Top 10 8. Depot Street bridge reopens six months after being damaged by Helene Paul Nielsen/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer People were so ready to use the Depot Street bridge that two cars drove around “street...
Top 10 9. Southside residents share concerns Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise Southside residents gave city leaders an earful Thursday night over concerns about water quality, gentrification...
Top 10 10. Federal officials are quietly terminating the legal residency of some international college students Collin Binkley, Annie Ma & Makiya Seminera/The Associated Press A crackdown on foreign students is alarming colleges, who say the...
Top 10 1. Dow drops 1,600 as US stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump’s tariffs cause a COVID-like shock Stan Choe/The Associated Press Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID’s outbreak tore through financial markets...
Top 10 2. State program funding educational video game under scrutiny from state board of education James Farrell/WUNC Radio The North Carolina State Board of Education members said Wednesday that they still have reservations about a...
Top 10 3. NC teacher turnover is down, but the profession has changed, new data shows Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News One in 10 North Carolina teachers quit from 2023 to 2024 – 9.9% – according to the...
Top 10 4. Sen. Lee files PFAS bill to establish discharge limits, fund mitigation and research Peter Castagno/Port City Daily Sen. Michael Lee (R-New Hanover) introduced a bill directing state regulators to adopt industrial PFAS discharge...
Top 10 5. NC State students who lost visas were in ‘good standing’ with university, chancellor says Korie Dean/The (Raleigh) News & Observer NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson told The News & Observer on Thursday that...
Top 10 6. Too many projects to go around: Towns deal with lack of bids on flood repair Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer As money becomes available for repairs, towns in Western North Carolina are facing a new challenge...
Top 10 7. A professor’s death reflects persisting cultural, administrative issues across NC State Justin Welch/(NC State) Technician In November, Marshall Brain II, then director of NC State’s Engineering Entrepreneurs Program, died by suicide...
Top 10 8. A trio of letters from the U.S. Department of Education further shape Trump-McMahon education policy Mebane Rash/Education NC Three “Dear Colleague” letters issued back-to-back are further shaping the impact of President Donald Trump and Education...
Top 10 9. North Carolina Commissioner settles mobile home rate increase at 11% Insurance Journal North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey said Tuesday that he had negotiated a lower average rate increase for...
Top 10 10. Chatham County responds, asks for dismissal of Summit Church lawsuit alleging religious Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The Chatham County government took its latest step in responding to a lawsuit alleging its elected officials...
Top 10 1. Trump unveils sweeping tariffs on all imports The New York Times Calling his announcement a “declaration of economic independence,” President Trump imposed sweeping retaliatory tariffs at a...
Top 10 2. Losing ground: Six months after Helene, local governments still haven’t been paid Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Most days, Brandon Rogers has dirt under his fingernails — a badge of honest labor. Owner...