Top 10 5. ‘Has ICE been through here?’: Deportation fears leave local laundromat empty Julian Berger/WFAE Radio On a busy stretch of North Tryon Street, cars speed past a small strip mall dominated by...
Top 10 6. NC elections board OKs changes to military, overseas voting Theresa Opeka/The Carolina Journal The North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) voted unanimously on several items at its meeting...
Top 10 7. Famed Charlotte civil rights attorney James Ferguson has died Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Famed Charlotte civil rights attorney James Ferguson has died at age 82. He was part of the...
Top 10 8. Lumos, T-Mobile update sale Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise One of High Point’s largest employers says it has expanded its local presence since being...
Top 10 9. City sets public hearing on Plaza sale; more information given by developers Robert Sullivan/The Salisbury Post Ahead of a public hearing on the potential purchase of the city-owned Plaza, members of the...
Top 10 10. Ingles to build new Swannanoa store, replacing post office, Ace Hardware, official says Will Hofmann/Asheville Citizen Times Black Mountain-based grocery store chain Ingles confirmed to Buncombe County staff that it plans to build...
Top 10 1. UNC study: 43% of flooded NC buildings were outside FEMA’s hazard zones Liz McLaughlin/WRAL News When torrents of muddy water filled the Trader Joe’s parking lot at Chapel Hill’s Eastgate Crossing this month,...
Top 10 2. ‘It has been devastating’: Chapel Hill leaders on recovering from Chantal Aaron Keck/WCHL Chapelboro It has now been more than two weeks since Tropical Depression Chantal dropped a record amount of...
Top 10 3. Can a union make Charlotte’s municipal election a question of worker’s rights? Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The left has been rejuvenated in the first six months of the Trump administration, defying predictions that...
Top 10 4. Trump administration restores funds for after-school programs, other K-12 funds still frozen Liz Schlemmer/WUNC Radio The U.S. Department of Education is expected to release some of the federal funds for public schools...
Top 10 5. Unraveling a film industry slump Rickie Houston/WilmingtonBiz The film industry in Wilmington has encountered a slowdown, and it’s uncertain when things will pick back up....
Top 10 6. Jackson Co. threatens to break up another NC regional library Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press Last month, Jackson became the second county in Western North Carolina to vote to exit its...
Top 10 7. Report: State needs more fisheries scientists to meet goals Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online The state has the protocols in place for successful fisheries management, but North Carolina is missing...
Top 10 8. Blade-maker cuts new path into Europe Frank Daniels IV/The (Southern Pines) Pilot It’s important to stay sharp through one’s years, especially if you run a knife-making...
Top 10 9. From trash to marine treasures: How NC’s artificial reefs benefit anglers, marine life Gareth McGrath/USA Today Network Imagine featureless plains of sand extending for as far as the eye can see. Now imagine...
