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June 7, 2021

• Porter Ridge High’s Christian Hasty is Charlotte Observer athlete of the week
• Woman who fed peanut butter to a Smoky Mountains bear is in trouble, park says
• Inside the bizarre death, beautiful life of Charlotte 49ers basketball star Galen Young
• Jordan High wrestler Maxwell Kiel is News & Observer athlete of the week
• Naked man on the run after breaking into ‘several’ North Carolina homes, police say
• Bears keep stealing hikers’ backpacks in NC mountains. Now officials have a warning
• CMS funding dispute heads to mediation as county holds back $56M
• Meet The Charlotte Observer’s 2021 class of interns
• CMS seniors got fewer scholarships in 2021, college plans shift for many 
• Stop letting speeders off easy in NC. Fix the logjam in state traffic courts.
• How his dad, the right mentality and a phone call led Thomas Fletcher to the Panthers
• ‘They changed’: Former Charlotte gang members to go free after 31 years in prison
• Community leaders on CMS funding: Mecklenburg plan doesn’t help students, schools
• NC jailer charged with multiple sex crimes. Sources say victim is a transgender inmate
• 21-year-old drowns in NC lake as deputy rushes to save him in murky water, sheriff says
• Former NC party leaders: The war on cancer isn’t partisan
• We can’t defund our way to educational equity
• Get cozy and watch a movie — or 100 — at this year’s Charlotte Black Film Festival