Top 10 7. After death of Charlie Kirk, UNC Board of Trustees reviews upgrades to campus security Henry Taylor/WCHL Chapelboro Following the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on September 10, the UNC...
Top 10 8. TV pilot shot in Wilmington for major network will be made into a full series John Staton/Wilmington StarNews A TV show whose pilot episode shot in the Wilmington area in 2025 will be made into...
Top 10 9. Grad student works in pain after being denied medical leave on UNC insurance plan Maria Sullivan/The Daily Tar Heel UNC graduate student Sean Taylor spent a year of his doctoral program begging for relief....
Top 10 10. Hendersonville to pitch $10 million road bond issue to voters Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning The city of Hendersonville is poised to send a $10 million road bond issue to taxpayers next...
Top 10 1. Debate over policy vs. funding dominates violent crime hearing in Charlotte Andy Weber/Queen City News A congressional field hearing held in Charlotte Monday morning turned emotional and, at times, contentious as...
Top 10 2. Medicaid standoff could put health care for many North Carolinians at risk Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News Efforts to prevent cuts that could significantly lower reimbursement to providers for services for North Carolinians...
Top 10 3. After Southport shooting, NC Gov. Stein urges fix for ‘broken’ health care system Josh Shaffer/The (Raleigh) News & Observer North Carolina “must fix its broken health care system” to prevent more violent attacks,...
Top 10 4. Community advocate Rodney Sadler ready to challenge North Carolina Rep. Carla Cunningham in 2026 Dedrick Russell/WBTV North Carolina Rep. Carla Cunningham, a Democrat, has represented District 106 in Mecklenburg County since 2013 — but...
Top 10 5. Hurricane Helene took down first responders’ primary radio network — now they’re reviving an old technology Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio Black Mountain volunteer firefighter David Billstrom hails the fire chief on a handheld radio. “401 from 494...
Top 10 6. What Helene taught us about deadly landslides Katie Myers/Blue Ridge Public Radio When Darlene Kurkendall closes her eyes, she imagines the walls of her house falling away....
Top 10 7. Housing Task Force moves to create Dare Housing Foundation nonprofit Mark Jurkowitz/Outer Banks Voice As the Dare Community Housing Task Force (DCHTF) moves toward creating a non-profit housing organization by...
Top 10 8. Vast majority of litter removed from streams is plastic: Study Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online An overwhelming majority of litter captured over the course of three years by in-stream traps set...
Top 10 9. ‘We need rain’: Harvest begins for sweet potatoes Drew C. Wilson/The Wilson Times A cloud enshrouds the operation as field workers pull bucket after bucket of sweet potatoes...
Top 10 10. UNCW trustees commit to local funding match for S. College pedestrian bridge Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The UNCW Board of Trustees unanimously approved a resolution in support of a pedestrian bridge across...
Top 10 1. NC auditor hires former GOP director in new ‘election integrity’ oversight role Kyle Ingram/The (Raleigh) News & Observer The former director of the North Carolina Republican Party has a new role: election...
