Mecklenburg County leaders want to put the transit referendum on the ballot this November. It would add a one percent sales ...

Mecklenburg County's transportation bill advanced in the North Carolina Senate Wednesday afternoon. Why it matters: Now we're ...

Under a five-year contract, the company will manage operations and recycling commodity marketing while the county makes way ...

The Senate amended Cotham’s bill to try to address those concerns. Once it formally clears the Senate, the bill heads back to ...

A transportation bill sponsored by Charlotte Republican Tricia Cotham made its second reading in the North Carolina House of Representatives. The bill, if approved by lawmakers, would advance a 1-cent ...

The North Carolina House overwhelmingly approved, 102-6, Mecklenburg County’s sales tax increase referendum for transit.

House Bill 948 advances in North Carolina, moving a key transportation sales tax closer to Mecklenburg County's ballot.

On Monday at 7:14 p.m. a severe thunderstorm warning was issued by the NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC in effect until 8 p.m.

This creates a very tailored space from the funds coming within Mecklenburg County and must go out. Everything is very secure in that process," Cotham said. Funds would be overseen by a new 27-member ...

Liz Clasen-Kelly, of Roof Above, surveys a homeless man lying on a bench in uptown Charlotte on Jan. 23, 2025, as part of Mecklenburg County's Point-In-Time Count. A new report released by ...

The flag features essentially the same design the panel adopted in May for a new county seal, which replaced one showing an image of Junipero Serra, the Ventura mission and symbols of industry.

Holmes County celebrated its bicentennial with two days of events. Student-written historical plays were performed at the Holmes Center for the Arts. A tribute concert to the Willie Green Band was ...