Top 10 3. In coastal North Carolina, a legal fight over wetlands protections A U.S. district court judge has denied a landowner’s attempt to prevent federal regulators from enforcing the Clean Water Act...
Top 10 4. After Bank of America Stadium vote, the Charlotte mayoral race is on The race is not to run against Mayor Vi Lyles. But to succeed her, whenever she decides not to run...
Top 10 5. One year into new abortion limits, N.C. patients and providers struggle to shoulder the load restrictions bring Katherine Farris has been an abortion provider for more than 20 years, and she says that this past year has...
Top 10 6. AG Stein sends Novant, county reminder letter of diversity requirements on NHC Endowment board Three months after a resident group requested Attorney General Josh Stein’s oversight of the New Hanover County Endowment, his office...
Top 10 7. Tractor Supply announces end of DEI and climate efforts after it ‘disappointed’ customers Tractor Supply is ending an array of corporate diversity and climate efforts, a move coming after weeks of online conservative...
Top 10 8. Asheville’s Moog Store will close, factory to stay open, company announces The Moog Store located in Asheville’s Moog Music factory has closed, Moog Music announced June 28, ending the sale of...
Top 10 9. Shull’s Mill Dam removal to open up 78-mile corridor on Watauga River A project to remove the Shull’s Mill Dam will open up a corridor of 78 miles on the Watauga River...
Top 10 10. Southern Shores weighs use of 2,4-D herbicide in canals to control milfoil Before the Town of Southern Shores made a decision about how to treat milfoil, an invasive weed found in the...
Top 10 1. Supreme Court strikes down Chevron, curtailing power of federal agencies In a major ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday cut back sharply on the power of federal agencies to interpret...
Top 10 2. North Carolina legislators leave after veto overrides, ballot question, unfinished business The North Carolina General Assembly wrapped up this year’s chief work session Thursday after overriding Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes,...
Top 10 3. ‘We can’t build our way out of this’: NHC Endowment addresses affordable housing, other questions It was an ear-popping remark to hear Wednesday evening at GLOW Academy: “We can’t build our way out of this.”...
Top 10 4. 2 new school cost estimates explode The new cost projections on the next two Guilford County Schools construction projects being considered came in radically higher —...
Top 10 5. U.S. Supreme Court sides with Oregon city, allows ban on homeless people sleeping outdoors The U.S. Supreme Court Friday sided with a local ordinance in Oregon that effectively bans homeless people from sleeping outdoors,...
Top 10 6. Rallying call for disability rights in N.C. draws national response Just as in Marvel comics, when a superhero summons the team with the “Avengers assemble!” rallying cry, one member of...
Top 10 7. Frustrated fishermen: NC recreational anglers go political in fight over flounder closure State regulators have canceled the 2024 recreational flounder fishing season, citing continued overfishing of the fishery. The move has angered...