Top 10 3. State ‘forever chemicals’ spotlight: North Carolina’s drinking water contamination Drinking water for at least 2.5 million North Carolinians is contaminated with the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS at...
Top 10 4. Toyota car certification probe prompts calls for rules review The safety requirements that led Toyota, Honda and other Japanese carmakers to falsify certification tests may be overly stringent and...
Top 10 5. NC sheriff’s office losing insurance coverage after 11 jail deaths, costing county Eleven deaths in the county jail, a subsequent lawsuit and criminal charges against an employee proved too much for an...
Top 10 6. Appeals panel sends Kituwah LLC back to court: Lawsuit alleges theft of trade secrets from other tribally owned company A lawsuit filed against Kituwah LLC that was initially dismissed is heading back to court after the 11th Circuit Court...
Top 10 7. Early College stirs passions at Dare Board meeting Several meetings are now scheduled to discuss the plan for a new Dare County Early College after it became a...
Top 10 8. Multiple community members plea for commissioners to keep Port City United A half-dozen public speakers attended the commissioners’ meeting Monday to compel the New Hanover County board against dissolving Port City...
Top 10 9. WS/FCS considers revisions to Code of Character, Conduct, and Support Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools officials met Tuesday afternoon to discuss what is and isn’t working in the district’s student code of...
Top 10 10. Suspended Blue Ridge Community College police trainers to appear before NC standards board Six suspended police instructors from a halted law enforcement program at Blue Ridge Community College in Henderson County are set...
Top 10 1. North Carolina state senator drops effort to restrict access to autopsy reports An effort to exempt autopsy reports from North Carolina’s public records requirements was abandoned Tuesday by a Senate Republican, who...
Top 10 2. Judge rules abortion drug can be taken at home in North Carolina A North Carolina federal judge overruled a spate of new state laws that imposed new requirements on the use of...
Top 10 3. Europe execs playing close attention to NC elections, Cooper says after business recruitment trip European leaders are closely following the U.S. elections this fall — and not just for president, North Carolina Gov. Roy...
Top 10 4. NC Port Authority revamping rail yard and terminal entrance, a $50M project to boost efficiency Soon trucks traveling to the Port of Wilmington from the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge will have a new route. North...
Top 10 5. NC lawmakers debate the promise and peril of allowing patients to try individualized treatments Imagine being a patient diagnosed with a severely debilitating illness, only to learn that there’s nothing readily available on the...
Top 10 6. Feds raid corporate landlord, escalating nationwide criminal probe of rent increases Over the last four years, rents have skyrocketed by an average of over 30% nationwide and are a major factor...
Top 10 7. Cherokee schools losing 1/4-cent sales tax In May, when the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners voted to evict Cherokee County Schools from the Central Office building...
