Top 10 5. Prominent civil rights leader William Barber criticizes Charlotte’s transit tax from pulpit Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Prominent civil rights leader William Barber II spoke against Charlotte’s proposed 1-cent tax for roads and transit...
Top 10 6. U.S. Rep. Valerie Foushee took voters’ questions at a Carrboro town hall. Here are some highlights Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro U.S. Rep. Valerie Foushee continued her series of town halls in North Carolina’s fourth congressional last week...
Top 10 7. The first ever Wawa Travel Center is set to open in Hope Mills, company to invest $600 million in NC Nick Bentley/WNCN Wawa has chosen North Carolina as the place for its first ever travel center, and hopes to invest...
Top 10 8. Proposed Clayton shopping center meets neighborly opposition Scott Bolejack/Johnstonian News A development firm proposes to plant a 40-foot landscape buffer between its shopping center on Clayton Boulevard...
Top 10 9. Pfeiffer-North Stanly Water Association to receive $4.9 million Jesse Deal/The Stanly News & Press A nonprofit water utility corporation based in Richfield has been awarded nearly $5 million...
Top 10 10. Salisbury officially sells The Plaza to the Wallace Family for $2.2 million Robert Sullivan/The Salisbury Post The Salisbury City Council voted to sell the Plaza Building to the Wallace Family on Tuesday...
Top 10 1. NC Department of Labor officials discover illegal mine in western NC, DEQ seeks halt to operations Adam Wagner/WUNC Radio Officials from the N.C. Department of Labor discovered an illegal mine earlier this year when federal officials...
Top 10 2. DHS is delaying millions in already approved North Carolina recovery funds, documents show Brianna Sacks & Maeve Reston/The Washington Post The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than $100 million in...
Top 10 3. HCA put up roadblocks to information about Mission Health, independent monitor reports Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press HCA Healthcare kept watchdogs waiting for months for information that would determine whether the company...
Top 10 4. Another rezoning greenlight brings more housing to rural Guilford County Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times In a sign of things to come – and a sign of how things have been...
Top 10 5. Art Pope fears Trump tariffs risk recession Business North Carolina Raleigh businessman Art Pope is a strong supporter of Donald Trump who isn’t afraid to express his...
Top 10 6. NC DMV turns to interns to help address long wait times Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio The Division of Motor Vehicles is using interns to help manage long lines at driver’s license offices....
Top 10 7. Waynesville to remove two advisory board members appointed improperly Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News The Waynesville Town Council will remove two members from the town’s Zoning Board of Adjustment after...
Top 10 8. Raleigh nightlife permit ordinance ruled ‘illegal and unenforceable’ WRAL News The owner of several bars and clubs in Raleigh’s Glenwood South has won a lawsuit against the city...
Top 10 9. Wilmington’s city council to continue workforce housing committee Greg Childress/NC Newsline The Wilmington City Council has pledged to continue the work of a committee devoted to workforce housing...