Top 10 5. Legal aid groups feel pinch of NC legislature freezing millions of dollars Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press Civil legal aid organizations, which provide tens of thousands of North Carolinians with free legal services...
Top 10 6. Durham City Council delays major development at former police headquarters Kennedy Thomason/Indy Week Redeveloping Durham’s former police headquarters will have to wait a little longer. The four-acre lot in downtown...
Top 10 7. Tweaks to Wilmington land code could allow more duplexes downtown, planning commission approved Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The Wilmington Planning Commission reviewed its prior recommendation of a land code amendment allowing for more...
Top 10 8. Canton is making a $16 million to-do list to fix water woes Sarah White/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Residents of Canton are all too familiar with boil notices and burst water pipes, and this...
Top 10 9. County OKs incentives for city project Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise The Guilford County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved $300,000 in economic incentives at its...
Top 10 10. State Education Board mulls requiring master’s degrees for school social workers James Farrell/WFAE Radio A committee that advises the state Board of Education on students’ non-academic needs has recommended the board...
Top 10 1. Educational transparency proposal opposed by 3 North Carolina Democrats Alan Wooten/The Center Square Parental notification when foreign governments or entities provide funding, materials or support to a child’s public...
Top 10 2. In Whiteville visit, Jackson pledges fight to restore funding for flooding Joseph Williams/The (Whiteville) News Reporter Hearing from residents whose homes and businesses have been repeatedly hit by flooding, N.C. Attorney...
Top 10 3. Rock quarry developers ordered to give part of Umstead Park back to the state WRAL News A Wake County Superior Court judge on Wednesday sided with a wildlife coalition to prevent a mining corporation...
Top 10 4. NASCAR antitrust trial: Bob Jenkins testifies about $100M loss and ‘insulting’ charter deal Jenna Fryer/The Associated Press Front Row Motorsports owner Bob Jenkins was back on the stand Thursday to testify on the...
Top 10 5. Raleigh’s circular hotel lands historic status Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh The Raleigh City Council has granted historic landmark status to downtown’s iconic circular hotel, the former Holiday...
Top 10 6. A desired return to rigid gender roles undergirds ‘pronatalist’ ideas, UNC researcher says Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline Worries about the declining U.S. fertility rate are overblown, UNC family demographer Karen Guzzo told an audience...
Top 10 7. Local firm walks away from potential downtown Wilmington grocery store project Cece Nunn & Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz A local development firm isn’t moving forward with plans to buy a city-owned property in...
Top 10 8. With home births growing, NC could rethink licensing of certified midwives Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press North Carolina is one of the most restrictive states in the country for midwifery care....
Top 10 9. Duck honors former mayor with the Don Kingston Pavilion Outer Banks Voice On Dec. 4, the Town of Duck announced it had named the Main Stage on the Town...
