1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (184+ words) A veteran detention officer at a North Carolina jail is facing 20 counts of felony forgery, after it was determined documents linked to deportations had fake signatures, according to investigators. The paperwork was used to hold suspected undocumented immigrants in jail…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (799+ words) When Charlotte first began its major affordable housing push, the city identified a shortage of about 24,000 apartments available to low-income people. Nearly a decade and hundreds of millions of public dollars later, its estimate now stands above 42,000. The city’s answer…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (409+ words) It is hard to escape the accusation that our legacy is the most divisive, destructive, deceptive, disruptive and dangerous administration in American history. We might better be called The Take All You Can, Leave As Little As Possible Generation. What…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (165+ words) The NWS Raleigh NC issued an updated weather alert at 5:07 p.m. on Saturday for strong thunderstorms until 6 p.m. The alert is for Halifax, Nash and Edgecombe counties. Residents may experience wind gusts of up to 30 mph. "At 5:07 p.m., Doppler radar tracked strong thunderstorms…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (123+ words) The NWS Wakefield VA issued an updated report at 6:17 p.m. on Saturday for strong thunderstorms until 7 p.m. for Northampton County. "At 6:16 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm 7 miles southeast of Claresville, or 8 miles west of Boykins, moving north at 25 mph," explains the…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (212+ words) President Donald Trump will visit Gastonia on Wednesday, aiming to give a boost to Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley in his hometown. Trump will deliver remarks at Gastonia Municipal Airport on Gaston Day School Road starting at 7 p.m., officials said. The…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (285+ words) President Donald Trump’s approval rating is at its lowest level yet in North Carolina, a state he won by 3 percentage points in 2024, a new poll shows. The poll from Elon University, conducted in August, found that just 31% of North Carolinians…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (485+ words) Ahead of the much-anticipated debut of Wegmans’ in south Charlotte, a new survey by the grocery chain made it clear what shoppers want: a taste of upstate and western New York. The family-owned Rochester, NY-based company launched a community survey…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (369+ words) Given President Trump’s glaring unpopularity, many Republicans decided to stay away from their party’s unorthodox midterm convention in Dallas this week. Michael Whatley did not. At this point, Whatley doesn’t have much to lose by appearing at the convention, but it’s…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (15+ words) (Video) Charlotte Observer...