The Charlotte Observer v10.2.66

McClatchy

Contains ads • In-app purchases

About this app

Developer Description

Connect any time to The Charlotte Observer for news from around the Carolinas.

Connect wherever you are to The Charlotte Observer for news from around the Carolinas.

Get the latest local and breaking news from the seven-county region of Mecklenburg, Union, Cabarrus, York, Iredell, Gaston and Catawba. The Charlotte Observer reports on the local topics you care about, including banking, politics, education, weather, traffic, crime, sports, arts and entertainment, food, faith, health, and national news. The Charlotte Observer brings you real-time updates on news from Charlotte, Concord, Fort Mill, Monroe, Lake Norman, Gastonia, Mooresville, Hickory and Rock Hill, and from communities such as Ballantyne, University City, Mint Hill, Steele Creek and more.

Are you a Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Hornets or NASCAR fan? Are you a 49er, Tar Heel or Blue Devil? Do you get excited for the Friday night lights of high school football? Our app will keep you connected to your favorite teams and favorite sports writers.

The Charlotte Observer covers North Carolina and South Carolina like no other media in our area. Wherever you go, stay connected to news that’s important to you.

Features of the app include:

• Breaking news alerts and real-time updates.
• Local and national video from dozens of news sources, including Observer staff.
• Stunning photo galleries of news coverage and events.
• Charlotte Observer opinions, editorials and columns you love.
• Local and national obituaries.
• Ability to share stories and galleries on Facebook, Twitter or by email.
• Edition, a digital destination for the latest news, features, and insights. Like the printed newspaper, it is intended to be a complete report of the day’s news compiled by our editors overnight.

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Read our Terms of Service here: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/customer-service/terms-of-service/text-only/

For California Residents: To learn more about managing your sharing preferences and Do Not Sell My Info rights visit https://www.mcclatchy.com/ccpa-pp

What's New

• Enhanced login experience: This release includes an update to Auth0, our user-facing login and identity management platform, that simplifies account sign-in for readers and adds support for biometric authentication.
• Redesigned “My Topics” selector: The revamped option screen aims to simplify app personalization.

In-app purchases

$7.99 - $159.99 per item

Version Information

Version: 10.2.66
Downloads: 50K+
Updated on: Oct 31, 2025
Released: Jun 1, 2011
Requires: Android 8.0

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The Charlotte Observer users say on Google Play

★★★★★

A Google user

No doubt this is the best local newspaper source in the country, if not the best in the world. I love to know what's going on Charlotte and surrounding areas. Not just covering the Panthers, Hornets, and so many others.

★★★★

A Google user

Nice improvement to app Story headlines on left make it easy to scan through while being able to look at story content on right Good job!

★★★

A Google user

Yikes What happened!?!? The new update is awful! It's buggy & will cause your tablet to crash! One more star for e edition, but it takes forever to load on android tablets. It stays fuzzy on each page & boom it loads after about 5 mins or so. This is even after you clear cashe.

★★

A Google user

7-Sep-2019: Screen Blanks on every new page and every image resize. 13-Sep: fixed. ~14-Sep: major revisions. 23-Sep: App can't load digital Observer. 27-Jan-2020: faulty again, replica edition will not load. Publisher never tells us when they have updated the software, so we never know when we need to uninstall and reinstall again.

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