Top 10 3. Novo Nordisk multibillion-dollar expansion in North Carolina appears imminent A major expansion in Johnston County is on the horizon for one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. It could...
Top 10 4. Polling suggests affordable housing shortage could be potent political issue in NC in 2024 A recent poll suggests the crisis-level shortage of affordable housing could have a major impact on the outcome of fall’s...
Top 10 5. Can courts get students back in class next year? As extremely high rates of student absenteeism drag on, some people are frustrated with the adults who let it happen....
Top 10 6. Caught on cam: LA arrest of NC employee facing felony charge for crime involving child A North Carolina state employee of nearly three decades is facing felony charges. Harlan Frye, 62, who served as human...
Top 10 7. Proposal: Seymour Johnson F15-E Strike Eagles remain through at least 2029 Proposed national defense spending of $923.3 billion in fiscal year 2025 includes keeping the F-15E Strike Eagles at Seymour Johnson...
Top 10 8. Buildings with septic tank floating in Weaverville water source demolished by county Two structures with what Buncombe County officials said were “extensive” violations of environmental health and other rules along an important...
Top 10 9. Proposed Castle Hayne projects could bring thousands of homes, commercial space The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved $3.5 million in tax incentives for a potential solar factory Monday, marking...
Top 10 10. County commissioners approve $3.5 million in incentives for potential solar factory The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved $3.5 million in tax incentives for a potential solar factory Monday, marking...
Top 10 1. North Carolina Supreme Court secretly squashed discipline of two GOP judges who admitted to violating judicial code Last fall, out of public view, the North Carolina Supreme Court squashed disciplinary action against two Republican judges who had...
Top 10 2. NC legislators look to regulate consumables with THC and ‘gas station heroin’ North Carolina legislators talked a lot about drugs on Wednesday, with a Senate committee agreeing to rules for hemp-derived consumables...
Top 10 3. Public can weigh in on Wilmington Harbor expansion plan The dates may have changed, but the host of concerns raised over the past few years have not as the...
Top 10 4. ‘Check this epistle out:’ Councilman Rivenbark forwarded residents’ development concerns to business partner A Wilmington City Council member has long dismissed concerns that his position at a prominent commercial real estate firm could...
Top 10 5. North Carolina’s fastest-growing county is getting redder. What’s behind Brunswick’s shift? The headline of a June 19, 1983, article in the StarNews showed one party’s popularity in Brunswick County: “10 Democrats...
Top 10 6. Pedestrian and bicyclist deaths are up in North Carolina, and public health advocates are calling for change Steven Hardy-Braz rode more than 11,000 miles in the first 11 months of 2021. An avid road cyclist from Farmville,...
Top 10 7. North Carolina high schoolers report fewer suicidal behaviors, survey shows North Carolina students are reporting fewer mental health challenges and suicidal behaviors, according to results from the 2023 NC Youth...
