Top 10 1. Could ending the two-staircase rule help address the housing crisis? Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog The fourth floor of the new apartment building on Long Shoals Road is designed like the upper...
Top 10 2. Nearly 300,000 North Carolina college-goers are in default, owing billions in student loans Heather Hollingsworth, Nicky Forster & Emily Walkenhorst/The Associated Press & WRAL News Nearly 300,000 North Carolina college-goers have defaulted on...
Top 10 3. More than one-third of NC jails have exceeded capacity this year Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News As of July 16, 2,146 people were in custody in Mecklenburg County’s uptown Charlotte jail —...
Top 10 4. Here’s why there’s a shortage of hangar space at airports Bradley George/WUNC News Sales of private aircraft have boomed since 2020. And that’s causing a problem at general aviation airports,...
Top 10 5. State audit clears up one Rocky Mount utility headache, draws attention to another problem Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press A recent state audit has calmed concerns that Rocky Mount residents were double-billed for utilities, but...
Top 10 6. North Carolina’s ‘school cellphone ban’ was supposed to help students focus. Is it working? Will Michaels/WFAE Radio When Gov. Josh Stein signed a bipartisan bill limiting how students could use their cellphones in schools...
Top 10 7. DNA tests raise questions about Outer Banks shrimp labels Mary Helen Moore/Axios Raleigh Half the shrimp marketed as “wild-caught American” at Outer Banks restaurants last month was actually imported,...
Top 10 8. Southport pushes for data center moratorium as it workshops zoning rules Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily A city-proposed zoning amendment to regulate data centers in Southport drew backlash as residents questioned why...
Top 10 9. Work begins for periodic update of state coastal habitat plan Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality staff are in the process of updating the state’s long-term...
Top 10 10. North Carolina included in Taylor Farms lettuce recall shipped to 27 states over cyclospora risk Savannah Peters, Rodney Overton & Mary Smith/The Associated Press Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall to include North Carolina...
Top 10 1. North Carolina included in Taylor Farms lettuce recall shipped to 27 states over cyclospora risk Savannah Peters, Rodney Overton & Mary Smith/The Associated Press Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall to include North Carolina...
Top 10 2. Report: Lavish spending, no fiscal oversight mark Democrats’ leadership in Cary Alan Wooten/The Center Square Leadership in North Carolina’s seventh largest municipality, all Democrats on the Town Council and in the...
Top 10 3. NC AG Jackson calls on residents to weigh in on Chemours’ ‘backroom deal’ over PFAS Christine Zhu/NC Newsline State Attorney General Jeff Jackson is asking North Carolinians to comment on what he’s calling a “backroom...
Top 10 4. A month after suspension, still no clarity on CMS Superintendent Crystal Hill investigation James Farrell/WFAE Radio Friday marks one month since Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill was placed on paid leave pending an...
Top 10 5. Innovation, entrepreneurs key to building Fayetteville’s next economy Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView More than 150 business leaders, elected officials, academics, students, and young professionals gathered Wednesday at Fayetteville State...
