Top 10 3. Nearly a year after Charlotte fire, NC is close to tougher construction safety rules As the one-year anniversary of the fatal SouthPark construction site fire nears, so does a potential toughening of North Carolina’s...
Top 10 4. The smell test Codie Bruce Schiene was sitting in his SUV in a hotel parking lot, scrolling through his phone, when two Charlotte-Mecklenburg...
Top 10 5. Waves of change: ILM focuses on expanded parking, terminal to meet growing demand At Wednesday’s annual joint meeting between the New Hanover Airport Authority and county commissioners, parking bogarted a great deal of...
Top 10 6. Guilford County leads the state on fetal, infant death reviews Guilford County has been tracking infant deaths for decades, yet officials there continue to struggle with high death rates and...
Top 10 7. Timbermill Wind turbine parts en route to Chowan County Those white blades the length of a city block that have been at the North Carolina Port at Morehead City...
Top 10 8. Waynesville planning board continues wading through vacation rental rules Waynesville’s planning board is still weighing whether short-term vacation rentals should be regulated and limited in town — with plans...
Top 10 9. ‘Nobody’s listening:’ NC Department of Environmental Quality fails to regulate water and air pollution Jefferson Currie steps outside his home in Moore County, and the stench of chicken waste lingers in the air. He...
Top 10 10. Sheetz convenience store chain with 113 NC locations hit with discrimination lawsuit The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against...
Top 10 1. North Carolina university committee swiftly passes policy change that could cut diversity staff The future of diversity, equity and inclusion staff jobs in North Carolina’s public university system could be at stake after...
Top 10 2. Due to financial issues, Mark Robinson family’s nonprofit faces North Carolina DHHS probe While Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife told her nonprofit’s clients that she was shutting down because of her husband’s campaign...
Top 10 3. Living along the NC coast is increasingly risky. So why are property values still rising? Anyone who has dreamed of owning a property at the beach knows that it’s a goal shared by many. Couple...
Top 10 4. Council member launches probe into downtown ‘bad actors’ after Pravda shooting The Wilmington City Council meeting did not passTuesday evening without one member bringing up the weekend shooting at a downtown...
Top 10 5. Wilson County deploys overdose reversal kits to combat epidemic of opioid deaths Small purple boxes have become a promising tool in Wilson County’s fight to lessen the deadly toll of the opioid...
Top 10 6. Moms for Liberty brings message of frustration to NC town hall National conservative parents rights group Moms for Liberty brought a town hall — and frustration toward public schools — to...
Top 10 7. PFAS found beneath Tarheel Army Missile Plant, military failed to tell DEQ Groundwater beneath the former Tarheel Army Missile Plant in Burlington contains two types of toxic PFAS at levels hundreds, even...