The project is already in the federal government’s pipeline. The big question now is how local governments will fund their part of it.

The state has added a number of retaining walls to mitigate impacts from the project.

Crews battle active fires in McDowell and counties across the region as drought conditions raise risk statewide.

N.C. Department of Transportation board member Stephen Rosenburgh said last week he might question whether the state should be involved in other Charlotte transportation projects if the city rejects I-77 toll lanes.

Latino leaders and community members gathered in uptown Charlotte on Monday for the 10th annual contemplation breakfast.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ planned magnet overhaul includes a proposal that the CMS school board once vetoed after community pushback: changing four so-called “middle colleges” into “early colleges.”

The NCDOT opens its new community engagement center on West Morehead Street. State transportation officials roll out new designs for the I-77 toll lane project. Firefighters battle a growing wildfire near North Wilkesboro. Gaston County residents call for the dismissal of School Board member Tod Kinlaw following a social media post about the Islamic faith.