Top 10 3. Ankle monitors off? NC officials scramble to keep defendant tracking system running Paul Specht/WRAL News A program designed to protect North Carolinians from people charged with sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking and...
Top 10 4. Local governments push state agencies for 1,4-dioxane regulation Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily The battle for clean drinking water in southeastern North Carolina continues, this time focusing on the...
Top 10 5. Duke Energy says offshore wind is too expensive to build, for now Adam Wagner/WUNC Radio Duke Energy is not moving forward with wind energy off North Carolina’s coast after determining proposals from...
Top 10 6. North Carolina Supreme Court says bars’ COVID-19 lawsuits can continue Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press The North Carolina Supreme Court issued favorable rulings Friday for bars and their operators in...
Top 10 7. Davis exit marks another shift in NC-11 Dem race Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Weeks after a bitter dispute over a Democratic gala laid bare divisions in Western North Carolina’s...
Top 10 8. Smoldering landfill mulch fire outside Canton can’t be put out Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Spontaneous combustion deep within a flood debris landfill blanketed the greater Canton area with smoke this...
Top 10 9. Thermo Fisher Scientific opens new manufacturing facility in Mebane Ben Crosbie/WCHL Chapelboro Clinical research company Thermo Fisher Scientific held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of its new...
Top 10 10. Board OKs continuing lease process for Endor Iron Furnace property Nancy McCleary/Sanford Herald The Lee County commissioners voted to move ahead with the process involved in securing a lease agreement...
Local The Chamber’s energy report and SB 266 The NC Chamber’s new energy policy report expects renewables to keep making inroads despite the enactment of Senate Bill 266...
Local Novo Nordisk clamps down on hiring Here’s a good-news/bad-news thing for North Carolinians: Novo Nordisk is feeling the effects of increased competition for its popular GLP-1...
Local Malpractice liability ruling In a case that drew interest from the NC Chamber and other business groups, the state Court of Appeals has...
Top 10 1. Q&A: Researchers warn proposed NIH cuts could cost NC’s Research Triangle over $1 billion economically Brianna Atkinson/WUNC Radio North Carolina could take a $3 billion hit to its economy if a White House request to...
Top 10 2. Study warns efforts to protect Highway 12 could be making flooding worse Liz McLaughlin/WRAL News Waves from Hurricane Erin surged over N.C. Highway 12, Wednesday, pushing seawater and sand across the asphalt...
Top 10 3. Parents could be strapped with AP exam funding per state budget proposal, BCS has other plans Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The Brunswick County Board of Education voted to pay for its students’ Advanced Placement exams this...
Top 10 4. Damage to Lake Summit dam reduces recreation, poses risks Amy McCraw/Hendersonville Lightning Not much has changed on Lake Summit nearly a year after Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina....
