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The North Carolina House declined to advance HB328 after dueling advocacy and law enforcement pressure, leaving hemp regulations and age limits unresolved.

Carolina Panthers wide receiver Xavier Legette took a nasty fall in training camp practice in Charlotte. Here’s what happened, what coach Dave Canales said.

Carolina Panthers will be without LaBryan Ray in 2026 after the veteran NFL lineman retired following preseason practice. Panthers depth chart updates at WR.

Three NC hospitals made U.S. News top-50 specialty lists, and 20 were named Best Regional Hospitals for high-performing care across multiple procedures and conditions.

Neese’s Country Sausage returns to more than 500 Food Lion stores in North Carolina and Virginia with new packaging but the same recipes, after months off shelves.

Mariah’s Taco Spot launches a ghost kitchen in Charlotte, offering exclusive menu items, Caribbean taco boxes and weekly specials starting Aug. 4 at City Kitch.

Lincoln County held a public hearing on a Charlotte developer’s planned 600-home mega-community on 500 rural acres eight miles west of Lake Norman.

USA Today Sports released the 2026 preseason coaches poll. See how Dabo Swinney and Clemson Tigers, Shane Beamer and USC Gamecocks fared in first major poll

Federal court sentenced Anil Dabydeen to 10 years in prison after he shot at cars on I-485 in Charlotte while fleeing police; supervised release will follow.

A national Muslim civil rights group rebuked “hateful, conspiratorial and dangerous” comments against a Lake Norman mosque by residents at a government meeting.