Top 10 8. Reports: UNC suspends assistant coach, reminds athletes against selling tickets after WRAL report Pat Welter & Brian Murphy/WRAL News A University of North Carolina assistant football coach was suspended and athletes in all...
Top 10 9. Landfill still smolders, stoking neighbors’ frustrations Sarah White/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer More than a month after the state cracked down on the flood debris landfill in Canton,...
Top 10 10. Redevelopment area hits snag Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise An effort that started in 2017 to redevelop a downtown block has been stalled for...
Top 10 1. UNC Health, Pardee to apply to build hospital in Buncombe, joining three other systems in 129-bed competition Andrew R. Jones/Asheville Watchdog The competition for Buncombe County hospital expansion is intensifying as UNC Health and UNC Health Pardee...
Top 10 2. Divided locker room, disastrous results: Players, parents blame Belichick culture for UNC problems Pat Welter/WRAL News Bill Belichick sold his UNC football program as the “33rd NFL team.” Through five games as a...
Top 10 3. Teacher vacancies down, but many NC districts cut vacant positions, group says James Farrell/WFAE Radio As North Carolina faces challenges in recruiting and retaining teachers, a recent statewide survey of school districts...
Top 10 4. Former WFU athletic trainer sues Rep. Harrigan for claims she was ‘fired’ for Kirk comments Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio According to the complaint filed Monday, former Wake Forest University athletic trainer Bridget Sullivan and school officials...
Top 10 5. Dare Board approves $400K for Dare Housing Foundation Mark Jurkowitz/Outer Banks Voice Following a lengthy discussion at their Oct. 6 meeting, the Dare County Commissioners voted 6-1 to...
Top 10 6. State Board of Education discusses new literacy data, school accountability task force Sergio Osnaya-Prieto/Education NC The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) presented new statewide literacy data to the State Board of Education...
Top 10 7. Excellence unveiled: Frank Leibfarth and the department of chemistry WCHL Chapelboro In the twelfth installment of “Excellence Unveiled,” Frank Leibfarth, Royce Murray Distinguished term Professor of Chemistry, speaking on...
Top 10 8. Crews remove more than 140 truckloads of house debris Joy Crist/Coastal Review Online Cleanup efforts are continuing this week in Buxton and Rodanthe following the collapse of nine oceanfront...
Top 10 9. UNCW mandates 24-hour reservations for spirit rock Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily UNCW is extending its space reservation system to its spirit rocks next week after a conflict...
Top 10 10. Eastern Music Festival to dissolve after failing to reach a labor agreement David Ford/WFDD Radio On Monday, the Eastern Music Festival Board of Directors announced its vote to dissolve the organization. The...
Top 10 1. Rep. Carla Cunningham’s immigration stance sparks challenges in NC House primary Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Two candidates have launched campaigns in the 2026 North Carolina House District 106 Democratic primary to oust...
Top 10 2. Former Swain sheriff answers to tribal court in significant moment for Cherokees Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press A group of silent protesters lined the entrance of the Cherokee Justice Center on Sept. 29...