2026

Commissioners sign off to reopen county jail

The $3.2M plan to reopen Jail North stems from overcrowding at the central facility

Sep 2, 2026

Why American continues to cut flights from CLT

American Airlines’ expansion in Chicago is coming largely at the expense of Charlotte

Sep 2, 2026

Newsletter 9/2: Why American continues to cut flights from CLT

Plus: Commissioners sign off to reopen county jail; Local leaders consider homelessness consultant; 5 N.C. counties top job-creator list; Facing financial fears; BofA VP killed in Times Square; UNCC hits enrollment record

Sep 2, 2026

5 N.C. counties top job-creator list

Mecklenburg ranked No. 26

Sep 1, 2026

Local leaders consider homelessness consultant

A January review estimates 2,018 unhoused individuals in Charlotte

Sep 1, 2026

Life lessons from sorority rush

Plus: CMS superintendent on first week of school; Charlotte FC player's star is rising; Remembering Charlotte's Dolly lookalike contest; New snacks on American flights; CLT expansion plans; Rabies in Charlotte region

Aug 31, 2026

American Airlines shakes up the snack cart

Goldfish and cookies to come aboard, while mini-pretzels face banishment

Aug 31, 2026

CMS superintendent gives upbeat assessment of first week

The school board suspended Crystal Hill with pay this summer before reinstating her earlier in August

Aug 31, 2026

Life lessons from sorority rush

Why most everyone can learn something from Charlotte author's 'The Rush Bible'

Aug 31, 2026

Remembering Charlotte's Dolly lookalike contest

The event drew 1,500 onlookers to Trade and Tryon streets

Aug 31, 2026

Bringing suicide out of the shadows

Plus: Top news of the week

Aug 29, 2026

Pep Biel's star is rising

Plus: Previewing Charlotte FC's showdown with rival Atlanta

Aug 28, 2026

Keeping Hidden Valley home

Plus: Shalom Park beefs up security; UNC Charlotte to open cybersecurity lab uptown; South Charlotte affordable housing; Rezoning for SouthPark Mall?; Disney-Panthers collab; American restores Barcelona flight; Netflix show leaves NC

Aug 28, 2026

Keeping Hidden Valley home

Residents of the northeast Charlotte neighborhood want to age in place

Aug 28, 2026

Shalom Park announces another security upgrade

Perimeter fence, armed security coming in 2027

Aug 28, 2026

UNC Charlotte to open a cybersecurity lab in uptown

Chancellor says the hope is 'to make it easier for companies to engage with us'

Aug 28, 2026

Slower sales-tax growth could squeeze transit

Transportation plan assumes steady increases

Aug 27, 2026

Affordable housing gains ground south, but at a cost

Plus: Tax credits for affordable housing deals; SouthPark Mall rezoning rumors; Dilworth historic landmark under new ownership; Lamps of uptown skyscrapers; The Sharon at SouthPark expansion financing; Apartments fetch nine figures in sale

Aug 26, 2026

Charlotte’s growth has a curious weak spot

Plus: Green burial in Charlotte region; Free financial education series; Dolly Parton memorial in NoDa; Toppman reviews 'Sovereignty'; Ledger summer internship reflections; Six Flags to move HQ; CMS board votes to release investigation findings

Aug 26, 2026

There's always more to discover about Charlotte

A fourth-generation Charlottean reflects on her summer internship at The Ledger

Aug 26, 2026