Top 10 8. PFAS – forever chemicals linked to serious health issues – found above safe levels at 5 Buncombe, Henderson mobile home parks Residents of five mobile home parks in Buncombe and Henderson counties rely on water systems that exceed the limit of...
Top 10 9. Southside Project lawsuit to be dismissed after Forest Service drops logging project A logging project in Macon and Jackson Counties has been dropped after conservation groups filed a lawsuit earlier this year....
Top 10 10. NOAA proposal would require recreational boats to travel at just 10 knots for up to 90 miles from shore to protect whales A National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration proposal would require many recreational boats along the East Coast to travel at just 10...
Top 10 1. Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid settlement A divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a controversial proposed Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan that would have provided billions of...
Top 10 2. North Carolina’s restrictions on public mask-wearing are now law after some key revisions North Carolina’s contentious restrictions on public mask-wearing became law on Thursday after GOP lawmakers successfully overrode a veto by the...
Top 10 3. Cumberland County Board of Education considers consolidating schools amid structural deficit Cumberland County Schools Associate Superintendent of Business Operations Jay Toland gave school board members a harsh reality check Thursday morning....
Top 10 4. Dare Housing Task Force hears from UNC expert on ways to generate affordable housing Faced with limited land and soaring property values, Dare County may have limited options to address its housing crisis, Tyler...
Top 10 5. Forest Service changes Nantahala timber harvest plans in face of lawsuit The U.S. Forest Service has announced it will not harvest timber from a 15-acre patch of North Carolina mountain forest...
Top 10 6. Hurricanes lease, development agreement offer PNC Arena area chance to ‘come to life’ Philip Isley, chairman of the Centennial Authority, choked up as he tried to put the events of the day into...
Top 10 7. Wilmington council member raises concerns over Rivenbark exceeding term limit on CFPUA board A city council member argued Wilmington is failing to abide by rules governing appointments at a recent meeting, noting another...
Top 10 8. At $27.3M, Buncombe TDA budget shrinks slightly; flat tourism tax revenue growth projected The Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority on Wednesday approved its operating budget for the 2025 fiscal year, with planned spending...
Top 10 9. Judge denies Carteret County Board of Education request for stay of legal order to abide by state calendar law; special meeting set Friday A superior court judge, on Thursday, denied a Carteret County Board of Education (BOE) request to stay a legal order...
Top 10 10. ‘I don’t understand why’ – Downtown High Point business stunned by nonrenewal of lease When H.P. Trousers closes in August, it won’t be because business has been slow. Quite the opposite, said Ryan Coleman,...
Top 10 1. 4.1 million migrants: Where they’re from, where they live in the U.S. The polarized immigration debate in the United States generally revolves around illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border, but those numbers...
Top 10 2. Advocates detained as NC House lawmakers propose stopgap child care funding State House lawmakers, locked in a budget standoff, unveiled an emergency stopgap funding measure Wednesday aimed at helping child care...
