Mecklenburg commissioners formally approved a $1.7 billion budget with a 2.35-cent tax rate increase Tuesday night, but not without great theater –...
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Charlotte Taps Craft Beer
Beer lists are getting longer these days as more people pass up big names like Budweiser, Miller, and Coors for something more distinctive: craft beer. Smaller breweries are turning out hoppy IPA’s, hefty ales, and dark… -
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To stage last year’s Democratic National Convention, the local host committee raised millions of dollars, much of it for computers, phones and...
Duke Energy executive Lynn Good will replace long-time CEO Jim Rogers. We knew Rogers would be leaving Duke. He's 65. And, state regulators made...
Last year, we told you about the North Carolina Zoo fitting its oldest elephant, C'Sar, with contact lenses to correct his failing eyesight. We
Mecklenburg County Commissioners are scheduled to pass a new budget Tuesday. A group of parents has spent the past year pushing for one line in that
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