Buy Photo Opponents of a state shooting range gathered at its proposed site near Lake James, including Sue Crotts, second from right, chair of the local chapter’s Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League. Road improvements have begun in the area.(Photo: Tonya…

Two years ago, a major German corporation with facilities in the Upstate held their global environmental conference in Greenville. Following dinner, three engineers from their Stuttgart, Germany, facility asked where they could go to better experience our area. I suggested…

In Galveston’s heyday as a 19th-century financial center and booming port city, electric trolleys ran down the lushly planted esplanade on Broadway Boulevard, rolling past palm trees and stately Victorian homes. The Great Storm of 1900, the hurricane that leveled…

For decades, most Americans working in metropolitan areas have gone to work outside city centers — in suburban office parks, stores or plants, not downtown skyscrapers. But as people increasingly choose to live in cities instead of outside them, employers…

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CHARLOTTE, NC, February 26, 2015 – As Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress nears, the game of diplomatic chicken between President Barack Obama and the Israeli prime minister is intensifying. It is no secret that the two world leaders do not…

Charlotteans can expect messy commutes and disrupted schedules over the next two days, as weather reports indicate several inches of snow accumulation is likely. 11 photos Jen Wilson Associate Editor/Online- Charlotte Business Journal Email  |  Twitter  |  Google+ Be ready…

GALVESTON – In Galveston’s heyday as a 19th-century financial center and booming port city, electric trolleys ran down the lushly planted esplanade on Broadway Boulevard, rolling past palm trees and stately Victorian homes.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A young man has been charged with killing a former contestant on “America’s Next Top Model.” Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police in North Carolina said in a statement Wednesday that 19-year-old Emmanuel Jesus Rangel-Hernandez has been charged with three…