Who’s running in the 9th District special election? With filing wrapping up for North Carolina’s Ninth District, there are 10 Republicans in the primary to replace Mark Harris to face Democrat Dan McCready.
Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan testified Tuesday before a skeptical congressional panel about a string of consumer abuses at the fourth-largest U.S. bank, including a sales scandal over unauthorized accounts.
After 2,000 North Carolina teachers failed a math test required to earn their license, state officials looked for a better exam. Now they say problems may lie with teacher prep programs -- and their whole premise.
Tax values in Mecklenburg County, NC, have gone up significantly in the property revaluation in some of the historically black neighborhoods in Charlotte. That’s led to fears of higher taxes, gentrification.
Every Tray Counts and students from CMS in Charlotte NC launch effort to compost more and put less school cafeteria waste into landfills. They’d like to remove millions of styrofoam trays from the trash.
The United Way of Central Carolinas, based in Charlotte, is cutting money to nonprofits serving children, the homeless, people with disabilities and working families unable to afford health insurance.
Bobby Morgan survived after Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department officers shot him with a gun in December. Police said they recovered a “replica blank-firing pistol” from the scene.
Former state elections board chairman Josh Malcolm, who started the 9th District probe, says he won’t serve on a reconstituted board. Malcolm was under fire from Republicans who accused him of trying to elect a Democrat.
As more details emerge about the North Carolina election board’s investigation into Bladen County election improprieties in 2016, unanswered questions linger: How did it happen again in 2018?
The Good Fellows Club, founded in 1917 in Charlotte, raises money for working families in emergency need through its annual Christmas luncheon. The club raised $1 million at Wednesday’s luncheon.
After a flurry of bad-weather closings, Charlotte Mecklenburg Superintendent Clayton Wilcox announces makeup days in January, February and March. It’s a bit confusing.
Jens Lutz, a former Democratic Party county chairman, resigns from Bladen County elections board. Lutz warned of illegal absentee ballot tampering or fraud before the votes were tallied in the Harris-McCready race.
A reading program that has cost North Carolina more than $150 million has produced no measurable results, according to a new study from NC State University. The deeper dive echos what average test scores showed.
A reader asked CuriousNC to investigate the origins of town names in the Outer Banks, specifically Duck, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head and Ocracoke. Here are the legends and true stories behind the names of the vacation towns.
Wells Fargo said Thursday it is laying off 106 employees in its Charlotte-area mortgage operation, including in Fort Mill, SC. It is part of a nationwide cut affecting 638 employees.
What’s the best way to test teachers in North Carolina? Educators who fail a math exam are denied an NC license. Now CMS is struggling to hire enough teachers before the school year starts in August.
Hundreds of NC teachers have failed their math licensing exam, putting their jobs at risk, since North Carolina started paying Pearson testing company to administer the test. State officials say the new exam may be the problem.
NC Republicans claim a Supreme Court candidate is a Democratic plant. Christopher Anglin is a Democrat who just changed party registration. Now he could help a Democratic candidate by taking votes from a Republican incumbent.
South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley talks about playing in Charlotte's Halton Arena, including her memories of the arena from her time at Temple and what she likes about the venue, where the Gamecocks are playing the NCAA tournament.
