Top 10 5. From a $186 million funding freeze to the big budget bill, news out of DC and its impact on education Mebane Rash/Education NC On Monday, June 30, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) sent the following to the N.C. Department...
Top 10 6. NC health care costs overhyped in national ranking. Who pays those costs is another issue. Jane Winik Sartwell/N.C. Health News North Carolina is the most expensive state in the nation for health care, according to...
Top 10 7. North Carolina denies firm’s protest of key Helene contract, siding with bid winner Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline North Carolina officials have denied a local firm’s request for the state to re-bid a critical hurricane...
Top 10 8. Water war settlement derailed in Raleigh Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning Convened in separate special called meetings on June 16, the Henderson County Board of Commissioners and the...
Top 10 9. Mom wins court fight with charter school, defamation countersuit backfires Kyle Perrotti/Smoky Mountain News Rebecca Fitzgibbon hasn’t breathed easy since her 11-year-old son was put in the back of a...
Top 10 10. Hope Mills board votes to change town charter for staggered 4-year terms Jason Canady/CityView The Hope Mills Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 on Monday to amend the town’s charter to establish four-year...
Top 10 1. Gov. Josh Stein tours flooded Mebane, urges preparedness as state awaits emergency services budget WRAL News Gov. Josh Stein visited one of the hardest hit areas from Tropical Depression Chantal Tuesday afternoon to tour...
Top 10 2. Lawmakers wrestle with how to regulate NC hemp industry Lola Oliverio/NC Health News North Carolina lawmakers have been debating for years about regulating hemp and marijuana products. Now state...
Top 10 3. Learning loss after Helene. A look at two rural Western NC school districts. Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press While Helene’s impact on North Carolina varied across the region, the 2024-2025 school year was anything...
Top 10 4. North Carolina sheriff steps down after sexual misconduct charges The Associated Press The longtime sheriff of a western North Carolina county whom some women accused of sexual misconduct has...
Top 10 5. Advent raises Buncombe hospital request to 222 beds Hendersonville Lightning AdventHealth invites the community to learn more about its plan to apply for a Certificate of Need to...
Top 10 6. Legislation overturns Taylortown moratorium Elena Marsh/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Taylortown’s building moratorium, implemented earlier this year to give itself time to cope with unexpected...
Top 10 7. Southport planning chair not reappointed, political retaliation questioned by board members Sophia Walsh/Port City Daily In a contentious vote, Southport’s aldermen chose a new leader to conduct business on its planning...
Top 10 8. Childhood vaccination rates drop across 1,600 US counties Amanda Geduld/The Sanford Herald Childhood vaccination rates have markedly declined across the U.S. since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Top 10 9. Upset bids sought for Mount Airy property Tom Joyce/The (Mount Airy) News If citizens didn’t know better, they might think Mount Airy officials have gone into the...
