Charlotte Observer

How can NC protect worker lives? Labor commissioner candidates offer different answers.

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Despite their wide political differences, the two candidates competing to run North Carolina’s labor department agree on this: Too many construction workers ...

What to know about $650 million Bank of America Stadium renovation plan in Charlotte

Sports
Daniel Miller

The Charlotte City Council on Monday approved terms of a deal to spend $650 million in public funding on Bank of America ...

Boat and swim safely. June is the deadliest month on North Carolina waterways.

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Amanda Smith

In 2020, on June 7, a Sunday, a 33-year-old man floating in a kayak on Lake Norman flipped over and drowned. The ...

Fate of damaged Charlotte house where shootout killed four officers remains murky

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Amanda Smith

A month after a deadly shootout with police erupted at a Galway Drive house in east Charlotte, the front of the badly ...

Police arrest 2nd suspect in fatal shooting of teen in Charlotte fast food restaurant

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Police on Friday arrested a second person involved with the killing of Charlotte teenager Fate Brannon inside a fast food restaurant. A ...

1 dead, 1 injured in overnight shootings in Charlotte, one near uptown Spectrum Center

U.S.
Amanda Smith

One person died and another was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after two overnight shootings in Charlotte on Saturday, including one near the ...