Top 10 8. Duke ends full-ride scholarship program for select Black students in wake of affirmative action ruling Duke is discontinuing its Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program, a program for “top applicants of African descent,” in the wake...
Top 10 9. Gray’s Creek community, elementary schools to get PWC water Cumberland County and the Fayetteville Public Works Commission are partnering to bring public water to Gray’s Creek and two elementary...
Top 10 10. Former Commissioner Alan Branson chosen to fill Hardister’s shoes The Guilford County Republican Party has made a decision as to who it wants to fill the remaining term of...
Top 10 1. N.C.’s Medicaid expansion has interest in Florida As the debate over Medicaid expansion continues in Florida, lawmakers are turning their attention to North Carolina as a potential...
Top 10 2. UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees could begin to defund DEI efforts The dismantling of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts at UNC-Chapel Hill could begin in earnest as soon as this...
Top 10 3. FAFSA complications delay UNC-Chapel Hill financial aid packages Although UNC-Chapel Hill has released its admissions decisions, the university hasn’t been able to make any financial aid offers. Complications...
Top 10 4. Pender County men awarded millions in defamation suit against civil rights law firm An attorney representing Jordan Kita and Austin Wood says a Pender County jury ruled this week that a Washington, D.C....
Top 10 5. Loss of F-15E Strike Eagles raises caution from senator Divesting from F-15E Strike Eagles, which have a North Carolina home at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, and purchasing F-15EXs...
Top 10 6. Recreational cannabis remains unlikely in NC In recent years, more and more states have made the decision to legalize, regulate and tax recreational cannabis products —...
Top 10 7. UNC’s plan to install license plate readers sparks privacy concerns UNC-Chapel Hill is rethinking campus security after the fatal shooting of Professor Zijie Yan last semester. The university has announced...
Top 10 8. County prepares for forever chemical abatement Surry County Public Works Director Jessica Montgomery presented some of her top requests for the coming budget cycle Tuesday night...
Top 10 9. McGregor needs municipal support, says Hopper The Henderson City Council met on Monday at a new spot — McGregor Hall. Executive and Artistic Director Mark Hopper...
Top 10 10. State Supreme Court skeptical of mandatory buffer for Orange County horse farm Questions during oral arguments Wednesday suggest the North Carolina Supreme Court does not favor mandating a 30-foot buffer between an...
Top 10 1. 300 water systems in NC, including mobile home parks, exceed new PFAS standards More than 300 water systems in North Carolina, including a six daycare centers and dozens of mobile home parks, exceed...
Top 10 2. Smokies’ first dispensary to open: Cherokee’s long-awaited marijuana venture to finally generate some green The path to cannabis legalization on the Qualla Boundary has been riddled with roadblocks, some of which the Eastern Band...