Top 10 3. Freight railroads must keep 2-person crews, according to new federal rule 2 years in the making Major freight railroads will have to maintain two-person crews on most routes under a new federal rule that was finalized...
Top 10 4. Workforce woes delay support services for N.C. residents with disabilities Thousands of North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities rely on caregivers, known as direct support professionals, for help with...
Top 10 5. Biden campaign expands staff in North Carolina Ahead of Vice President Harris traveling to North Carolina again this week, President Biden’s campaign announced Tuesday it’s expanding its...
Top 10 6. Votes that didn’t count. NC primaries saw 1,647 ballots rejected. In the 2024 North Carolina primary elections, 1,647 ballots were not counted because voters either didn’t have a photo ID...
Top 10 7. New Hanover spending $36K monthly on suspended PCU outreach division County commissioners did not decide the fate of Port City United, the county’s violence intervention program, on Monday, despite two...
Top 10 8. Supply chain issues hitting Guilford emergency vehicles According to information sent from Guilford County Emergency Services Director Jim Albright to the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, the...
Top 10 9. What do visitors like about Haywood County? More than 75 percent of visitors to Haywood County are making return trips, and about that same percentage rank their...
Top 10 10. UNC Asheville names new provost following announcement of $6M deficit UNC Asheville has selected Yvonne Villanueva-Russell for the position of provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, effective July...
Top 10 1. UNC’s $97 million online education gambit hits headwinds Project Kitty Hawk, named for the town near the Outer Banks site of the Wright Brothers’ historic first flight, has...
Top 10 2. How facilities meant to help kids with mood disorders are falling short in North Carolina When children with severe mood or behavior disorders require intense therapeutic care, they can end up in one of the...
Top 10 3. Algorithms guide senior home staffing. Managers say care is suffering. Two decades ago, a group of senior-housing executives came up with a way to raise revenue and reduce costs at...
Top 10 4. Despite climate change, coastal property values are on the rise. Researchers point to two reasons. A new economic model from North Carolina researchers suggests that tax incentives for high income property owners and federal subsidies...
Top 10 5. Five rail crossings to permanently close as part of $9.8M Wilmington beltline project A project in the works will change the ways rail travels in Wilmington, including closing some crossings and making improvements...
Top 10 6. Eastern Band of Cherokee dispensary will not sell recreational marijuana on 4/20 Plans for the state’s first recreational marijuana sales are on hold as the Eastern Band of Cherokee announces their marijuana...
Top 10 7. As the Wilmington area continues to grow, is the Fort Fisher-Southport ferry ready? As they walked down East Moore Street in Southport, Jacques and Marie Tremblay were having an animated conversation that anyone...