Top 10 1. Atrium Health boosted executive compensation by 21 percent in 2025 Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & Charlotte Ledger The compensation of Charlotte-based Atrium Health’s top executives rose by an average of...
Top 10 2. WS/FCS board says teachers are at ‘wits’ end’ without EC support Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education members are calling for changes to how the district educates students with...
Top 10 3. NC lawmakers beef up US attorneys’ staffs, leave Wake DA with no new prosecutors Dan Kane & Nolan Wilkinson/The Raleigh News & Observer Since 2023, state lawmakers have been made aware that Wake County...
Top 10 4. Born into Toxicity: Camp Lejeune survivor fights for justice Annette Weston/WFAE Radio Jeanette Vitullo lived in North Carolina until she was six years old, seemingly healthy. But decades later,...
Top 10 5. Fayetteville State seeing record enrollment, retention Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Fayetteville State University may be among the smaller public institutions in North Carolina, but it’s punching...
Top 10 6. A new greenway over a south Raleigh artery might connect downtown with Dix Park Travis Bland/WUNC News Raleigh is exploring an ambitious new greenway to connect downtown to Dix Park. Called The Oakline, the...
Top 10 7. Zebulon leaders learn why town will face more state scrutiny on finances Ally Kadlubar/WRAL News The town of Zebulon said it is learning more reasons why it is on a list of...
Top 10 8. Miami Crash puts focus on Houston Astros owner’s cargo-jet business Andrew Tangel & Hanna Krueger/The Wall Street Journal More than a minute before a Boeing 767 landed at a Miami...
Top 10 9. Beth Burns commissioner appointment tabled after new appeal is filed Sophia DePhillips/Port City Daily One month after Brad George left the Pender County Board of Commissioners, his seat remains vacant...
Top 10 10. ‘So much potential’: Local entrepreneur Chris Ehrenfeld purchases Chatham Mills property Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The Chatham Mills property in Pittsboro is under new ownership. Local entrepreneur Chris Ehrenfeld — the owner...
Top 10 1. Class action suit against Chemours goes to jury trial next spring Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily A class action lawsuit nine years in the making will finally go before a jury in...
Top 10 2. Why does early treatment matter for psychotic episodes? Taylor Knopf/NC Health News In 2014, Angela Diaz was 24 years old and believed she was receiving secret messages from...
Top 10 3. How one UNC-Chapel Hill professor changed his syllabus, but not his approach to teaching Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News Seth Kotch is an American studies professor at UNC-Chapel Hill. He researches modern American history and his...
Top 10 4. In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed Tammy Webber & Joshua A. Bickel/The Associated Press The birds are up with the sunrise — warblers, flycatchers, sparrows and...
Top 10 5. Moore Co. DSS settles federal lawsuit with family of children with disabilities Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press Moore County is paying more than $50,000 to settle a federal lawsuit over allegations of unnecessary...
