A recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic and a burst of government spending on testing, health care and aid to businesses and households will nearly quadruple the governmentβs budget deficit to $3.7 trillion, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday.
President Donald Trump signed a $484 billion bill Friday to aid employers and hospitals under stress from the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 50,000 Americans and devastated broad swaths of the economy.
Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio and Public Health Director Gibbie Harris provided an update on the local response to Gov. Roy Cooper's stay-at-home extension as the county's positive case toll reaches 1,400 as of Friday morning.
Instead of joyful peals of laughter from children, one hears only the chirping of birds, or perhaps a lone car rumbling past on the street.
The governor of North Carolina said Thursday that NASCAR teams can work in their race shops if they maintain social distancing guidelines, clearing a potential hurdle to resuming the season in coming weeks.
A group of high school and college students in theΒ CharlotteΒ area are helping people affected by COVID-19.
The North Carolina stay-at-home order continues until at least May 8th. Governor Roy Cooper made the announcement during a news conference on Thursday.Β
Deputies with the Watauga County Sheriff's Office say they are searching for the person who broke into Mountain Pathways School in Boone on April 19th.
Members of the Charlotte Knights front office volunteered their time at Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina on April 23rd.
A Monroe woman who posed as an FBI agent on her dating websites has been sentenced to serve 37 months in prison, according to U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray.
Alexander County deputies have charged a suspect for attempting to break and enter into a residence Tuesday night.
Governor Roy Cooper issued Executive Order No. 135 extending North Carolinaβs Stay At Home order through May 8. The orders extending closure of restaurants for dine-in service and bars and closure of other close-contact businesses are also extended through May 8.
According to CMPD, officers are conducting a homicide investigation near the intersection of Pace Oaks Blvd and University Ridge Drive which is off of East W.T. Harris Blvd.
Two suspects have been arrested and charged after a vehicle chase involving Cornelius police Wednesday afternoon, officials say.
The Cornelius Police have arrested three suspects involved in an armed robbery of a residence on Tuesday afternoon.
CMPD have charged two suspects for an armed robbery of a Circle K in west Charlotte after a car chase which resulted in a CMPD vehicle being struck on Tuesday.
Following the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atrium Health is now requiring everyone entering one of its acute care, skilled nursing or behavioral health facilities to wear a mask, including patients, permitted visitors, and vendors.
More than 341,000 people have said they lost their jobs in South Carolina since the coronavirus pandemic began.
New Atrium Health Family Medicine and OB/GYN Practices Serving the Lake Norman, North Charlotte Areas.
A number of beer and wine distributors in North Carolina are volunteering their tractor-trailers to help stock the stateβs grocery stores and food pantries in the midst of the coronavirus.
Novant Health will resume some non-time sensitive and non-emergent surgeries and procedures beginning Monday, May 4.
Police say reckless driving is a factor in a crash that killed a teenager in south Charlotte.
