Top 10 1. NC Gov. Cooper opted out of Harris VP vetting, in part over worry about GOP lieutenant: AP sources North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper opted not to be a candidate in Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate search in...
Top 10 2. NC Gov. Roy Cooper says that ‘disrespect of women permeates’ MAGA Republicans Rallying a virtual convening of Kamala Harris supporters on Monday, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper hammered the top of the...
Top 10 3. School choice keeps changing, but it’s never been simple When you listen to North Carolina’s lawmakers, it can seem like school choice is a starkly partisan issue: Democrats support...
Top 10 4. Department of Labor investigates death of migrant Mexican farmworker in eastern NC The North Carolina Department of Labor’s Occupational Health and Safety Division is investigating the workplace death of a migrant farmworker...
Top 10 5. Pfizer laying off 150 employees in Sanford Pfizer Pharmaceuticals plans to lay off 150 employees at its Sanford plant. A report on the North Carolina Department of...
Top 10 6. Will civilians, not Asheville police, be investigating car crashes? City police are looking at ways to hire civilians to investigate minor car crashes, rather than taking officers away from...
Top 10 7. UNCW over capacity for second year, campus plan includes 1 dorm over next decade Almost 200 students are scheduled to have alternative sleeping arrangements this fall as UNCW plans to house more students than...
Top 10 8. UNC System approves van Noort’s plan to discontinue four academic departments, and cut others, at UNCA The UNC System Board of Governors on Wednesday approved University of North Carolina Asheville Chancellor Kimberly van Noort’s proposal to...
Top 10 9. Wilmington furniture store to close amid company-wide shutdown The companywide closure of a furniture store will result in the closure of its one Wilmington location. Badcock Home Furniture...
Top 10 10. Suspects in court after 15+ nabbed in Granville County cockfighting raid, sheriff says After a raid at a southern Granville County cockfighting ring over the weekend, several of the suspects appeared in court...
Top 10 1. New transit authority plan would give the Mecklenburg towns their own board member Charlotte is getting closer to asking Republican lawmakers to transfer the city’s bus system, streetcar and light-rail line to a...
Top 10 2. Villages of Summerfield Farms moving ahead As Summerfield’s Town Council evaluates taking legal action to undo the legislative de-annexation of developer David Couch’s almost 1,000 acres,...
Top 10 3. New Poe Hall testing begins. What it could look like and how we got here On July 19, attorneys working on behalf of those who developed cancer after spending time in a university building made...
Top 10 4. ‘Waist-deep in whale innards’: Vessel strikes, speed at issue When it was veterinarian Dr. Craig Harms’ turn to speak during a public meeting Tuesday on the proposed speed rule...
Top 10 5. UNC System President: In rebuilding trust, universities must focus on four-year graduation rates UNC System President Peter Hans told members of the UNC Board of Governors last Wednesday that nationally there has been...
