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Milestone: Zero Covid deaths in Mecklenburg last week

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Jul 5, 2021

'Legends of Charlotte' coming next week — and a status update

Starting next week, we have interviews with influential Charlotte icons lined up. Plus: How The Ledger is doing, and where we are heading.

Jul 3, 2021

As Levine Museum transforms, historians question digital plan

Plus: Uptown employers plan for return of workers; Dale Jr. dishes about his latest business venture; Truist to open uptown branch; Clues about Zack's redevelopment; Slots now open at nearby casino

Jul 2, 2021

Charlotte rezoning petitions in June

Filings that affect the Phillips Place theater, school sites in Ballantyne, 3.2 acres by Zack's Hamburgers, affordable housing in Ballantyne and University City — and lots of townhomes and apartments

Jul 1, 2021

Transit Time: New transit projections, but plenty of unknowns

You’re reading Transit Time, a weekly newsletter for Charlotte people who leave the house. Cars, buses, light rail, bikes, scooters ... if you use it to get around the city, we write about it. Transit Time is produced in partnership among The Charlotte Ledger

Jul 1, 2021

BofA is recalling office workers by Labor Day

In a memo, bank says it's starting with vaccinated employees, then unvaccinated. Some business travel can start to resume, too.

Jun 30, 2021

How Charlotte is using Clubhouse

Plus: Answering reader question about possible Midtown tower; Bojangles on Independence takes off its yellow wrapping; IPOs launched; Affordable housing for Ballantyne; Puppet opposes gerrymandering

Jun 30, 2021

Ways of Life: The chef who 'talked junk'

Also remembered: A pilot who flew presidents; a man with deep roots at Davidson College; a mom and toddler who died together

Jun 29, 2021

Listen up: 🎧 Audio version of The Ledger now available

You can have The Charlotte Ledger's e-newsletters read to you via audio streaming app Spotify.

Jun 28, 2021

Is Charlotte getting a theme park headquarters?

Plus: Zack's Hamburgers to close; Fireworks sales booming; Harris Teeter plans another Park Road store renovation; Average rents in Charlotte are going up; Council member names first baby 'Charlotte'

Jun 28, 2021

A suburban mom samples South End

Plus: City Council approves 2040 Plan — Airport parking rates on the rise starting in July — Steel giant Nucor buys new building in SouthPark

Jun 26, 2021

Charlotte's burger joints are in a pickle

Well-known locally owned hamburger restaurants face rising beef costs — but they're wary of raising prices as customers return.

Jun 26, 2021

New real estate opportunity: Charlotte’s churches

Plus: Higher parking rates at the airport; What's up by the Cross Charlotte Trail?; Speaker earns $25,000 for CMS talk; Luxury apartment tower in uptown has massage room and top-floor wine vault

Jun 25, 2021

Transit Time — Back to work conundrum: where to park?

You’re reading Transit Time, a weekly newsletter for Charlotte people who leave the house.

Jun 24, 2021

The dogs are scruffy, with no end in sight

Plus: Planning director on 2040 Plan vote; Myers Park Country Club seeks info on dissident email account; F3 Nation expands into Kenya; 'Outer Banks' season two to drop on Netflix next month

Jun 23, 2021

The dogs are scruffy, with no end in sight

Charlotte dog groomers are overloaded as a worker shortage collides with an increase in dog ownership

Jun 23, 2021

Ways of Life: A cop named Crash

Also remembered: A woman who helped immigrants become citizens; a founder of Charlotte's Make-A-Wish chapter; an Ebony magazine 'bachelor'; founder of a popular 1970s arts and crafts store

Jun 22, 2021

A new headquarters for Nucor?

Plus: How significant is tonight's vote on the 2040 Plan?; a splash of south Charlotte pool news; aerial shots show Centene campus springing up in UCity; Felix Sabates unloads his Mercedes dealership

Jun 21, 2021

You and a dog walk into a bar

Plus: Levine Museum plans to sell its site — Price's Chicken Coop closes today — Latta Plantation closes temporarily over controversy — LaMelo Ball named Rookie of the Year

Jun 19, 2021

What lies ahead for North Carolina's biggest newspapers?

The Charlotte Observer and News & Observer remain the state’s most powerful and essential media outlets. But new challenges raise doubt about their future as the center of the state’s media world.

Jun 18, 2021

Transit Time: Charlotte's scooters are making a comeback

Plus: City omitted unfavorable transit polling details; Streetlights proposed for dangerous Charlotte roads; CATS meeting on Silver Line stations; Transit pass art contest winners

Jun 17, 2021

BREAKING: Price's Chicken Coop to close for good on Saturday

No-frills chicken spot, founded in 1962, is now surrounded by tall office buildings and hot restaurants

Jun 17, 2021

BREAKING: Levine Museum to sell uptown site

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Jun 16, 2021

Party on: Liquor sales are hitting new records

Plus: School superintendent stresses community partnerships; SouthPark-area pool closes to investigate shocks; Novant billboard calls out Atrium; Nondiscrimination ordinance planned for August

Jun 16, 2021

Ways of Life: A sweet son stolen by addiction

Also remembered: a longtime Providence High teacher; the founder of Morningstar Storage; a soldier who fought in the Battle of the Bulge; a guy who built a man cave for his neighbors to watch sports

Jun 15, 2021