Top 10 10. Fayetteville Starbucks workers vote to unionize Evey Weisblat/City View When Starbucks barista Elijah Wittmeyer-Balthazar decided to start a union campaign at his Fayetteville store for the...
Top 10 1. Auto racing executive Steve Newmark will become North Carolina’s athletic director in 2026 Aaron Beard/The Associated Press North Carolina has taken an unusual route to establishing a succession plan for athletic director Bubba...
Top 10 2. Homeless camping ban appears to die in NC General Assembly, for now Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed cities and states to ban camping and...
Top 10 3. Former vaccine committee member, UNC’s Noel Brewer, discusses last week’s CDC meeting Rose Hoban/NC Health News On June 9, word started to spread that the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services...
Top 10 4. Trump’s pick to replace Tillis could boost Republican midterm turnout in North Carolina, analysts say Paul Specht & Laura Leslie/WRAL News Political parties typically benefit from having an incumbent candidate on the ballot, but U.S....
Top 10 5. Hemp under threat: NC lawmakers debating crackdown, business owners push back Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily Significant state legislation is poised to reshape North Carolina’s hemp industry, directly impacting businesses and consumers....
Top 10 6. Guilford College raises $5M to meet accreditation demand Chris Burritt/Business North Carolina Guilford College averted the potential loss of its academic accreditation after raising more than $5 million...
Top 10 7. Brunswick County Landfill inches closer to maximum capacity and closure date Savanna Tenenoff/Wilmington StarNews With more residents moving in and debris and waste constantly being dumped, the Brunswick County Landfill is...
Top 10 8. A Pittsboro recording studio is for sale — but don’t expect its goals to change Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro A celebrated local recording studio is on the market, seeking new ownership who aims to maintain its...
Top 10 9. Wells Fargo lines up more branch closures in the Charlotte market Symone Graham/Charlotte Business Journal Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) is preparing to close two branches in the Charlotte region...
Top 10 10. UNC Health warns Cigna coverage may end for patients this year if ‘fair agreement’ not reached Ashley Anderson/CBS 17 News With the end of a three-year agreement approaching at the end of November, UNC Health issued...
Top 10 1. Thom Tillis denounces GOP megabill’s Medicaid cuts in fiery speech Mia McCarthy & Jordain Carney/Politico Hours after announcing his retirement, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis went to the Senate floor and...
Top 10 2. On airport vote, Charlotte’s Democrats move to the right Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Chicago, the nation’s third-largest city, has a far-left mayor, Brandon Johnson. New York City, the nation’s largest...
Top 10 3. Agreement being finalized to sustain trails project in Old Fort after Helene devastation Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press Miles of Pisgah National Forest trails near Old Fort in McDowell County, a cornerstone of its...
Top 10 4. Guilford County Manager Mike Halford exits job abruptly Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times The Guilford County Board of Commissioners met on Friday afternoon, June 27, to hold a very...
