Top 10 3. Ocracoke Access Alliance to push for more investment in ferry services The Outer Banks Voice The Ocracoke Access Alliance (OAA) has formed to push for greater state and federal investment in...
Top 10 4. Durham declares itself a ‘Fourth Amendment Workplace’ amid immigrant fears WUNC & The Associated Press The Durham City Council has passed a resolution to make the city a “Fourth Amendment...
Top 10 5. Funding eludes low-income apartment project Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise Plans for an affordable housing project in south High Point have hit a roadblock after...
Top 10 6. Council asked to help bring Target to Sanford Caleb M. Soptelean/The Sanford Herald Sanford City Council is being asked to help bring a Target retail store to the...
Top 10 7. UNC Charlotte sets all-time enrollment record with 32,207 students Sofia DiStefano/Niner Times UNC Charlotte has once again broken its own enrollment record, welcoming 32,207 students for the fall 2025...
Top 10 8. Conditional zoning could give Clyde landowners more options Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Clyde’s governing board is planning to change its zoning ordinance to allow for “conditional” zoning, bringing...
Top 10 9. UNCW details more actions taken to root out DEI at university Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily A new report from UNCW details more removals and alterations leadership have made to comply with...
Top 10 10. New EPA funds to help WNC water and sewer systems battered by Helene Katie Myers/Blue Ridge Public Radio Helene washed out sewer pipes, overflowed septic systems, and washed water treatment plants into rivers...
Top 10 1. 80,000+ NC voters keep federal ballot access in deal between DOJ, NC Board of Elections Deana Harley/CBS 17 News Some 80,000 voters in North Carolina will not need to update their voter registration to vote...
Top 10 2. Trouble brewing: Trump’s tariffs drive up coffee costs Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News The roaster looks almost like an old steam locomotive, its polished steel drum gleaming under fluorescent...
Top 10 3. Bountiful harvest expected for many NC crops, but recovery from ’24 still lagging Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press The news about crops out of North Carolina farms is good this year: the corn...
Top 10 4. Can you ID all three NC flounder species? Biologists are counting on it Mary Helen Moore/WUNC Radio Recreational flounder season is underway in North Carolina, allowing anglers a brief two-week window to catch...
Top 10 5. CATS discusses new safety plan after killing; Cornelius mayor voices concern over transit tax vote Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Congress has cut federal funding for public media — an $800,000 loss for WFAE. We count on...
Top 10 6. ‘Welcome relief.’ Money for WNC farms starts to flow from state recovery bill Gerard Albert III/Blue Ridge Public Radio North Carolina’s agriculture commissioner last week started sending checks to farmers who were affected...
Top 10 7. Picketers demand action from county commissioners over Novant hospital care Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily Residents expressed their concerns to the New Hanover County commissioners this week, urging them to hold...
