Charlotte’s city council named Rob Harrington interim mayor. And for once, the process worked.

The Advocate Health CEO has taken Charlotte’s community hospital and turned it into the nation’s third-largest nonprofit health system. But it hasn’t come without criticism. At $25 million a year and in the middle of a fight over WakeMed, he may be the most consequential — and questioned — leader in modern Charlotte.

As Leading on Opportunity sunsets this month, departing director Sherri Chisholm sat down to talk about what Charlotte built, what’s changing, and who moves between the rooms now

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.

Capt. Wade Smith spent Navy Week in some rooms where Charlotte’s future gets decided. He left wondering whether there’d be a seat for him one day.

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