Two years after a morning that left her with a traumatic brain injury and mounting medical bills, a Charlotte mother wants to make sure families in similar situations have a good summer.

Six months into the job, Charlotte’s first woman police chief has built her administration on a deep well of relationships — and, at least for now, avoided the chaos engulfing the rest of city leadership.

This week, Central Piedmont Community College will graduate 1,843 students. President Kandi Deitemeyer has been here for nearly 10 years — through controversies and calm — and has turned the college into an engine of opportunity.

A few thoughts on the Charlotte mayor’s abrupt resignation, and why it happened

A note of thanks, on the anniversary of The Charlotte Optimist.

Inside Santé, the small mobile crisis team that most of Charlotte doesn’t know exists

The retiring North Carolina senator has 259 days left in office. Over breakfast in Charlotte, he talks Trump, the Fed, and why he says he’s been this way all along.

On the same April night, a hardcore punk band in a 100-year-old club and a bank CEO in a ballroom reached, from opposite ends of the city, for the same word.

How Chris Moxley helped build 704 Shop into a beloved Charlotte brand

Inside Davidson College’s $47 million experiment to help solve some of our country’s most pressing problems.