By Yustin Riopko The Charlotte Area Transit System is continuing to draft the exact path the LYNX Silver Line will trace through Charlotte from Belmont to Matthews, weighing alignment options and … [Read more...]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library works through COVID-19
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library recently opened its branches with expanded operating hours to more customers. Joe Helweg, who chairs the system's board of trustees, told Mecklenburg County … [Read more...]
COVID-19 Response Fund awards $3M to 72 nonprofits
More than $3 million has been awarded to 72 nonprofits in the latest round of grants from the COVID-19 Response Fund. Nearly $18 million has been granted to date to more than 200 nonprofits helping … [Read more...]
Reopening state a focus in labor debate
by Julie Havlak Carolina Journal News Service Reopening the economy during COVID-19 is a hotly contested issue in the race for N.C. Commissioner of Labor. The two candidates – Republican state … [Read more...]
North Carolina approves $700M in Build NC bonds
Editor's note: A previous version of this story mentioned voters in three counties, including Mecklenburg, would be voting on bond measures. The bond in Mecklenburg pertains only to Charlotte. We have … [Read more...]
Congressional race pits incumbent Bishop vs. Wallace
by Nyamekye Daniel (The Center Square) – Incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop is being challenged by Democrat Cynthia Wallace in the North Carolina 9th Congressional District election. Bishop … [Read more...]
Parents share trials of remote school with DeVos
By Lindsay Marchello Carolina Journal News Service Virtual learning is taking a toll on Chloe Dixon’s children. Dixon took her eldest daughter out of public school because of mental health issues. … [Read more...]
Mecklenburg County issues COVID-19 reminders amid Phase 3 transition
CHARLOTTE – Mecklenburg County Public Health wants to reinforce the ways to limit potential exposure to COVID-19 as the state moves into Phase 3 of Gov. Roy Cooper's executive order. “While our … [Read more...]
NC’s Extra Credit Grant Program gives $335 to eligible households with qualifying child
RALEIGH -- North Carolina lawmakers passed a law last month that would give payments to families to help with virtual schooling and childcare costs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most families are … [Read more...]
Health Inspections (Sept. 25 to Oct. 1)
The Mecklenburg County Health Department inspected these restaurants from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1: Matthews • Boston Market, 9550 E. Independence Blvd. – 94 • Fiesta Mexican Cuisine, 11329 E. … [Read more...]