Top 10 1. Should we read signs of a blue wave into NC elections? Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press It wasn’t so much a blue wave as it was a blue mist permeating North Carolina’s...
Top 10 2. WakeMed-UnitedHealthcare contract talks could disrupt Medicare Advantage coverage in Raleigh WRAL News WakeMed announced on Tuesday that UnitedHealthcare will no longer cover Medicare Advantage plans starting Saturday, Nov. 15th, unless...
Top 10 3. With their government contracts in limbo, small businesses await a historic shutdown’s end Mae Anderson/The Associated Press The end of the longest U.S. government shutdown in history would be a relief for small...
Top 10 4. Procedural technicalities, appeals court stymie CDL rule change Alan Wooten/The Center Square As a North Carolina congressman’s bill awaits committee action, a federal appeals court in the District...
Top 10 5. Judge orders NC Medicaid to reverse autism therapy reimbursement rate cuts amid funding dispute Adam Wagner/NC Newsroom & WUNC Radio A Wake County Superior Court Judge has ruled that the N.C. Department of Health...
Top 10 6. States hope to use rural health money to keep doctors, combat chronic disease Nada Hassanein/NC Newsline In their competition for rural health care dollars from a new federal fund, states are seeking money...
Top 10 7. Emergency shelter to be outfitted with satellite communication technology Sarah White/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer If another disaster knocks out phone, cell and internet service like in Helene, the county’s emergency...
Top 10 8. Greensboro Police Chief John Thompson announces plan to retire WFDD Radio Greensboro Police Chief John Thompson has announced he’s retiring in February. Thompson began his career in law enforcement...
Top 10 9. Stainless steel takeout containers gain ground on NC campuses Will Atwater/NC Health News Single-use, compostable and recyclable takeout containers are on their way out at some North Carolina universities....
Top 10 10. Coastal geologist Stan Riggs sets out on 10-book project Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online It was a nasty January day about 14 years ago, not long after publication of his...
Top 10 1. NCDOT pledges to make Pisgah National Forest ‘whole again’ after mining for I-40 Richard Stradling/The (Charlotte) Observer To rebuild Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge, the N.C. Department of Transportation will blast...
Top 10 2. Pine Gate laid off 500 workers in October, another 223 face job losses amid bankruptcy Kevin Ellis/Business North Carolina Asheville-based solar power company Pine Gate Renewables could eliminate 223 more workers as it works through...
Top 10 3. NC State Board of Elections hires new staff with ties to Republicans Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio The State Board of Elections has hired new top staff members who have previously worked for Republican...
Top 10 4. ‘We don’t plan to’: Chancellor downplays potential that UNC signs Trump admin’s higher ed compact Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts told faculty leaders the university does not plan on signing President Donald Trump’s...
Top 10 5. County sees ‘great first step’ in receiving FEMA reimbursements Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning Henderson County is expected to begin receiving some federal reimbursement in the next month to begin paying...
