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...
Top 10 3. Charlotte’s new medical district is open. Where’s the affordable housing? Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & The Charlotte Ledger Jacqueline Stowe has seen big promises come and go. The 76-year-old grew...
Top 10 4. As vouchers near 100,000, first evidence of churn can be seen Mebane Rash/Education NC As of Oct. 6, 2025, the total number of students receiving vouchers in North Carolina is 98,917,...
Top 10 5. WakeMed ‘whole health campus’ will include two new hospitals in one place Richard Stradling/The (Raleigh) News & Observer WakeMed will soon break ground on a new campus in Garner that will put...
Top 10 6. LendingTree CEO Doug Lebda died over the weekend in ATV accident, company says WFAE Radio LendingTree CEO Doug Lebda died Sunday in an ATV accident. The Charlotte-based company announced his death Monday morning....
Top 10 7. Maggie Valley may freeze new police position due to state funding hit Paul Nielsen/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer An unexpected hit to the town’s budget has Maggie Valley aldermen debating whether to freeze putting...