Top 10 10. Watauga moving to county-operated EMS system Nick Fogleman/The Watauga Democrat In a major shift for local emergency services, Watauga County announced that it will transition from...
Top 10 1. I-40 to be closed at least two weeks following flood, rockslide Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A rockslide and flooding struck Interstate 40 when heavy rain pelted the Pigeon River Gorge on...
Top 10 2. 3 NC lieutenant governors, a historic house, and a case of missing furniture Jack Hagel & Paul Specht/WRAL News Dan Forest’s term as North Carolina lieutenant governor ended like an episode of “This...
Top 10 3. JetZero presents spinoff benefits, challenges Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise The announcement last week that the region has recruited the lucrative JetZero aircraft manufacturing...
Top 10 4. How a hemp exec could decide the future of THC regulation in North Carolina Lucille Sherman/Axios Raleigh North Carolina House Rules Chairman Rep. John Bell, who is also the president of a hemp manufacturing...
Top 10 5. A North Carolina county wanted new court to stem its opioid crisis. Then came Trump’s cuts. Geoff Hing/The Marshall Project Wilkes County, North Carolina, has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic, but local officials have...
Top 10 6. North Carolina Gov. Stein vetoes his first bills. They are on concealed carry and immigration The Associated Press North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein vetoed his first bills on Friday, blocking for now Republican legislation...
Top 10 7. NC made vouchers open to any family, then many private schools raised tuition Liz Schlemmer/WUNC Radio New research shows that many North Carolina private schools accepting vouchers significantly increased their tuition after the...
Top 10 8. Blueberry fields forever? Study monitors destructive beetles in NC crops Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily Beneath North Carolina’s vibrant blueberry fields, a hidden pest poses a long-term threat. Scientists are now...
Top 10 9. Voters in four parties to be moved to unaffiliated Robert Sullivan/The Salisbury Post On Tuesday, June 24, the political party affiliations of about 34,000 North Carolina voters registered with...
Top 10 10. UNC’s Lineberger Cancer Center awarded $28 million for new clinical trial Michael Koh/WCHL Chapelboro The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has been awarded $28 million by the Advanced Research Projects Agency...
Top 10 1. I-40 closed again: Wash out on Tennessee side of state line closes traffic in both directions Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A section of Interstate 40 just over the state line from Haywood County has washed out...
Top 10 2. Senate leadership ponders rural hospital fund to sway megabill holdouts Jordain Carney & Robert King/Politico Senate Republican leaders are working to assuage a group of key megabill holdouts — “the...
Top 10 3. Development could ease UNC Asheville housing struggles David Beasley/The Center Square The University of North Carolina at Asheville plans to lease some of its land for a...
Top 10 4. North Carolina judges side with GOP lawmakers for who gets say on highway patrol commander Makiya Seminera/The Associated Press A panel of North Carolina judges dismissed one of Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s cases against Republican...