Top 10 5. To control costs, State Health Plan leaders look to invest in members’ health Rose Hoban/NC Health News North Carolina Treasurer Brad Briner has made waves during his first year in office among state...
Top 10 6. Republican challenger, his flush campaign opts out of U.S. House race Alan Wooten/The Center Square To help generate a Republican winner in the northeastern part of the state for the first...
Top 10 7. Judges reject arguments against NC Certificate of Need law Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press A challenge of the constitutionality of North Carolina’s Certificate of Need law may be heading...
Top 10 8. The changing fabric of Frog Level: What’s next for Waynesville’s history-laden lowland? Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer Down the hill from Waynesville’s Main Street lies an embattled intersection of the town’s history. For...
Top 10 9. Charlotte group’s site undergoes revamp as part of efforts to support those impacted by substance use Elvis Menayese/WFAE Radio Volunteers gather to revamp the 12th Step Services’ site on 709 East Boulevard near South End that...
Top 10 10. Swain Animal Services meeting filled with public shock, disapproval Lily Levin/Smoky Mountain News Swain County’s standing animal services ordinance dates back to late 2019, pending the establishment of an...
Top 10 1. Public school enrollment drops The High Point Enterprise Enrollment fell in nearly every North Carolina school district this year — including in the Guilford...
Top 10 2. AdventHealth: High Court won’t hear key appeal on new Buncombe hospital Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press The North Carolina Supreme Court has delivered a key ruling against HCA in the ongoing...
Top 10 3. Hemp drinks are buoying craft breweries. With a ban looming, leaders are bracing for the worst April Laissle/WFDD Radio Over the past few years, craft breweries across North Carolina have increasingly turned to hemp-infused drinks to...
Top 10 4. Vice Mayor Antanette Mosley received primary-residence tax breaks on Atlanta home while serving on Asheville City Council John Boyle, Sally Kestin & Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog Asheville Vice Mayor Antanette Mosley has received primary-residence tax benefits on a...
Top 10 5. ICE arrests in NC doubled in 2025. Fewer convicted criminals, more without criminal record or convictions Aaron Sánchez-Guerra & Jason DeBruyn/WUNC Radio Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, had already nearly doubled 2024’s total of immigration...
Top 10 6. Endowment remains elusive on funding relationship with government, accountability metrics Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The New Hanover Community Endowment hosted a listening session with the public Wednesday night. Questions on...
Top 10 7. Secure Rural Schools Program passes Congress with bipartisan support Caroline Parker/Education NC After two years in limbo, the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (SRS) was reauthorized for...
Top 10 8. New report finds NC Department of Environmental Quality ‘ill-positioned’ to face climate and environmental problems Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio A report from the watchdog group Environmental Integrity Project found that the North Carolina agency responsible for...
Top 10 9. Harnett County neighbors seek relief from disruptive noise Judith Retana/CBS 17 News Noisy neighbors are always a nuisance, and many municipalities like Harnett County have ordinances in place...
