How is a blade born in N.C.? Find out, with A. Sharpe knife
If you’re ever driving on the quarter-mile stretch of Haywood Road running north-south between Lexington, N.C., and the Yadkin River, slow down and roll...
Here’s an early glimpse at what incoming CMS leader says about hottest issues
From student assignment challenges to support for new teachers, incoming Charlotte-Mecklenburg Superintendent Clayton Wilcox tackled an array of big topics in a public Q&A...
New CMS assignment twist: Transfer option could open doors for 27,000 students
Up to 27,000 students in 35 low-performing Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools could get a new path to transfer out, as school board members asked staff to...
UNC surges ahead in ACC with another standout defensive performance
North Carolina coach Roy Williams wasn’t in a place on Wednesday night to put into perspective what his team has done defensively during...
New-look NASCAR: Will recent changes improve the sport? Time to find out.
NASCAR has made a series of changes for the 2017 season ranging from a new top-series sponsor to how the cars are set...
What one Charlotte neighborhood learned from fighting a new development
People sometimes assume developers in Charlotte hold all the cards and can win approval for anything they want. But a fight over new townhouses...
Dakota Access oil pipeline camp cleared of protestesters
Authorities on Thursday cleared a protest camp where opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline had gathered for the better part of a year,...
More than 25,000 of these elephants are gone – the victims of poachers, study...
The population of forest elephants at a key Central African preserve is sharply declining, and poaching is largely to blame, according to a...
Pitts: The education gap between left and right
"I love the poorly educated!" -- Donald Trump"Think! It ain't illegal yet." -- FunkadelicIt's time we talked about the most consequential political divide in...
An undercurrent of fear in Baltimore's immigrant communities
On Sunday Feb. 12, hundreds of Latino, African-American, white and Asian neighbors marched in Highlandtown to Patterson Park chanting "No hate, no fear, immigrants...
Trump: Making America less safe again
The new immigration policies President Donald Trump's administration released Tuesday make America less humane; they target millions of people who have been in this...
Make the mayor accountable for the schools
It was a strange set of circumstances that led to the joint-governance arrangement between the city and state for Baltimore's public schools. Twenty years...
Under Armour shares plunge on sales and earnings miss
Under Armour's long streak of eye-popping gains in sales ended abruptly during the all-important holiday season, the company reported Tuesday, sending its stock down...
Baltimore-area financial advisers react to Trump's hold on fiduciary rule
Some Baltimore-area wealth managers welcomed President Donald J. Trump's decision to delay and review an Obama-era financial rule that would change how they provide...
Small merchants brace for competition from Amazon's Prime Now
Sandy Piper's family has been merchants in Hampden for more than 40 years, but when she retires someday, she's not sure there will be...