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Another break for NC bar owners: Liquor fees delayed until the state is fully reopened

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Another break for NC bar owners: Liquor fees delayed until the state is fully reopened

Shot: NC bars have been closed for nearly a year. Chaser: Liquor fees aren’t due for months.
February 25, 2021, 5:03 PM
NC to release 3,500 state prison inmates early in COVID lawsuit agreement

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NC to release 3,500 state prison inmates early in COVID lawsuit agreement

How to get on a Mecklenburg vaccine wait list, and other COVID tips we learned this week

Coronavirus

How to get on a Mecklenburg vaccine wait list, and other COVID tips we learned this week

February 25, 2021, 2:00 PM
What NC’s new rules mean for bars, sports arenas and more: Answers to common questions

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What NC’s new rules mean for bars, sports arenas and more: Answers to common questions

Don’t want to go to the gym during COVID-19? Here are 40+ Charlotte virtual workouts.

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Don’t want to go to the gym during COVID-19? Here are 40+ Charlotte virtual workouts.

Patients want primary care doctors to give vaccine but find scant supply, NC doc says

Coronavirus

Patients want primary care doctors to give vaccine but find scant supply, NC doc says

13 places for to-go cocktails in Charlotte during COVID-19

Food and Drink

13 places for to-go cocktails in Charlotte during COVID-19

Lost in the crowd: When a pandemic takes away the friends we didn’t know we had

People

Lost in the crowd: When a pandemic takes away the friends we didn’t know we had

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How McClatchy journalists across the US are covering the coronavirus pandemic

How McClatchy journalists across the US are covering the coronavirus pandemic

An NC county’s comical, cowardly ‘defiance’ of the state’s stay at home order

Charlotte Hornets guard Malik Monk tests positive for the coronavirus

Inside a quarantine hotel: Black mold, armed guards and TV dinners

Rapper J. Cole releases new single in response to protests, police violence

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So close but so far: The challenges of being alone and being with others during COVID

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So close but so far: The challenges of being alone and being with others during COVID

‘A huge deal.’ Charlotte area bars, restaurants, sports sites cheer looser COVID rules

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‘A huge deal.’ Charlotte area bars, restaurants, sports sites cheer looser COVID rules

Can SC residents get 2nd vaccine shot with NC’s new out-of-state rules? What we know.

Coronavirus

Can SC residents get 2nd vaccine shot with NC’s new out-of-state rules? What we know.

NC ‘red alert’ counties plummet as new COVID cases and hospitalizations fall

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NC ‘red alert’ counties plummet as new COVID cases and hospitalizations fall

Should you just give up dating for a year — or more? On finding love during COVID.

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Should you just give up dating for a year — or more? On finding love during COVID.

The lights are back: Interactive Rail Trail show returns to Charlotte

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The lights are back: Interactive Rail Trail show returns to Charlotte

‘Our lives matter less’: People fighting illnesses still waiting for COVID vaccine in NC

Coronavirus

‘Our lives matter less’: People fighting illnesses still waiting for COVID vaccine in NC

Time hails these NC natives — a scientist, a singer and an actress —as emerging leaders

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Time hails these NC natives — a scientist, a singer and an actress —as emerging leaders

Charlotte is nowhere near COVID herd immunity. Here’s what that will take. 

Coronavirus

Charlotte is nowhere near COVID herd immunity. Here’s what that will take. 

Vaccine events at BofA Stadium, Park Expo this weekend. Here’s where else to get them

Coronavirus

Vaccine events at BofA Stadium, Park Expo this weekend. Here’s where else to get them

A silent pandemic within a global one: Help someone (or yourself) escape domestic abuse

Wellness

A silent pandemic within a global one: Help someone (or yourself) escape domestic abuse

February 19, 2021, 9:52 AM
Blumenthal unveils new Broadway season plan as shows return to Charlotte amid COVID

Local Arts

Blumenthal unveils new Broadway season plan as shows return to Charlotte amid COVID

February 18, 2021, 1:53 PM
‘Let kids learn’ — Conservative groups’ new ad campaign targets NC for school reopening

Politics & Government

‘Let kids learn’ — Conservative groups’ new ad campaign targets NC for school reopening

Mecklenburg postpones some COVID vaccine appointments due to weather, shipping delays

Coronavirus

Mecklenburg postpones some COVID vaccine appointments due to weather, shipping delays

WATCH: Your COVID-19 vaccine questions answered during live Q&A

February 24, 2021, 1:21 PM

For Maura Wozniak getting the vaccine is ‘a matter of life and death’

February 22, 2021, 10:36 AM

Residents of tent encampment wait in cold rain as county officials squabble

February 18, 2021, 4:54 PM
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