Top 10 8. A look at the Trump administration’s changes to education policy for English learners, HSIs, and more Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC At the start of the school year, the U.S. Department of Justice said that it won’t...
Top 10 9. Canton undertaking rewrite of land-use plan and zoning rules Sarah White/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Canton is reimagining its future post-mill closure and flood as a sustainable “hometown of tomorrow,” with...
Top 10 10. Races for Cary Town Council feature three Republicans and three Democrats Will Michaels/WUNC Radio Cary voters will notice a schedule change to their local election this year. The town council decided...
Top 10 1. Warren Wilson College to receive recovery money from the state legislature despite being left out months ago Jose Sandoval/Blue Ridge Public Radio Warren Wilson College announced on Oct. 4, it will receive $1.5 million in Hurricane Helene...
Top 10 2. Violence against health care workers: How the trend is impacting nurses NC Health News For Mel, a North Carolina nurse, getting ready for work was like getting ready for war. That’s...
Top 10 3. Central Durham Bus Rapid Transit moves toward 2032 opening Justin Laidlaw/Indy Week Durham city council got an update last week on the possible routes, funding, and implementation for a...
Top 10 4. Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks Michael Copley/WUNC Radio Google recently courted the township of Franklin, Ind., so that it could construct a giant campus to...
Top 10 5. ‘Wanted’ posters of Black Durham leaders spark debate over race and politics Kristen Johnson/The (Raleigh) News & Observer Durham’s municipal election took a tense turn after a recent candidate hung “Wanted” posters...
Top 10 6. Schools want to serve more local food in cafeterias, but challenges remain Analisa Sorrells Archer/Education NC This National Farm to School Month, students across North Carolina will eat locally grown products in...
Top 10 7. Only 1 in 5 NC farmworkers have healthcare. These farmers decided to change that. Stella Mackler/WFAE Radio North Carolina is home to more than 150,000 farmworkers — but only one in five have healthcare....
Top 10 8. PJM exit: A price solution or power move? Lauren Jessop/The Center Square Surging electricity demand, an aging grid, and generation sources retiring faster than new ones can be...
Top 10 9. UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’ Daneen Khan/The Daily Tar Heel The UNC School of Data Science and Society and the School of Information and Library...
Top 10 10. Did Enrique ‘Ranger Rick’ Murillo threaten Fayetteville City Council Member Lynne Greene? Paul Woolverton/CityView Fayetteville City Council Member Lynne Greene is considering whether to file a complaint with the police that her...
Top 10 1. North Carolina’s cuts to Medicaid provider payments worry Cape Fear Valley Health Morgan Casey/CityView Cuts to North Carolina’s Medicaid reimbursement rates could cost Cape Fear Valley Health millions of dollars in revdenue...
Top 10 2. ‘Roadrunner and Coyote’ square off on transit plan Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Two weeks ago, Mecklenburg County Commissioner Susan Rodriguez McDowell hosted a forum in Steele Creek about the...