Top 10 5. How conservative activist Michele Morrow pulled off a major upset in her quest to run NC public schools On paper, Michele Morrow didn’t look like an Election Day threat. The Republican candidate for state superintendent didn’t have a...
Top 10 6. A recent study shows increased PFAS risks to firefighters as their protective gear ages A concrete plaque with the Fireman’s Prayer etched in black letters sits at the base of a flag pole hoisting...
Top 10 7. Andy MacCracken named NC AHEC’s new director for NC Center on the Workforce for Health The North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC) recently announced the first full-time director for the NC Center on...
Top 10 8. Elusive voucher school has a new address in Harrisburg — and students are there A Charlotte private school that gets North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship money but didn’t seem to have a location lists a...
Top 10 9. Cracking the code on high-speed internet access: build out moving at lightning speed Haywood County commissioners got an overview this week on the county’s efforts to expand broadband, and it was a glowing...
Top 10 10. Topsail residents push for long-term protections of The Point, amid land use plan, zoning ordinance review Months after a couple withdrew their rezoning request to build on an ecologically vulnerable Topsail property, residents are pushing to...
Top 10 1. Heated North Carolina governor’s race ahead with Democrat Josh Stein vs. Republican Mark Robinson The Democratic attorney general and the Republican lieutenant governor won North Carolina’s primaries for governor on Tuesday, setting the stage...
Top 10 2. Michele Morrow, a ‘lifelong Christian conservative,’ is the Republican candidate for state superintendent of public instruction With 100% of precincts reporting, Michele Morrow won the Republican primary election of the superintendent of public instruction with 455,245...
Top 10 3. Mark Harris wins Republican primary, completing his political comeback in the 8th District Longtime pastor Mark Harris completed a political comeback Tuesday, five years after his earlier win was thrown out in a...
Top 10 4. Wilmington business sued by ASCAP for playing copyrighted music without permission A Wilmington business is being sued for copyright infringement by a nationally known organization that alleges the establishment has been...
Top 10 5. New rule brought protections to North Carolina poultry farmers. Congress may gut them. For more than a decade, poultry farmers across the U.S. and North Carolina fought for financial protections from the big...
Top 10 6. Continuing the cleanup: Pigeon River slowly bounces back as mill environmental violations mount Once Pactiv Evergreen’s Canton paper mill shut down for good, people wondered how the Pigeon River and the aquatic life...
Top 10 7. No Gannett, McClatchy, Tribune Co. partnerships Report for America, which has sent hundreds of journalists to buttress shrinking newsrooms, is phasing out its relationships with hedge...
Top 10 8. Matthews ends Zoom comments after ‘disgusting and hate-filled’ remarks last week The town of Matthews pulled the plug on Zoom comments Tuesday after last week’s meeting drew a handful of people...
Top 10 9. No reason given for Greensboro city manager’s resignation The resignation of Greensboro City Manager Tai Jaiyeoba on Tuesday, March 5 is puzzling. The City Council is mute about...
