Charlotte News Stories

01 The largest Admirals Club in American’s network is coming to Charlotte Douglas as a new airline lease heads to City Council Oct 8 02 Discovery Place owes Mecklenburg County $14.6 million for the new nature museum, with a default possible after October 27 Oct 8 03 Duke Energy’s proposed data center deal would set new rules for big power users, days before Charlotte votes on its moratorium Oct 8 04 THC drinks face a federal limit on December 11, and Charlotte bars and distributors are already pulling back Oct 7 05 Raíces, now open at South End’s RailYard, brings Jalisco and Oaxaca cooking from a South Carolina restaurant family Oct 7 06 The Chef Assembly brings national chefs and food writers to Charlotte on November 2 and 3 Oct 7 07 Huntersville neighbors organize against an 18-bay car wash and gas station planned for Statesville Road Oct 6 08 Peace & Saint opens a cocktail and hookah lounge in Uptown as Ray’s Country Smokehouse closes in Gastonia after 60 years Oct 6 09 WTA moving global headquarters to Charlotte, with Finals at Spectrum Center from 2027 Oct 3 10 Harris Teeter plans $253 million for Charlotte-area stores, including Matthews and Huntersville Oct 3 11 Charlotte-area home sales fell 8.7% in August as the number of homes for sale kept climbing Oct 2 12 Charlotte’s data center moratorium could run through October 2027, with a public hearing set for October 12 Oct 2 13 Food Lion opens Wednesday in east Charlotte’s former Harris Teeter at Idlewild and Margaret Wallace roads Oct 2 14 Opening this week in Charlotte: a public café at The Pearl, Guard and Grace in South End and The Queen’s Mahjery Oct 1 15 Space Craft will build Mira, 371 apartments and seven storefronts, on an old chemical plant site in Optimist Park Oct 1 16 Daimler Truck Financial Services opens North American headquarters in Ballantyne Sep 30 17 Capital Group opens East Coast hub in Uptown Charlotte, with 600 jobs at an average of $194,141 Sep 30 18 A Huntington Bank sign is going atop One South in Uptown as the bank’s Charlotte office doubles to four floors Sep 30 19 The Queen’s Mahjery, a mahjong studio from three Charlotte moms, opens Thursday in Oakhurst Commons Sep 28 20 Juicy Dumpling brings hand-wrapped soup dumplings to University City’s Boardwalk, in the old Crafty Crab space Sep 28 21 Concord’s Maple Street Biscuit will become Biscuit Belly’s first North Carolina conversion this fall Sep 28 22 Lowe’s is flying painter’s tape by drone from its Matthews store, in a first for home improvement retail Sep 25 23 Guard and Grace, a Michelin-recommended steakhouse from Denver, opens on the tenth floor in South End on October 1 Sep 25 24 Queens University will become Elon University | Queens College, and the merger has already cost a few jobs Sep 25 25 The city has ordered the 99-year-old Builders Building on West Trade demolished, and a boutique hotel plan may be its last chance Sep 25 26 Mortgage rates are back above 7 percent for the first time since January 2025. Here is what that means for Charlotte buyers Sep 25 27 Raising Cane’s confirms three Charlotte-area restaurants, with Gastonia and Concord Mills opening in 2027 Sep 24 28 Uptown’s quiet data center is adding a 200,000-square-foot building as the city decides what comes after the moratorium Sep 24 29 Charlotte Douglas plans a $1 billion gate expansion to begin as its $4 billion overhaul ends in 2027 Sep 24 30 CMS board fires Superintendent Crystal Hill in a 5-4 vote hours after the chair steps down Sep 23 31 Davidson flips on I-77 toll lanes, and the regional board votes tonight with the outcome all but set Sep 23 32 A converted locomotive with 24 self-pour taps is parking in NoDa next month Sep 23 33 Three months into the Morrison YMCA fight, the sale is holding and the arguments have hardened Sep 23 34 Charlotte City Council reverses itself on I-77 toll lanes in a 7-4 vote, with two members flipping Sep 22 35 DA asks SBI for a criminal investigation into CMS finances as the board votes tonight on its chair Sep 22 36 Wegmans agrees to buy a Cornelius site for a second Charlotte-area store, three weeks before its first one opens Sep 22 37 Carvana adds 100 jobs at its southwest Charlotte auction site, none requiring a degree Sep 22 38 Charlotte City Council may reverse itself on I-77 toll lanes today, under threat of a state penalty Sep 21 39 Festival in the Park returns to Freedom Park this weekend for its 62nd year Sep 21 40 Charlotte Film Festival opens tomorrow for six days of screenings Sep 21 41 Mooresville Mayor Chris Carney leaves office September 30 after months of controversy Sep 21 42 What to watch at Tuesday’s CMS board meeting Sep 21 43 CMS board will vote September 22 on removing its chair, as the leadership exodus continues Sep 18 44 The Observer cut nearly a quarter of its staff the same day it won 34 state press awards Sep 18 45 Skiptown’s first franchisees sign a Pineville lease, taking the Charlotte dog-care brand into its own backyard Sep 18 46 Charlotte’s pause on data center approvals looks likely to be extended Sep 18 47 FoodieLand brings 250 vendors to Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend, and tickets are online only Sep 18 48 Grey’s Diner: a Michelin recognized chef took over the Mattie’s diner car, and it is one of the year’s best openings Sep 17 49 PostScript: the neighbors who took over Letty’s on Shamrock are running one of Charlotte’s best new restaurants Sep 17 50 Babaloo Coffee Club is opening a second, three times bigger shop at Rea Farms Sep 16 51 Blume Studios lands the North American premiere of Leonardo versus Michelangelo Sep 16 52 1122 Coffee Co.: a WNBA guard and her sister open a living room coffee shop in downtown Concord Sep 16 53 Mochi’s Deli is the Park Road sandwich shop Charlotte is waiting an hour for Sep 15 54 No Knife Chicken & Waffles: what DaBaby’s new North End restaurant costs and what to expect Sep 15