Top 10 10. How rural N.C. lowered overdose deaths—but will struggle to keep pace Sarah Nagem/CityView A grandmother frantically banged on Joni’s apartment door in Robeson County earlier this year with a desperate plea:...
Top 10 1. Many fear federal loan caps will deter aspiring doctors and worsen MD shortage Bernard J. Wolfson/KFF Health News Medical educators and health professionals warn that new federal student loan caps in President Donald...
Top 10 2. Analysis compares toll options for Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz An analysis presented to local transportation leaders this week examined two different tolling approaches that could help fund...
Top 10 3. Ahead of cellphone restrictions in NC schools, governor’s advisory council hears advice from two districts Sophia Luna/Education NC As North Carolina school districts face the deadline to adopt policies that will limit students’ cellphone use...
Top 10 4. Judges uphold NC congressional map redrawn by legislators in 2023. No word on challenge to change in 2025. Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press North Carolina lawmakers did not intentionally discriminate against minority voters in the 2023 drawing of the...
Top 10 5. Clean energy jobs in North Carolina continued to rise in 2024, even as renewable energy took a hit Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio Last year, the number of jobs in North Carolina’s economy grew by about 1%. But growth in...
Top 10 6. Emma group fights townhouse development to preserve mobile homes as long-term affordable housing Dan DeWitt/Asheville Watchdog Owning the land beneath their mobile home has given Laura Garcia and her husband the security to...
Top 10 7. Timbermill Wind celebrates becoming Chowan’s top taxpayer Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online As neighborhood businesses go, Timbermill Wind is quiet, clean and visually striking. And barely a year...
Top 10 8. Prominent Aberdeen building back on the market Frank Daniels IV/The (Southern Pines) Pilot A prominent commercial property in Aberdeen is back on the market after a failed...
Top 10 9. Will development boom come knocking in Waynesville again? Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A housing development surge in Waynesville five years ago cooled abruptly when the state halted new...
Top 10 10. Lawsuit alleges Forest Service timber sale near the Nolichucky River may be illegal Katie Myers/Blue Ridge Public Radio MountainTrue and the Center for Biological Diversity are suing the U.S. Forest Service because of...
Top 10 1. UNC Health names new chief executive officer WRAL News UNC Health will have a new CEO, the UNC System announced Thursday. Dr. Cristy Page will officially begin...
Top 10 2. Thom Tillis wants answers from Homeland Security on Operation Charlotte’s Web Danielle Battaglia/The (Raleigh) News & Observer Sen. Thom Tillis called for oversight of the use of the U.S. Border Patrol...
Top 10 3. Administrative judge blocks NC Medicaid rate cut for assisted living services Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline A North Carolina administrative law judge has temporarily frozen Medicaid rate cuts for personal care services delivered...
Top 10 4. In hidden upstairs room, Fayetteville City Council conducts business away from public eye Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView Before the cameras roll, before the microphones click on, and before the public meetings begin, the Fayetteville...
