Top 10 6. AG Stein sends Novant, county reminder letter of diversity requirements on NHC Endowment board Three months after a resident group requested Attorney General Josh Stein’s oversight of the New Hanover County Endowment, his office...
Top 10 7. Tractor Supply announces end of DEI and climate efforts after it ‘disappointed’ customers Tractor Supply is ending an array of corporate diversity and climate efforts, a move coming after weeks of online conservative...
Top 10 8. Asheville’s Moog Store will close, factory to stay open, company announces The Moog Store located in Asheville’s Moog Music factory has closed, Moog Music announced June 28, ending the sale of...
Top 10 9. Shull’s Mill Dam removal to open up 78-mile corridor on Watauga River A project to remove the Shull’s Mill Dam will open up a corridor of 78 miles on the Watauga River...
Top 10 10. Southern Shores weighs use of 2,4-D herbicide in canals to control milfoil Before the Town of Southern Shores made a decision about how to treat milfoil, an invasive weed found in the...
Top 10 1. Supreme Court strikes down Chevron, curtailing power of federal agencies In a major ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday cut back sharply on the power of federal agencies to interpret...
Top 10 2. North Carolina legislators leave after veto overrides, ballot question, unfinished business The North Carolina General Assembly wrapped up this year’s chief work session Thursday after overriding Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes,...
Top 10 3. ‘We can’t build our way out of this’: NHC Endowment addresses affordable housing, other questions It was an ear-popping remark to hear Wednesday evening at GLOW Academy: “We can’t build our way out of this.”...
Top 10 4. 2 new school cost estimates explode The new cost projections on the next two Guilford County Schools construction projects being considered came in radically higher —...
Top 10 5. U.S. Supreme Court sides with Oregon city, allows ban on homeless people sleeping outdoors The U.S. Supreme Court Friday sided with a local ordinance in Oregon that effectively bans homeless people from sleeping outdoors,...
Top 10 6. Rallying call for disability rights in N.C. draws national response Just as in Marvel comics, when a superhero summons the team with the “Avengers assemble!” rallying cry, one member of...
Top 10 7. Frustrated fishermen: NC recreational anglers go political in fight over flounder closure State regulators have canceled the 2024 recreational flounder fishing season, citing continued overfishing of the fishery. The move has angered...
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...
