Top 10 5. Clean energy jobs in North Carolina continued to rise in 2024, even as renewable energy took a hit Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio Last year, the number of jobs in North Carolina’s economy grew by about 1%. But growth in...
Top 10 6. Emma group fights townhouse development to preserve mobile homes as long-term affordable housing Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog Owning the land beneath their mobile home has given Laura Garcia and her husband the security to...
Top 10 7. Timbermill Wind celebrates becoming Chowan’s top taxpayer Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online As neighborhood businesses go, Timbermill Wind is quiet, clean and visually striking. And barely a year...
Top 10 8. Prominent Aberdeen building back on the market Frank Daniels IV/The (Southern Pines) Pilot A prominent commercial property in Aberdeen is back on the market after a failed...
Top 10 9. Will development boom come knocking in Waynesville again? Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A housing development surge in Waynesville five years ago cooled abruptly when the state halted new...
Top 10 10. Lawsuit alleges Forest Service timber sale near the Nolichucky River may be illegal Katie Myers/Blue Ridge Public Radio MountainTrue and the Center for Biological Diversity are suing the U.S. Forest Service because of...
Top 10 1. UNC Health names new chief executive officer WRAL News UNC Health will have a new CEO, the UNC System announced Thursday. Dr. Cristy Page will officially begin...
Top 10 2. Thom Tillis wants answers from Homeland Security on Operation Charlotte’s Web Danielle Battaglia/The (Raleigh) News & Observer Sen. Thom Tillis called for oversight of the use of the U.S. Border Patrol...
Top 10 3. Administrative judge blocks NC Medicaid rate cut for assisted living services Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline A North Carolina administrative law judge has temporarily frozen Medicaid rate cuts for personal care services delivered...
Top 10 4. In hidden upstairs room, Fayetteville City Council conducts business away from public eye Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView Before the cameras roll, before the microphones click on, and before the public meetings begin, the Fayetteville...
Top 10 5. White House drafts order directing Justice Department to sue states that pass AI regulations Gerrit De Vynck & Nitasha Tiku/The Washington Post The Trump administration is drafting an executive order that would direct the...
Top 10 6. New NC Auditor report finds hurricane housing program failed to track funds, delayed rebuilding Adam Wagner/NC Newsroom The agency tasked with overseeing the rebuilding of homes damaged and destroyed in Hurricanes Florence and Matthew...
Top 10 7. Emma group fights townhouse development to preserve mobile homes as long-term affordable housing Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog Owning the land beneath their mobile home has given Laura Garcia and her husband the security to...
Top 10 8. Commissioners consider options for sewer line in Edneyville Amy McCraw/Hendersonville Lightning After hearing from state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom in a late-night email, county commissioners on Wednesday morning directed...
Top 10 9. Providers: Patients skip care during NC immigration crackdown Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & The Charlotte Ledger When a Charlotte man fell off a ladder last week and likely...
