Top 10 9. Judge denies Carteret County Board of Education request for stay of legal order to abide by state calendar law; special meeting set Friday A superior court judge, on Thursday, denied a Carteret County Board of Education (BOE) request to stay a legal order...
Top 10 10. ‘I don’t understand why’ – Downtown High Point business stunned by nonrenewal of lease When H.P. Trousers closes in August, it won’t be because business has been slow. Quite the opposite, said Ryan Coleman,...
Top 10 1. 4.1 million migrants: Where they’re from, where they live in the U.S. The polarized immigration debate in the United States generally revolves around illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border, but those numbers...
Top 10 2. Advocates detained as NC House lawmakers propose stopgap child care funding State House lawmakers, locked in a budget standoff, unveiled an emergency stopgap funding measure Wednesday aimed at helping child care...
Top 10 3. Judge upholds North Carolina’s anti-rioting law, dismisses civil liberties suit A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a civil rights group challenging North Carolina’s anti-rioting law, whose criminal...
Top 10 4. Council shifts $2 million from downtown park to unspecified ‘higher priority infrastructure’ In a split decision, Whiteville City Council voted Tuesday to pull $2 million in funding that had been allocated to...
Top 10 5. Josh Stein walking a tricky line in NC gubernatorial race An already-tense election is proving even trickier for Jewish candidates to navigate, especially Democrats. Since Oct. 7, deep divisions have...
Top 10 6. ‘A loss’: Crops struggle for North Carolina farmers amid heat, drought High temperatures and weeks of clear skies might have you wondering when it’s going to rain. But for North Carolina...
Top 10 7. Local government bill draws concern from Forsyth County leaders Multiple Forsyth County leaders spoke out against a local government bill that would change all of their respective municipal elections,...
Top 10 8. Despite success of alcohol bracelets, only Waynesville Police have gotten behind them A pilot program that outfitted DWI offenders with alcohol monitoring bracelets proved successful in breaking the cycle for those with...
Top 10 9. Opinion: Amid budget and staff cuts, should UNCA continue with seemingly exorbitant Ideas Fest? I have an idea for the University of North Carolina Asheville and the Asheville Ideas Fest folks: Consider ending it....
Top 10 10. Swain County commissioner expelled from meeting Following a heated exchange with another county commissioner during a closed session, Swain County Commissioner David Loftis was expelled from...
Top 10 1. Apple delays plans for RTP campus. Company says it’s still committed to region Consumer electronics giant Apple Inc. is delaying plans to build a corporate campus in Research Triangle Park. But the company...
Top 10 2. NC Real Estate Commission’s property flood history disclosure rule begins soon Advocates believe homebuyers will be able to make more informed decisions after a rule requiring sellers to disclose detailed information...
Top 10 3. Communities across N.C. work to curb suicides amid worsening mental health crisis Rik Emaus came home one afternoon in August 2021 to find his teenage daughter distraught. “She just had this absolute...