Top 10 1. Congress eyes $100 billion in disaster relief. How much could North Carolina get? Will Doran/WRAL News Only two months after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina in the worst natural disaster to hit...
Top 10 2. Trump promised federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe. Will he follow through? The Associated Press When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigned in North Carolina, both candidates courted a state-recognized tribe there...
Top 10 3. The last homecoming after Helene: Yancey County Schools return Caroline Parker/EducationNC Doug Thomas has been driving a bus for Yancey County Schools (YCS) for three years. He starts his...
Top 10 4. Environmental groups sue federal agencies over railroad rebuild in the Nolichucky Gorge Katie Myers/Blue Ridge Public Radio As a bitingly cold wind blew through the Nolichucky Gorge, raft guides Jubal Roe, Dennis...
Top 10 5. Prohibiting new residences in flood zones? Leland addresses potential ordinance changes Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily One Cape Fear town is looking to be more responsive to the calls for more sustainable...
Top 10 6. Despite FEMA foot dragging, sheds won’t fly as living quarters Vicki Hyatt/The Mountaineer As Haywood County flood survivors wait — and wait — for temporary Federal Emergency Management Agency housing...
Top 10 7. ‘One step forward, two steps back’ for Mid Currituck Bridge Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice The North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) will not be receiving the $425 million federal grant...
Top 10 8. Murphy: Government efficiency could be big help to veterans Alan Wooten/The Center Square A practicing physician in Congress from North Carolina, where four of six branches of the armed...
Top 10 9. Durham Public Schools approves rotational bus service plan to ease transportation crisis Chase Pellegrini de Paur/IndyWeek On Thursday night, a power outage left the Durham Public Schools board of education meeting with...
Top 10 10. At Asheville’s last Helene shelter, residents race to find housing by the new year Will Hofmann/Asheville Citizen Times On Thanksgiving eve, Noah Laycock, 3, runs around the south Asheville former Gold’s Gym location with...
Top 10 1. Trump ups the ante on tariffs, vowing massive taxes on goods from Mexico, Canada and China on Day 1 David Goldman/CNN President-elect Donald Trump on Monday promised massive hikes in tariffs on goods coming from Mexico, Canada and China...
Top 10 2. Wastewater treatment in a box: Technology, engineers help Spruce Pine fast-track recovery from Hurricane Helene Will Atwater/NC Health News Standing on stage during a highly anticipated town meeting, microphone in hand, Spruce Pine Town Manager...
Top 10 3. Rural water systems were already in bad shape. Then Helene hit. Katie Myers/Blue Ridge Public Radio The most exciting part of the day at Spruce Pine Montessori School is when the...
Top 10 4. Time marches on. Thanksgiving nears. Yet loss from Helene lingers in Green Mountain Alex Gladden/USA Today Network Tony Johnson has lived in Green Mountain all his life. The small township is rural, mountain...
Top 10 5. General Assembly funds voucher program, impacts county schools Matt Lamb/The (Southern Pines) Pilot North Carolina is at the forefront of a divisive nationwide debate: Should states subsidize private...