Top 10 3. Shutdown: SNAP, WIC programs have money through October Alan Wooten/The Center Square Recipients in North Carolina of benefits through the food stamps and WIC programs will continue to...
Top 10 4. Helene recovery ongoing, but money running out. Western NC nonprofit groups stretched thin. Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Much of the economic attention in post-Helene Western North Carolina is focused on small businesses...
Top 10 5. New NC law says cities can’t restrict giant American flags Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio A new state law prevents local governments from restricting American and North Carolina flags on private property,...
Top 10 6. WRAL investigation into Raleigh firefighter overtime spurs call to action by mayor pro tem Sarah Krueger/WRAL News A WRAL investigation into Raleigh firefighters’ overtime spurred a call to action by Mayor Pro Tempore Stormie...
Top 10 7. Lumbee leader to join North Carolina statehouse as tribe’s federal recognition push gains attention The Associated Press The leader of a southeastern North Carolina tribe is about to join the state legislature to succeed...
Top 10 8. Fayetteville to enforce clear bag rule after tense council clash with staff Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView Fayetteville officials said Monday they will begin strictly enforcing a clear bag policy for Festival Park events,...
Top 10 9. New street psychiatry outreach program launches in Mecklenburg County Elvis Menayese/WFAE Radio A new street outreach program in Mecklenburg County is up and running with the goal of breaking...
Top 10 10. Builder vows fight to develop land that includes Sledge Forest Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online A development company proposing to build a neighborhood on land in New Hanover County that includes...
Top 10 1. Whooping cough surges in North Carolina; fading vaccine immunity likely plays a role Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News Most people likely know pertussis by its more common name — whooping cough, which comes from...
Top 10 2. Good night for incumbents as voters trickle to polls in 18 NC counties Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Tuesday, voters in 18 counties trickled to the polls in the second of three sets of...
Top 10 3. Raleigh City Council approves 30-story tower on Peace Street Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh The Raleigh City Council voted Tuesday evening to give the green light to Raleigh Development Co.’s plans...
Top 10 4. How the government shutdown is affecting NC flood insurance Mary Smith/CBS 17 News While we still have more than a month left in hurricane season, October historically is the...
Top 10 5. SBI confirms probe of Berger challenger Sam Page Paul Garber/WFDD Radio The North Carolina State Board of Elections has forwarded information from an investigation involving Rockingham Sheriff Sam...
Top 10 6. NCWorks’ transition to CFCC fails over background checks, disrupts local career services Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily The planned transition of the federally funded NCWorks Career Center to Cape Fear Community College has...
Top 10 7. Trump raised $8 million for Helene survivors. Where did it all go? Katie Myers/Blue Ridge Public Radio On a dusty, warm day last October, nearly a month after Hurricane Helene tore across...