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...
Top 10 10. Area manufacturer’s expansion points to greater Wilmington’s global economic growth An India-based manufacturer located in Pender County is doubling facility size less than five years after arriving in the area....
Top 10 1. Butler resigns as ABSS superintendent The superintendent of the Alamance-Burlington School System resigned Monday, capping a short tenure marked since last summer by financial, public...
Top 10 2. DA’s office drops citizen-initiated warrant charges on Edward Teach owner, plea entered on ALE charges A brewery owner once facing multiple charges from citizen-initiated warrants and the Alcohol Enforcement Agency has found some reprieve. Gary...
Top 10 3. A former charter school has gone private after the state ordered it closed Valencia Toomer saw the charter revocation coming for the School of the Arts for Boys Academy (SABA) in Chatham County....
Top 10 4. MS13 The Mara Salvatrucha, or MS13, is perhaps the most notorious street gang in the Western Hemisphere. While it has its...
Top 10 5. Democrats make play for veteran and military support as Trump homes in on GOP nomination Highway signs welcome drivers entering North Carolina to “the nation’s most military friendly state,” and veterans here know they’re being...
Top 10 6. NC child advocates set 2024 agenda to reduce child deaths Up until this week, Gerard Tate has been the sole employee of the N.C. Office of Violence Prevention. The new...
Top 10 7. Dare County wants Coast Guard to restore polluted beach Citing threats to the environment and public safety, the Dare County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution Monday that...
Top 10 8. ShotSpotter won’t return to Durham after City Council vote Durham’s ShotSpotter experiment ended Monday night. The city council rejected a three-year contract for the gunshot detection system by a...
Top 10 9. Chapel Hill is spending $51 million to build a parking deck. This council needs to act to make it a success. This spring will see the completion of the first major new building project in downtown Chapel Hill in almost a...
