Stories with Charlotte

Charlotte's Thursday forecast calls for a warm, muggy morning followed by scattered downpours. Temperatures are expected in the upper eighties, with the heaviest rain possible in localized bursts. A weak front arriving Friday may provide more focus for late-day storms before drier weather returns for the weekend. Outdoor plans during Thursday's scattered-downpour forecast should include water, shade and a way to leave early if conditions become unsafe or an official warning is issued.

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• Charlotte Faces Muggy Day With Scattered Heavy Downpours — WSOC-TV — 2026-08-27
  https://www.wsoctv.com/weather/forecasts/forecast-warmer-with-chance-scattered-downpours/37U5S5J72FH35GL52BDCCOIN4I/

A new Murray's cave-aged cheese collection is coming to five Harris Teeter stores in Charlotte this fall. Five cheeses in the collection received honors at the twenty twenty-six American Cheese Society competition. Harris Teeter is also holding August twenty-seventh pairing events, giving shoppers a chance to sample the products before the wider seasonal rollout.

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• Award-Winning Cave-Aged Cheeses Reach Five Charlotte Stores — Murray's Cheese — 2026-08-27
  https://www.stocktitan.net/news/KR/murray-s-cheese-debuts-exclusive-cave-aged-collection-at-harris-nqwulxkhfsuv.html

UNC Charlotte opened the twenty twenty-six and twenty twenty-seven academic year with University Convocation. Chancellor Sharon Gaber and Provost Alicia Bertone used the gathering to outline campus momentum, goals and expanding opportunities. The practical follow-through will appear in enrollment, student services, new academic programs and how the university funds the priorities described at the ceremony.

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• UNC Charlotte Opens Academic Year With New Goals — UNC Charlotte — 2026-08-14
  https://inside.charlotte.edu/news-features/

UNC Charlotte has established a School of Energy focused on grid technology and modernization. The new academic structure builds on the university's existing energy research and its role in the Carolinas Grid Engine. Students should watch for specific degree, certificate and research opportunities as the school converts the announcement into courses, faculty assignments and industry partnerships.

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• UNC Charlotte Establishes New School of Energy — UNC Charlotte — 2026-08-13
  https://inside.charlotte.edu/news-features/

UNC Charlotte conferred more than eleven hundred degrees during Summer Commencement at Dale F. Halton Arena. Graduates represented thirteen countries, twenty-three states and sixty-three North Carolina counties, with ages ranging from eighteen to sixty-two. The range shows that the summer class includes recent high-school graduates, working adults and students completing advanced credentials. Planning for UNC Charlotte's summer graduating class also needs a clear timeline, because access, transportation, technology and instruction often move together when an education plan changes.

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• UNC Charlotte Awards More Than 1,100 Summer Degrees — UNC Charlotte — 2026-08-10
  https://inside.charlotte.edu/2026/08/10/congratulations-2026-summer-graduates/

UNC Charlotte alumnus Layne Riggs has clinched the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series regular-season championship after earning his sixth victory of the year. The title gives the university a direct connection to a national motorsports result. A regular-season crown rewards performance across the schedule, while the postseason will determine whether that consistency carries into the final championship rounds.

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• UNC Charlotte Alumnus Layne Riggs Wins Truck Series Season Title — UNC Charlotte — 2026-08-24
  https://inside.charlotte.edu/news-features/

UNC Charlotte installed two solar-powered picnic tables behind McEniry Hall near the pollinator garden beds. The tables create outdoor study and teaching space while demonstrating small-scale renewable power on campus. Students can use the installation as ordinary seating, but its location also connects clean-energy technology with an existing environmental learning area. The next useful update on the solar picnic tables will turn the announcement into dates, locations, requirements and instructions people at McEniry Hall can act on.

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• Solar Picnic Tables Add Outdoor Study Power at UNC Charlotte — UNC Charlotte — 2026-08-26
  https://inside.charlotte.edu/news-features/

UNC Charlotte welcomed leaders from government, higher education, industry and economic development to celebrate the National Science Foundation's Carolinas Grid Modernization Engine. Participants included university leaders, members of Congress and Duke Energy executives. The initiative links research and workforce development around a power grid facing growth, new generation sources and changing demand. For students and families, the Carolinas Grid Engine matters most in the way it changes learning, services, schedules or future opportunities.

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• UNC Charlotte Celebrates Carolinas Grid Modernization Engine — UNC Charlotte — 2026-08-26
  https://inside.charlotte.edu/category/general-news/

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools held Crown Academy twenty twenty-six as a comprehensive orientation for newly hired educators. The program introduces teachers to district expectations, support systems and practical classroom operations before they begin working with students. Effective orientation can reduce first-week confusion by connecting new employees with curriculum resources, technology, human-resources contacts and campus leadership. Until then, Crown Academy is a concrete development to track, with follow-through more important than the headline alone.

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• CMS Crown Academy Welcomes New Educators — Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools — 2026-08-12
  https://www.cmsk12.org/all-news

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has introduced a newsletter called Three-Two-One Family Weekly. The district says the publication centralizes information that families previously received through separate messages. A single weekly source can make deadlines easier to track, but parents should still keep school-specific alerts enabled for transportation, attendance or emergency notices that cannot wait for the next newsletter.

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• CMS Launches One Weekly Newsletter for District Families — Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools — 2026-08-12
  https://www.cmsk12.org/all-news