‘Intentionally set’ house fire sends 3 Charlotte firefighters to hospital

CHARLOTTE — Three firefighters with the Charlotte Fire Department have been hospitalized following a two-alarm house fire in north Charlotte. The department responded to a structure fire around 2:45 a ... Read More

Expansion plan approved for UNC Charlotte’s football stadium

A new plan has been approved to increase the football stadium’s capacity. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors approved $60 million for Phase 1 of the expansion, which will raise the ... Read More

Siemens Energy to add more than 550 jobs, invest $150 million in NC

Siemens Energy plans to add 559 jobs and invest almost $150 million in North Carolina ... direct operating jobs at the company's existing Charlotte facility and 84 jobs at its existing Raleigh ... Read More

Manufacturer to add more than 400 jobs and invest $59 million in the Charlotte area

A ventilation equipment manufacturer will create 403 jobs in Shelby through an expansion of its Cleveland County operations, Gov. Roy Cooper’s office announced Thursday. Wisconsin-based ... Read More

Victim IDed in deadly shooting in northwest Charlotte

CHARLOTTE — Police have identified the man who was found dead after a shooting early Sunday morning in northwest Charlotte. The shooting happened around 5 a.m. Sunday on Bradford Drive, which is ... Read More

JPMorgan Chase to add 15-plus branches in Charlotte market

ALSO READ: JPMorgan Chase to add 200 jobs in Charlotte Marianne Lake, CEO of consumer and community banking at Chase, said branches provide valuable benefits to clients across its footprint. Read More

Siemens Energy charts 500-job expansion in Charlotte, Raleigh areas

Siemens Energy is bringing more than 500 jobs to North Carolina. The manufacturing jobs, to be located in both Mecklenburg and Wake counties, were disclosed during today’s meeting of the ... Read More

17-year-old employee killed inside northwest Charlotte restaurant, police say

CHARLOTTE — A homicide investigation is underway ... Butler said CMPD is focusing on finding those responsible. “Our job is to bring justice to this young man and to this young man’s family ... Read More

Job Growth

A healthy economy needs the number of jobs to at least match the growth of its working-age population. This metric, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, evaluates states on their ... Read More

Jobs Report

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said more than 300,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in March. The highest number of new jobs in nearly a year. America’s employers delivered another ... Read More

Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin continue ‘party’ tour, add Charlotte date

“The Trilogy Tour,” featuring Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias, and Ricky Martin, kicked off Nov. 17 in Dallas, but Charlotte wasn’t on the list of stops until the trio recently added more date ... Read More

United Airlines

United Airlines is asking its pilots to take time off next month to avoid excess staffing as it contends with issues from Boeing manufacturing delays. A United Airlines flight was forced to turn ... Read More