Top 10 6. Under development pressure, Durham lost 38% of its farmland in 15 years Tori Newby/IndyWeek In a region once known for its booming tobacco industry, Durham County has lost more than 40,000 acres...
Top 10 7. Raleigh churches see their parking lots as a way to ease housing shortages Hayden Wittenborn/WUNC News Prime real estate sits empty in downtown Raleigh on most weekdays. Across the city, church parking lots...
Top 10 8. Barclay West developer seeking to lift density cap on remaining land Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The developer behind Barclay projects at the corner of 17th Street and Independence Boulevard is looking...
Top 10 9. Anti-Flock fervor erupts in city and county Bill Moss/The Hendersonville Lightning The growing anti-Flock campaign is now fighting City Hall while still urging the county to shut...
Top 10 10. Jail officer accused of forging signatures The High Point Enterprise A Guilford County Detention Center officer was arrested Friday and accused of forging the signatures of...
Top 10 1. Condemning social media posts, NC Dems drop support for House candidate in competitive district Caroline Yaffa/WRAL News North Carolina House Democrats say they will no longer support one of their own candidates as criticism...
Top 10 2. Convicted sex offender offered opening prayer at rally for GOP Senate nominee in North Carolina Brian Slodysko/The Associated Press A pastor kicked off a recent campaign stop for Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for Senate,...
Top 10 3. Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board to consider removing Sneed as chair WFAE | By James Farrell After a tumultuous stretch that included a budget fight, a wide-ranging investigation, a superintendent suspension...
Top 10 4. Nearly $1M of incentives push SteelFab expansion in Fayetteville Alan Wooten/The Center Square Tax subsidy of $125,000 from the One North Carolina Fund, and $691,037 from local incentives, is...
Top 10 5. DOE to make workforce investment announcement at Albemarle’s Kings Mountain mine Kevin Ellis/Business North Carolina The U.S. Department of Energy is expected to make a workforce investment announcement at Albemarle’s lithium...
Top 10 6. What’s up with all these ballot questions in NC in 2026? Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press After North Carolina voters choose their candidates, they will see at least three more questions at...
Top 10 7. City of Asheville to pay $11M, contractors $1M in fatal crash settlement John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog After five years of litigation, the City of Asheville and its insurers have agreed to pay $11...
Top 10 8. LGBTQ+ older adults find support in community, affirming care Skye Crawford/NC Health News Before opening what is widely recognized as the first LGBTQ+ senior co-housing community in the...
Top 10 9. Cumberland students will be allowed to leave school for religious instruction Dasia Williams/CityView The Cumberland County Board of Education unanimously advanced a policy Tuesday that allows students to leave school one...
Top 10 10. Thomasville City Schools appoints new superintendent Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The Thomasville City Schools Board of Education has approved a new superintendent. Shayla Wiggins Savage will assume...
