Top 10 8. State bill would end key planning control Municipal leaders were stunned Thursday after learning of a late addition to proposed state legislation that would eliminate their ability...
Top 10 9. Person County residents suing commissioners over rezoning for Dominion LNG plant The Tomato Lady. An amateur astronomer. A doctor-turned-organic farmer. Eight Person County residents have sued their county commissioners over an...
Top 10 10. Plans move ahead for ‘critical’ 23rd Street widening project Plans to widen 23rd Street will move forward following a vote of support from local leaders. Wilmington International Airport officials...
Top 10 7. The U.S. may be missing human cases of bird flu, scientists say Officially, there is only one documented case of bird flu spilling over from cows into humans during the current U.S....
Top 10 1. NC Senate votes to force sheriffs to work with ICE, as immigration emerges as top political concern A bill to require sheriffs to work with federal immigration officials passed the North Carolina Senate along party lines Thursday,...
Top 10 2. North Carolina Senate OKs $500 million for private school vouchers, student accounts North Carolina Senate Republicans pushed legislation through their chamber Thursday to set aside roughly $500 million more for now for...
Top 10 3. A $465,000 frat party? Effort to honor UNC Greeks after flag protest raises questions. A group of UNC fraternity brothers photographed protecting an American flag as it was being pulled from its pole during...
Top 10 4. DEQ: NC drinking water could be doubly exposed to 1,4-dioxane versus nation The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has submitted a human health risk assessment of 1,4-dioxane in drinking water, as...
Top 10 5. Trial of ex-DSS attorney starts Jury selection began in Macon County on Monday in the trial of a former Cherokee County Department of Social Services...
Top 10 6. Recent whale deaths unfortunate, not alarming: Scientists In the morning hours, Carova Beach is quiet. In a few months it will be packed with visitors. The popular...
Top 10 8. As Dare Housing Task Force moves forward, the fate of $35 million in state funds is unclear As the Dare County Housing Task Force met on April 30 to develop strategies to address a workforce housing crisis,...
Top 10 9. UNC Chapel Hill social justice hub ‘closed indefinitely’ by administrators after pro-Palestine protests The building that houses a 160-year old student organization at UNC-Chapel Hill has been “closed indefinitely” by university administrators. The...
Top 10 10. State Rep. Cecil Brockman blasts his critics in full-page ad Usually, the news stories in newspapers are more interesting than the ads, but for readers of the High Point Enterprise...
Top 10 1. North Carolina Republicans seek hundreds of millions of dollars more for school vouchers Addressing a sharp increase in private-school grant applications, North Carolina Republicans advanced legislation on Wednesday to spend hundreds of millions...
Top 10 2. North Carolina bill compelling sheriffs to aid ICE advances as first major bill this year A bill that would require North Carolina sheriffs to comply with requests by federal agents interested in picking up jail...