Axe falls at the Char-O

Sixty full-time, 22 part-time.

A total of 30 newsroom positions — 19 full-time and 11 part-time — will be eliminated, Observer Editor Rick Thames said. In addition, 14 full-time newsroom employees have been offered reduced hours, said Cheryl Carpenter, the managing editor. Editors expect to finish notifying all affected employees by noon, Carpenter said.