Top 10 5. NC to get $150M from new opioid settlement as counties expand treatment and recovery services Taylor Knopf/NC Health News North Carolina is poised to receive $150 million from a new multi-state legal settlement with pharmaceutical...
Top 10 6. Analysis shows Trump’s tariffs would cost US employers $82.3 billion Josh Boak/The Associated Press An analysis finds a critical group of U.S. employers would face a direct cost of $82.3...
Top 10 7. Lawsuit alleges sexual abuse of minors at Waynesville Bojangles Kyle Perrotti/Smoky Mountain News An Asheville law firm has filed a civil suit on behalf of two minor female clients...
Top 10 8. Southport greenlights Waterway Community development Port City Daily A long discussed development in Southport has now been given the green light to move forward. On...
Top 10 9. Shining Rock charter school loses civil court case Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Six weeks after a week-long civil court trial between Shining Rock charter school and a former...
Top 10 10. Fayetteville Starbucks workers vote to unionize Evey Weisblat/City View When Starbucks barista Elijah Wittmeyer-Balthazar decided to start a union campaign at his Fayetteville store for the...
Top 10 1. Auto racing executive Steve Newmark will become North Carolina’s athletic director in 2026 Aaron Beard/The Associated Press North Carolina has taken an unusual route to establishing a succession plan for athletic director Bubba...
Top 10 2. Homeless camping ban appears to die in NC General Assembly, for now Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed cities and states to ban camping and...
Top 10 3. Former vaccine committee member, UNC’s Noel Brewer, discusses last week’s CDC meeting Rose Hoban/NC Health News On June 9, word started to spread that the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services...
Top 10 4. Trump’s pick to replace Tillis could boost Republican midterm turnout in North Carolina, analysts say Paul Specht & Laura Leslie/WRAL News Political parties typically benefit from having an incumbent candidate on the ballot, but U.S....
Top 10 5. Hemp under threat: NC lawmakers debating crackdown, business owners push back Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily Significant state legislation is poised to reshape North Carolina’s hemp industry, directly impacting businesses and consumers....
Top 10 6. Guilford College raises $5M to meet accreditation demand Chris Burritt/Business North Carolina Guilford College averted the potential loss of its academic accreditation after raising more than $5 million...
Top 10 7. Brunswick County Landfill inches closer to maximum capacity and closure date Savanna Tenenoff/Wilmington StarNews With more residents moving in and debris and waste constantly being dumped, the Brunswick County Landfill is...
Top 10 8. A Pittsboro recording studio is for sale — but don’t expect its goals to change Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro A celebrated local recording studio is on the market, seeking new ownership who aims to maintain its...
Top 10 9. Wells Fargo lines up more branch closures in the Charlotte market Symone Graham/Charlotte Business Journal Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) is preparing to close two branches in the Charlotte region...