Top 10 5. The heroic six: I-40 heroes honored with governor’s award Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer The shock and awe of I-40’s collapse into the Pigeon River Gorge left drivers stranded, terrified...
Top 10 6. NCDEQ Secretary tours Buxton’s shoreline as key stakeholders weigh next steps Joy Crist/Island Free Press A delegation of roughly two dozen local, state, and federal officials toured the rapidly eroding Buxton...
Top 10 7. The Salvage Station will rebuild in Asheville’s River Arts District Laura Hackett/Blue Ridge Public Radio The owners of the music venue The Salvage Station are about to engage in the...
Top 10 8. Schools address officer hiring difficulties Matt Lamb/The (Southern Pines) Pilot With the Moore County Board of Education set on retaining its own police department, the...
Top 10 9. French manufacturer shares plans to relocate U.S. operations to Hillsborough Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro An international business is close to relocating its North American operations to Orange County, the North Carolina...
Top 10 10. County’s farm gate sales improve in 2025 Drew C. Wilson/The Wilson Times It looks like 2025 was a better year for Wilson County farmers with an estimated...
Top 10 1. Aide to NC senator arrested on first-degree arson charge Ashley Anderson/CBS 17 News The legislative assistant to Republican Senator Norman Sanderson, Diane Cook, has been arrested and booked into...
Top 10 2. County eyes less ambitious solution for Edneyville sewer Amy McCraw & Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning Henderson County commissioners devoted yet another long discussion to the Clear Creek sewer project...
Top 10 3. NC film leaders push for better incentive in next state budget, boost for indie production Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily This year may have been lackluster for film in Wilmington and across the state, but leaders...
Top 10 4. Residents near uptown react with ‘disgust’ at NCDOT plans to widen I-77 with express lanes Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The North Carolina Department of Transportation plans to spend $3.2 billion expanding Interstate 77 from uptown to...
Top 10 5. NC stagnates on maternal and infant health, gets D+ from March of Dimes Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News Since its opening in September 2020, 850 children have been born at UNC Health Chatham’s Maternity...
Top 10 6. Hazelwood fire station finally happening, thanks to $3 million from Congressman Edwards Paul Nielsen/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer There was no wrapped box with a bow, or even a card. But all the same,...
Top 10 7. Duke has sought to tighten faculty media engagement to minimize federal scrutiny Amy Zhang/The (Duke) Chronicle In late August, faculty members in the Sanford School of Public Policy received an email directing...
Top 10 8. Land Trust transfers 300 acres to state for conservation Coastal Review Online The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust has transferred the Pasquotank River Preserve in Camden County to the...
Top 10 9. Report: Retirement incentive helps maintain student enrollment David Beasley/The Center Square A program offering retirement incentives to tenured professors in colleges and universities in North Carolina with...
