After growing up on the Chesapeake, I can count the North Carolina spots that get it right on one hand. A six-month-old shop in Lincoln County named Poppy’s just earned a spot.

Why Charlotte’s football MVP remembers his time at Myers Park, and the senior season COVID took from him

Our city in pictures after a history-making snowstorm.

After the closure of Charlotte’s longest-running magazine, its publisher turned loss into reinvention — and made a case for print in 2026. Long live Andy’s Print Shop.

The old cliché about doctors is true for Jeff Cleveland: he often can’t read his own handwriting.  Computers were a step toward solving that, allowing him to type notes in the exam room. Still, interactions felt cracked, as he looked back and forth between a monitor and the patient. Now, though, new artificial intelligence technology […]

A short reflection on weather, neighbors, and the small moments that hold a weekend together.

William McNeely survived a lung transplant and prostate cancer. Now his organization, Do Greater, is building “Sparkhouses” to give Charlotte’s young people the connections that changed his life.

What we can all learn from a Charlotte 12-step recovery program, and what it needs to keep going

Buddhist monks crossed into North Carolina on a 2,300-mile Walk for Peace. And for two days, Charlotte walked with them.

A playoff loss, a shared roar, and the moment Charlotte remembered how to believe together.