Top 10 2. High Point University is raking in the dough Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times High Point University under the leadership of President Nido Qubein has been growing like kudzu, spreading...
Top 10 3. Arduous and unequal: The fight to get FEMA housing assistance after Helene ProPublica & The Assembly Slogging through a thick slop of mud and rock, Brian Hill passed the roof that Hurricane...
Top 10 4. McNeill running for state Senate Caleb M. Soptelean/The Sanford Herald A former Harnett County commissioner said he plans to run for the Republican nomination for...
Top 10 5. Southport mass shooting suspect identified as Nigel Edge after ‘targeted’ and ‘highly premeditated’ deadly attack on crowded North Carolina restaurant Ronny Reyes/New York Post The madman who “targeted” a crowded dockside restaurant in a “highly premeditated” mass shooting in North...
Top 10 6. Judge considers motion to dismiss Carrboro’s lawsuit against Duke Energy Celeste Gracia/WUNC Radio A judge is considering Duke Energy’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it by the town...
Top 10 7. North Carolina students face reduced access to fresh, local meals amid federal funding cuts Claudia Rivera Cotto/Enlace Latino NC & NC Health News At L. Gilbert Carroll Middle School in Robeson County, Principal Zach...
Top 10 8. Stanly school board reviews grant application with county commissioners Jesse Deal/The Stanly News & Press On Monday night, the Stanly County Board of Education and the Stanly County Board...
Top 10 9. UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts, BOT Chair Malcolm Turner speak on university issues Henry Taylor/WCHL Chapelboro UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts and Board of Trustees Chair Malcolm K. Turner spoke with members of the...
Top 10 10. Fayetteville mayor race: Benavente questions Colvin over donation from failed city contractor Paul Woolverton/CityView The owner of the construction company that abandoned several city construction projects in Fayetteville made a $1,000 donation...
Top 10 1. Charlotte light rail killing exposes gaps in NC’s mental health system Rachel Crumpler & Taylor Knopf/NC Health News In early September, video of a man stabbing 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska...
Top 10 2. The N.C. National Guard is becoming more nimble — both for fighting wars and responding to disasters Jay Price/WUNC Radio Major changes are coming for the North Carolina National Guard. But so far nothing related to the...
Top 10 3. Spruce Pine making strides, facing long recovery a year after Helene Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press On a mild late-summer afternoon in September, 86-year-old Tom Westall watered the flowers newly planted in...
Top 10 4. ‘A great callousness’: The struggles of Asheville’s service industry post-Helene Laura Hackett/WFAE Radio Amy Slusher, a server at Taco Billy, says the trauma from Hurricane Helene has rewired her nervous...
Top 10 5. On North Carolina’s rivers and streams, the cleanup of Helene’s fury seems never-ending Allen G. Breed & Brittany Peterson/The Associated Press Bracing himself against the current in waist-deep water, Clancy Loorham wrestles a...
Top 10 6. WakeMed joins list of Triangle health groups fighting for new contract with insurance providers Carly Haynes, WRAL News WakeMed is warning patients on Wednesday that those with UnitedHealthcare as their insurance provider could lose...