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National Guard
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Nov 13, 2025
Sure, the data can't always tell the entire story. But one representative who's asking for a deployment isn't suggesting the same solution for a more violent place in his own district.
Media
+3
Nov 9, 2025
The publication that gave me a shot to be a writer is shutting down.
Carrot Top
Jul 10, 2025
The rapper/actor bought a house on the south side of town in the late '90s. But he wasn't the last major musician to live there.
Duke University
Jun 12, 2025
ESPN's most famous college basketball analyst once forced the beloved and annoying children's show character to appear in federal court in Charlotte. Why? Just to mess with the other lawyers.
MecDec
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May 20, 2025
The O.G. Declaration of Independence was signed in Charlotte on May 20, 1775. Did it really exist? Probably? Here are a few stories about America's most underrated founding document.
Raleigh
+5
May 15, 2025
This week, a collection of hatin'. Contractors! The Washington Capitals! Wilmington! Charlotte! ESPECIALLY you, Charlotte.
Durham
Mar 13, 2025
People are all up in arms about the North Carolina accents from the latest season of The White Lotus. So where exactly did they come from?
Charlotte
Feb 7, 2025
There are billions of dollars inside of a big underground vault in Charlotte. It's there to make sure that you don't have to think too much about the logistics of money.
Sep 10, 2024
Finally, somebody's going to build SOMETHING on the site of the old Eastland Mall in Charlotte. Whatever it is, it will not be nearly as bizarre as the ice rink that once sat beneath the food court.
Aug 15, 2024
There are two giant models of the Charlotte Hornets mascot sitting in a pile of junk off of a busy highway. Where did they come from, and how come nobody's noticed them until now?
Highlands
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Jul 11, 2024
Some looks into the past and the future, including the wrong Durham, Burt Reynolds's old house, the least mysterious grocery store, and bizarro customer service.
Jun 11, 2024
Watch LaMelo Ball drive around on the top of his condo building, plus learn about what Brits think about America barbecue, how my golf shoes disintegrated at Pinehurst, and more.
Business
Apr 18, 2024
North Carolina's most beloved chicken and biscuit chain has been around since 1977. It's been owned by out-of-towners and private equity firms for a big chunk of its life.
Tim Moore
+8
Mar 7, 2024
Building new roads and widening others almost always makes traffic worse. Ask, um, Atlanta.
Feb 8, 2024
The late great NASCAR driver had a deviously simple way of handling himself in social settings, and now you do too.
Hickory
Jan 9, 2024
After storms and widespread outages, electrical companies and experts always say it's too expensive to put all overhead power lines underground. In the 1960s, they buried them for different reasons.
Jan 4, 2024
The 16-time world champion wrestler is returning to North Carolina this weekend with another new product. So if you buy it, what do you get?
Cindy Adams
Nov 16, 2023
The New York Post recently ran a column that said Charlotte isn't as good as New York. Here, now, is a thoughtful and thorough review of this column.
Nov 2, 2023
This week, the Rabbit Hole answers a question about the color of Charlotte's skyline, discovers a hidden Art Deco department store, and relays some hard news about the Elevator Queen.
Politics
Sep 14, 2023
Generations ago, leaders thought local elections should be protected from state and national issues. We're still dealing with the effects of that thinking today.
Sep 7, 2023
Someone asked me to find a North Carolina connection to a viral brawl in Alabama. Here's something that's, maybe, even more legendary.
Travel
Aug 15, 2023
This week: Weekend getaways and vacation plans involving a dead fast-food restaurant chain, a seafood-loving snake, and a freedom-loving cow.
Plastics
Aug 8, 2023
North Carolina once had... this! So what happened to this place? And did the bubble actually work?
Aug 4, 2023
One of the city's oldest buildings is being demolished, and its full story hasn't been told until now. So, was it historic? Or was it just old?
News
Jul 20, 2023
Once upon a time, a hot dog joint based in Charlotte was the fastest-growing fast food chain in America. Then it vanished. Today, there's one Wiener King left in America, and it's barely hanging on.
