Top 10 2. “Please protect us:” 131 students share their thoughts on the safety of Charlotte’s light rail Sunnya Hadavi/Niner Times In the weeks following the murder of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, news about the case was on everyone’s...
Top 10 3. Some national parks facilities impacted by shutdowns, some NC-based fed employees furloughed WFAE Radio The North Carolina Office of State Human Resources says the federal government shutdown means 200 state employees will...
Top 10 4. FEMA says operations will continue as normal during shutdown Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News As Western North Carolina settles in for what could become a protracted federal government shutdown, a...
Top 10 5. Steel manufacturer to announce big Hertford County project Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online A new steel manufacturing company’s plans to open a factory in Hertford County will be “transformational”...
Top 10 6. Helene created an unprecedented communications blackout; a year later, vulnerabilities remain Andrew R. Jones/Asheville Watchdog A year ago, Susan Embler sat trapped in the hills above Swannanoa after Tropical Storm Helene...
Top 10 7. Why is enrollment booming across UNC System schools? Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press The University of North Carolina System reported record numbers of enrollment across 16 of its 17...
Top 10 8. Duke alumna Anna Menon preps for history joining NASA’s 2025 astronaut class WRAL News A Duke alumna prepares to make history as one of the first women to possibly set foot on...
Top 10 9. Madison Cawthorn seeks comeback, running for Congress in Florida Curt Anderson/The Associated Press Former Republican U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who was defeated in 2022 in a North Carolina primary,...
Top 10 10. Aging environmental activists wonder who’ll carry on the fight? Will Atwater/NC Health News Larry Baldwin stood before a crowd of about 60 people gathered in Northampton County for the...
Top 10 1. Enbridge Gas makes case for rate increase before NC Utilities Commission Christine Zhu/NC Newsline Enbridge Gas North Carolina is asking for a 12.37% increase to its residential natural gas rates, which...
Top 10 2. NCDEQ greenlights fugitive dust plans for Wilmington port facilities Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily State regulators are to begin enforcing new air quality requirements at two Port of Wilmington facilities...
Top 10 3. ‘Things could have gotten even worse.’ Southport shooting suspect makes first court appearance Nikolai Mather/WHQR Nigel Edge has been charged with multiple counts of murder following Saturday night’s shooting at American Fish Company,...
Top 10 4. Trump administration awards $53 million for NC charter schools Liz Schlemmer/WUNC Radio The North Carolina Association for Public Charter Schools has won a nearly $53 million federal grant to...
Top 10 5. Damage from Helene creates conservation headaches for crucial highland spruce-fir forest Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press Swaths of downed timber are a common sight throughout Western North Carolina after Tropical Storm Helene,...
Top 10 6. Sand is vanishing on east side of Ocean Isle’s $11M erosion fix Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online When the Army Corps of Engineers issued its final decision on the terminal groin project here...
