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For a transparent look at how taxpayer dollars are spent, Axios keeps a list of the highest-paid government employees locally.

We include only base salaries, not benefits or bonuses.

1. Michael Bryant, Mecklenburg County manager

Salary: $432,600.

Job description: The county's top boss, responsible for day-to-day operations, carrying out the commissioners' policy decisions and making the numbers work in the $2.59 billion operating budget.

• Mecklenburg County has different areas of oversight than the city. Those include public health, education, social services, parks and libraries.
• Bryant first joined the county in 2003 and took the top gig in June 2025.

2. Derrick Ramos, deputy county manager and chief of staff

Salary: $381,706.67.

Job description: The county's deputy managers help Bryant administer departments. Ramos assists the county manager's office, the county commissioners and legislative affairs. Plus, he's assigned to three county departments: asset and facility management, criminal justice services, and the medical examiner's office.

3. Kimm Campbell, deputy county manager

Salary: $373,890.

Job description: Campbell oversees health and human services — which encompasses child, family and adult services, public health, community resources, and community support services — as well as the new housing and community development office.

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Huntington National Bank plans to hang its green logo, with synchronizable lights, atop the 40-story One South office tower in Uptown.

Why it matters: Ohio-based Huntington is the next corporation daring to make its mark on Charlotte's skyline, following the controversial Wells Fargo and Truist logo installations.

What to expect: The green sign will face South Tryon Street and is 13 feet 4 inches tall and 88 feet 7 inches wide.

• To compare, the Wells Fargo letters and Truist letters are both 14 feet tall. Huntington's name will sit lower in the sky. One South is shorter than its competitors' towers.
• Huntington says it will match up colors with other buildings for special occasions.

What's next: The sign installation is expected to happen in October.

Huntington's Charlotte plans

Former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill was nominated for North Carolina Superintendent of the Year, according to an announcement released about a week before the school board fired her, but she is no longer eligible. (WBTV)

A woman was arrested Monday in Texas for allegedly supplying the firearm that was used in the April 2024 police standoff in east Charlotte that killed four law enforcement officers. (WSOC)

Huntersville neighbors are trying to stop Lake Norman developer Jake Palillo from building a car wash with 18 vacuum bays behind their homes. (Observer)

North Carolina's largest DMV office, according to Gov. Josh Stein's office, is now open on Albemarle Road in east Charlotte. (WBTV)

Dos Caminos in Uptown has launched Dos Burritos. The weekday morning burrito cart serves breakfast burritos from 7am-10am in the restaurant's lobby at 601 S. Tryon St. (Dos Caminos)

Maternity startup Oula is partnering with Novant Health to open a Cotswold clinic, its first location outside the Northeast. (CBJ)

Single in Charlotte? Meet 18 other Charlotteans who are, too.

State of play: We're shaking things up with our usual Blind Date series. And this time, we're letting you shoot your shot.

Zoom in: We asked 18 Charlotte singles to tell us a little about themselves, what they're looking for, and what might catch their eye.

Yes, and: You'll find each participant's social handles at the bottom of their profile so you can reach out.

Let's get to know a few.

Haleigh Christ, 36

Job: Store director.

In a sentence: "An equal mix of a grandma and a baddie that never let her inner child die."

Looking for: Men and women, roughly 30-45. Her ideal match has "the essence of Tom Holland" — kind and confident but not arrogant.

Favorite spots: Frank's, The Hobbyist, Workman's Friend and Optimist Hall.

Shoot your shot: @haleighallyn.

Nancy Petty, 80

Job: Retired.

In a sentence: Young, active and enjoying life.

Looking for: A man 78-90 who's a nonsmoker and "lover of all humans and creatures."

Ideal Charlotte date: Take the light rail to Olde Mecklenburg Brewery in LoSo, then chat and get to know each other.

Plot twist: The thing people never guess about her? Her age.

Shoot your shot: Find her on Facebook.

Monon Rahman, 27

Job: NASCAR performance engineer.

In a sentence: "A palatable hot mess" who's passionate about his career and other people's ambitions.

Looking for: A woman, roughly 24-30, who appreciates different cultures and is ambitious, independent and adventurous.

Favorite spots: Substrate, Cotton Room, Thirsty Beaver and Salud.

Fun fact: He graduated college at 19.

Shoot your shot: @mononinc

Meet all 18 singles

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As a Cuban immigrant myself, I'm always searching for authentic food that reminds me of home. Somehow, it's taken me this long to make the 45-minute trek from east Charlotte to Havana Carolina. I've been missing out.

• Havana Carolina, an authentic Cuban restaurant in downtown Concord, turns nine this year.

Why it matters: What started as one family-run dream has grown into a collection of some of the Charlotte area's most recognizable Latin restaurants. But getting here took resilience.

Flashback: Idael Pérez Maldonado, his wife, Dania Ochoa Hernández, and their children, Manny and Ana, immigrated from Cuba to Lincolnton in 2015. Two years later, they purchased Havana Carolina and reopened it under their ownership on Oct. 17, 2017.

• The day before Thanksgiving of that year, Idael, 44, was killed in a car crash. Dania was suddenly left to keep the restaurant running and carry on their family's dream while Manny was in college and Ana was finishing high school.

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