Top 10 5. A UNCA researcher raised concerns about research misconduct. Then he lost his job. Andrew R. Jones & Jack Evans/Asheville Watchdog A former University of North Carolina Asheville research assistant alleged in a lawsuit...
Top 10 6. Guilford DA explains decision to forgo state investigation into former GSO city attorney April Laissle/WFDD Radio The Guilford County District Attorney has released new information about her decision not to pursue a full...
Top 10 7. Gov. Stein tours Charlotte Coca-Cola facility’s new job training program Brooks Stevenson/WFAE Radio Gov. Josh Stein visited Charlotte on Wednesday to tour Coca-Cola Consolidated’s new job training program. Stein met...
Top 10 8. Rocky Mount receives $3 million grant to launch bus service to Raleigh Taiyana Hill/WRAL News Rocky Mount secured a $3 million grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to introduce...
Top 10 9. City purchases Salisbury Depot with plans for multiple projects; HSF using sale to focus on revolving fund Robert Sullivan/The Salisbury Post Salisbury announced Tuesday that it would be purchasing the historic Salisbury Depot from the Historic Salisbury...
Top 10 10. Judge blocks pilot Lake Mattamuskeet algaecide application Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review A federal court decision issued Wednesday blocks the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from using a potentially...
Top 10 1. Durham flooding victims turned away from hotel because of address Monica Casey/WRAL News A North Carolina couple told WRAL News their reservation was canceled at a local hotel because they...
Top 10 2. How church-based literacy camps are filling a gap in summer learning for rural students statewide Kristen Richardson-Frick, Mebane Rash & Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC In 2012, The Duke Endowment partnered with one rural church to...
Top 10 3. Program focuses on youngest kids in NC’s child welfare system Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News Imagine a courtroom that’s not a courtroom and a judge who doesn’t look like a judge....
Top 10 4. Commissioners boot workforce housing committee, committee chair talks being blindsided Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The county shaved off its Workforce Housing Advisory Committee from its roster Monday after some commissioners...
Top 10 5. Show us a sign: County’s low-tech approach to disaster-related comms problems Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer When modern technology fails in the face of a disaster, sometimes it’s best to take a...
Top 10 6. North Carolina farmers confront frozen USDA funding Stella Mackler/WFAE Radio Last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $50 million in grants to 140 small and midsized...
Top 10 7. The ACC has moved past lawsuits and uncertainty. Commissioner Jim Phillips sees stable years ahead Aaron Beard/The Associated Press Jim Phillips stood in the same spot Tuesday morning that he did exactly one year earlier...
Top 10 8. Volunteers overhaul Waynesville little league field following Helene Kyle Perrotti/Smoky Mountain News Mountaineer Little League Baseball has been around since the 1970s, but like everything else, once Hurricane...
Top 10 9. Novant opens new Thomasville health facility Jill Doss-Raines/The High Point Enterprise Davidson County’s first outpatient mental health facility opened Tuesday as part of a $6 million...