Top 10 3. Redbird, FSU Trustee launch college sports investment fund RedBird Capital and Weatherford Capital are launching a college sports-specific investment fund, one that could lend as much as $2...
Top 10 4. Mission’s urology services loses physicians; Asheville Urological Associates gives up privileges there Mission Hospital faces an exodus of urologists, and five physicians from a local urology group refuse to practice at the...
Top 10 5. Town manager resigns from position in Red Springs; Jane O’Neal blames ‘corrupt and controlling political environment’ Jane O’Neal is the latest member of the Red Springs town government and law enforcement staff to part ways or...
Top 10 7. Macon takes a hard look at floodplain ordinances Proposed revisions to Macon County’s flood damage prevention, soil erosion and sedimentation control, and water supply watershed protection ordinances have...
Top 10 6. NC will pay $885K in attorneys’ fees after unsuccessfully defending “ag-gag” case Lawyers with the North Carolina Attorney General’s office tried three times to convince a federal court the state’s “ag-gag” law...
Top 10 8. Local commissioner against funding Port City United claims suspended employee threatened him After Port City United made headlines in recent months due to the arrests of two employees, one commissioner, vocally against...
Top 10 9. NC appellate court says local officials failed to notify Cherokee tribes in contested adoption case The state Court of Appeals overturned a 2023 Mecklenburg County move to terminate a mother’s parental rights before attempting to...
Top 10 10. Political activist denies lawsuit allegations Local political activist Margaret Ackiss has responded to a $100,000 libel and slander lawsuit filed against her, denying some allegations,...
Top 10 1. Latino workers face staggering risks on NC construction sites. Why are so many dying? For many Latino construction workers, work days in the U.S. begin with a simple prayer, Alexis Goldomez says. People pray...
Top 10 2. Drone pilot can’t offer mapping without North Carolina surveyor’s license, court says A North Carolina board that regulates land surveyors didn’t violate a drone photography pilot’s constitutional rights when it told him...
Top 10 3. Changes to state pension plan, 401(k) rules advance in NC legislature Part-time state workers could soon be allowed to participate in the state 401(k) retirement savings plan, under a bill that...
Top 10 4. ILM noise study underway, residents concerned about its effectiveness at open house Sheila Gasquet, a resident of the Northside neighborhood in downtown Wilmington, grew up on an Air Force base, so she’s...
Top 10 5. Summerfield Town Council votes to give departing manager severance pay When, on Sunday, May 19, the entire full-time Summerfield town staff collectively and simultaneously announced their resignation – shocking town...
Top 10 6. Fayetteville, Cumberland County want to offer millions to attract titanium company A titanium reclamation plant proposed for Fayetteville and Cumberland County would represent an investment of at least $1 billion and...
Top 10 7. As NCDOT buys land for I-26 Connector, negotiation can pay off for property owners, Watchdog analysis shows After 35 years of talking, planning, designing and redesigning, the I-26 Connector project is finally underway, and the North Carolina...
