With the U.S. Mint's last penny struck in November, Mecklenburg County is drafting a policy for cash payments made without exact change: round the total up to the nearest nickel, by no more than four cents. The rounding would be a last resort, and most county cash runs through…
Jack Beckett·Jun 25, 2026
After a runoff decided by a single vote, the City Council chose Robert Harrington, a Robinson Bradshaw attorney who has never held elected office, as Charlotte's next mayor. He beat civic leader Carrie Cook 6 to 5 and…
Jack Beckett·
Charlotte-Mecklenburg's school board declined to renew i-Ready on the terms its staff requested, rejecting a multi-year, sole-source contract for a single year with conditions attached. The 7-2 vote followed sustained…
Jack Beckett·Jun 24, 2026
Justin Haley finished sixth in the chaotic, attrition-filled Navy 250 at San Diego's Naval Base Coronado, his best run of the season and a match for the best…
John Speedway·Jun 22, 2026
NASCAR leaves its wild San Diego street debut for Sonoma's road course and the Toyota / Save Mart 350 on June 28. Road-course ace Shane van Gisbergen sits just…
John Speedway·Jun 22, 2026
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sports·Jun 19, 2026
Denny Hamlin has won three straight and chopped Tyler Reddick's points lead to 19. This weekend NASCAR races a street…
sports·Jun 19, 2026
Justin Allgaier has already clinched the Chase, JR Motorsports has won 11 road races in a row, and the NASCAR O'Reilly…
sports·Jun 19, 2026
Jimmie Johnson hasn't run a Craftsman Truck Series race since 2008. Friday night he climbs back in one for the Navy 250,…
government·Jun 17, 2026
AJ Allmendinger makes his 500th NASCAR Cup Series start Sunday at Sonoma, in his home state of California, a week after a season-best fifth at San Diego. Three…
John Speedway·Jun 22, 2026
Austin Hill won the inaugural O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at San Diego's Naval Base Coronado, surviving a 25-car wreck and a run of engine failures for the…
Jack Beckett·Jun 22, 2026
Corey Heim won the Anduril 250 at the San Diego Street Course, the first Cup Series race ever run at Naval Base Coronado, then collected zero championship…
Jack Beckett·Jun 22, 2026
Layne Riggs won the inaugural Truck Series race at San Diego and stretched his championship lead from 26 points to 65 as nearest rival Kaden Honeycutt crashed…
Jack Beckett·Jun 22, 2026
The Charlotte Knights dropped the opener in Buffalo and won the series anyway, four games to two, closing a winning first half on a Sunday shutout. Kyle Teel…
John Speedway·Jun 22, 2026
The council interviewed five finalists for interim mayor on June 18 and set the appointment vote for Monday. Here is how each got on the ballot, what they told…
Jack Beckett·Jun 20, 2026
Hendrick Motorsports has petitioned to rezone 22.89 acres at the Mecklenburg-Cabarrus line from residential to…
government·Jun 17, 2026
A bill in Raleigh, written by Sen. Vickie Sawyer, would require the Charlotte-area governments that voted to kill the…
sports·Jun 17, 2026
The Charlotte Knights came into Buffalo riding a seven-game road winning streak and dropped the series opener 9-5, even…