Top 10 5. New legislation creates fear for some students, but LGBTQ+ school clubs provide community, advocates say Amid what they call “direct attacks” from the North Carolina legislature against LGBTQ+ students, Brennan Lewis recalled how one club...
Top 10 6. N.C. sued Juul over its impact on the meteoric rise of youth vaping. How is the state spending $40M in settlement money? Thousands of North Carolina teens and young adults have taken part in programs in the past year that are aimed...
Top 10 7. Virginia has banned legacy admissions at its public colleges After July 1, the University of Virginia and other public institutions in the state will no longer be able to...
Top 10 8. One of Haywood County’s largest employers isn’t even located here More than 4.5 million visitors flock to the mountains annually for one attraction, making it the single most-visited attraction in...
Top 10 9. Funding resolution omits $14M for national wildlife refuges The nation’s wildlife refuges have taken a federal funding cut that is expected to shutter more visitors’ centers, diminish wildlife...
Top 10 10. NIL executive order rescission welcomed by Big Four leaders Big Four athletics directors welcomed North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s rescinding of an executive order nearly three years old and...
Top 10 1. State Board receives data on educator prep programs, which continue to decline Fifty-five educator preparation programs (EPPs) in North Carolina enrolled a total of 15,865 candidates pursuing initial teaching licenses in 2022-23,...
Top 10 2. Officials decry dredging red tape at Environmental Review Commission meeting Frustration boiled over during public comments at a March 6 Environmental Review Commission meeting (ERC) described as a Presentation to...
Top 10 3. A rural North Carolina school district welcomes affordable housing complex for teachers When Otis Smallwood was hired to be superintendent of Bertie County Schools — a return home to the school district...
Top 10 4. High demand means tens of thousands may be shut out of NC school vouchers Critics of North Carolina’s school voucher programs like to say that even millionaires can now get public money to help...
Top 10 5. How legal sports betting in NC heaps another element of pressure on college athletes Playing college basketball for top programs such as Duke or North Carolina, in sold-out arenas on national TV, naturally brings...
Top 10 6. This 21-year-old Republican beat a 10-term incumbent. What’s next for Wyatt Gable? While his college friends celebrated the end of midterm exams with a spring break trip to Florida, 21-year-old Wyatt Gable...
Top 10 7. Urban bear sightings on the rise Kim Parker was spending a normal weekend afternoon with family in the living room when she spied something out the...
Top 10 8. ‘Integrity is doing the right thing when no one is looking:’ Sparta’s Mayor addresses sudden resignation following Tuesday’s town hall meeting The Mayor of Sparta addressed his sudden resignation during a meeting Friday. In a room full of people, Mayor Wes...
Top 10 9. Buncombe County school board reluctantly adopts ‘ridiculous,’ GOP-fueled electoral map After months of deliberation and more than $40,000 spent, the Buncombe County Board of Education begrudgingly approved an electoral map...
