Top 10 10. Judge blocks pilot Lake Mattamuskeet algaecide application Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review A federal court decision issued Wednesday blocks the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from using a potentially...
Top 10 1. Durham flooding victims turned away from hotel because of address Monica Casey/WRAL News A North Carolina couple told WRAL News their reservation was canceled at a local hotel because they...
Top 10 2. How church-based literacy camps are filling a gap in summer learning for rural students statewide Kristen Richardson-Frick, Mebane Rash & Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC In 2012, The Duke Endowment partnered with one rural church to...
Top 10 3. Program focuses on youngest kids in NC’s child welfare system Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News Imagine a courtroom that’s not a courtroom and a judge who doesn’t look like a judge....
Top 10 4. Commissioners boot workforce housing committee, committee chair talks being blindsided Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The county shaved off its Workforce Housing Advisory Committee from its roster Monday after some commissioners...
Top 10 5. Show us a sign: County’s low-tech approach to disaster-related comms problems Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer When modern technology fails in the face of a disaster, sometimes it’s best to take a...
Top 10 6. North Carolina farmers confront frozen USDA funding Stella Mackler/WFAE Radio Last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $50 million in grants to 140 small and midsized...
Top 10 7. The ACC has moved past lawsuits and uncertainty. Commissioner Jim Phillips sees stable years ahead Aaron Beard/The Associated Press Jim Phillips stood in the same spot Tuesday morning that he did exactly one year earlier...
Top 10 8. Volunteers overhaul Waynesville little league field following Helene Kyle Perrotti/Smoky Mountain News Mountaineer Little League Baseball has been around since the 1970s, but like everything else, once Hurricane...
Top 10 9. Novant opens new Thomasville health facility Jill Doss-Raines/The High Point Enterprise Davidson County’s first outpatient mental health facility opened Tuesday as part of a $6 million...
Top 10 10. What’s in the latest defense authorization bill for Fort Bragg? Morgan Casey/CityView Fort Bragg could receive $240 million in federal funds to support the installation’s programs and infrastructure. The funds...
Top 10 1. Why was Warren Wilson omitted from NC Helene bill’s aid to colleges? Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press The most recent Helene recovery package from the state allocated $500 million to help address remaining...
Top 10 2. Have politics and changing energy policies sunk Brunswick’s proposed offshore wind farms? Gareth McGrath/USA Today Network Call it a state of suspended animation. A mix of politics, changing national energy priorities, a...
Top 10 3. WNC can expect to lose population after Helene. How much remains unclear. Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene, some in government and the news media were...
Top 10 4. JCAR cost spikes as county nears vote on Phase 1 Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning The two newest Henderson County commissioners expressed alarmed last week when they learned that the latest cost...
