Top 10 1. Holiday travel pain at the pump still 36 cents below national average Alan Wooten/The Center Square Arrival of Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer, comes with North Carolinians paying $4.17...
Top 10 2. Chicken lawsuit gives window into North Carolina’s biggest farm industry Mary Helen Moore/Axios Raleigh A federal antitrust lawsuit targeting the broiler chicken industry is nearing settlement, putting one of North...
Top 10 3. Fayetteville proposes $322 million budget with modest property tax increase Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView Fayetteville City Manager Doug Hewett proposed a $322 million budget for fiscal year 2027 on Thursday, telling...
Top 10 4. Once-in-a-lifetime celebration: Thousands commemorate Lumbee Tribe’s federal recognition Chris Stiles/The Robesonian The Lumbee Tribe’s event commemorating its federal recognition may have physically been within the campus of UNC...
Top 10 5. Mallard Creek HS files appeal after runner disqualified in state championship race James Farrell/WFAE Radio Mallard Creek High School has filed a formal appeal after one of its winning track and field...
Top 10 6. Q&A: Professor denied tenure at UNC-Chapel Hill speaks out Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News UNC-Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees is continuing to impede faculty-led tenure appointments – a move that’s highly...
Top 10 7. BCC to launch Aviation Management program in fall The Bladen Journal Bladen Community College is preparing students for takeoff with the launch of an Aviation Management degree program...
Top 10 8. In Raleigh, City Gateway project underway, robotic parking garage being built Elaina Athans/WTVD News Mike Ryan was among the first of 12 people to move into the Mira Apartment building when...
Top 10 9. NC’s math scores are increasing post-COVID, but reading growth trails behind, report shows Sergio Osnaya-Prieto/Education NC North Carolina students have experienced one of the fastest post-pandemic recoveries in math scores nationwide since 2022....
Top 10 10. Changes in law dramatically shift NC juvenile detention population Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press A change in the makeup of North Carolina’s juvenile detention population with adult court youth surging...
Top 10 1. Why WakeMed only had eyes for Atrium David Mildenberg/Business North Carolina Skepticism from top state and local officials over his latest deal isn’t denting Donald Gintzig’s love...
Top 10 2. HCA CEO Sam Hazen said he regularly travels to Asheville to visit area leaders. Elected officials say they haven’t met him. Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog At HCA Healthcare’s April 23 shareholder meeting, CEO Sam Hazen pushed back on claims that he needed...
Top 10 3. State warns I-77 toll project would lose funding if support is withdrawn Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The Charlotte City Council voted Monday night to withdraw its support for the proposed Interstate 77 toll...
Top 10 4. NC families with disabled children press lawmakers to maintain funding as federal Medicaid cuts loom Rose Hoban/NC Health News Finley Thomas is an 11-year-old girl who’s got a morning makeup and skin care routine. She...
Top 10 5. School in the cloud. NC rules changes lead to more online charter schools. Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press After a series of amendments that North Carolina lawmakers have made over several years to the...