Top 10 5. Microgrid project to provide renewable power after disasters Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online It was the massive scale of destruction in the North Carolina mountains after Hurricane Helene last...
Top 10 6. How civics education could stage a comeback in NC Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press When Southeast Middle School social studies teacher Eric Shock’s eighth-graders walked into class one day last...
Top 10 7. NHC commissioners loosen public participation, approval criteria for additional dwelling allowances Port City Daily The New Hanover County commissioners chose to change the process by which additional units above a zoning...
Top 10 8. Swain commission chair gives county his resignation Lily Levin/Smoky Mountain News Kevin Seagle, chair of the Swain County board of commissioners, has given the county his resignation...
Uncategorized 9. Voting officials are leaving their jobs at the highest rate in decades Miles Parks/WUNC Radio A staffer with the Kenosha County clerk’s office sets up voting booths on Oct. 21, 2024, in...
Top 10 10. Black political caucus picks Joi Mayo over Tiawana Brown in close City Council vote Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The Black Political Caucus (BPC) has endorsed political newcomer Joi Mayo in her bid to unseat embattled...
Top 10 1. UNC Health Infectious Disease researcher defends mRNA vaccine methods after federal funding cuts Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced the cut of roughly $500 million worth...
Top 10 2. New grants boost Helene recovery efforts Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News The American Flood Coalition’s Recovery and Resilience Partnership is barely six months old, but it’s already...
Top 10 3. Amid other teaching priorities and political tensions, NC civics lessons not being absorbed Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press In 2020, while their parents planned pilgrimages to the polls, Henderson County public school students from...
Top 10 4. North Carolina updates more than 20,000 voter records, seeks more ID numbers Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press Voter registration records for more than 20,000 people in North Carolina have been successfully amended...
Top 10 5. ‘We’re not getting anything accomplished’: Council hears from service providers on homeless issue Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily No clear plan of action emerged from the Wilmington City Council’s special meeting on homelessness Monday,...
Top 10 6. Businesses face ‘chaos’ as EPA aims to repeal its authority over climate pollution Michael Copley/WUNC Radio The Trump administration’s plan to undo a landmark finding that climate pollution threatens public health and welfare...
Top 10 7. City OKs downtown housing deal Pat Kimbrough/The (High Point) Enterprise The City Council on Monday unanimously authorized a real estate transaction aimed at promoting the...
Top 10 8. Few released under NC law that allows seriously ill incarcerated people to spend their final days at home Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News To give more seriously ill incarcerated people the opportunity to go home before they die, North...
Top 10 9. Mission applies to become only Level I trauma center in western North Carolina, NCDHHS document shows Andrew R. Jones/Asheville Watchdog Mission Hospital has applied to become a Level I trauma center, the highest designation a healthcare...