Top 10 8. Doomed to repeat history: What’s in future for NC wetlands? Morty Gaskill/Coastal Review Online In 1976, a North Carolina Sea Grant newsletter sounded the alarm: large-scale land drainage was wiping...
Top 10 9. CMPD has launched a program to register private security cameras, aiding investigations Kenneth Lee Jr./WFAE Radio As the number of cameras installed at homes and businesses continues to grow, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have...
Top 10 10. Officials to distribute oral rabies vaccines to raccoons in western NC April Laissle/WFDD Radio The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is teaming up with federal wildlife officials to...
Top 10 1. Western NC went offline during Helene. Can the state stay connected in future disasters? Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline When Hurricane Helene tore through western Yancey County, Steve Boyd was one of thousands in the area...
Top 10 2. With Medicaid in Washington’s crosshairs, North Carolinians rally against federal cuts Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News Addressing a crowded ballroom at a Raleigh hotel last Wednesday, Gov. Josh Stein said he is...
Top 10 3. After worst season in North Carolina history, corn farmers want ‘hope’ Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Corn farmers on food stamps and taking second jobs. Equipment not being repaired. Debts going...
Top 10 4. Most of NC’s initial $1 billion Helene recovery funding went unspent for months Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio The town of Spruce Pine’s riverfront park has been under a layer of mud since Helene’s floodwaters...
Top 10 5. Legislation would change rules for continuing care retirement communities in NC Marshall Terry/WFAE Radio As more people enter continuing care retirement communities, a bill in the North Carolina General Assembly would...
Top 10 6. Massive South Carolina wildfire jumps border, spreads into North Carolina Bill Hutchinson/ABC News A massive wildfire burning for more than a week in South Carolina jumped the border Saturday and...
Top 10 7. Blue crab management plan revision runs into rough waters Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online A proposal to limit commercial fishers’ harvest of blue crabs treads rough waters after advisory committees...
Top 10 8. NC island’s parking changes spur massive feedback, some outrage: ‘How are we supposed to get to the beach?’ Rodney Overton/CBS 17 News There’s been a lot of feedback this week about a new parking plan and payment system...
Top 10 9. Decreases in admission to biomedical science doctoral program leave students uncertain Michael Singleton/The Daily Tar Heel Amid changes in Ph.D. admissions across the country, faculty and prospective students are left wondering...
Top 10 10. Lawyer investigating $1.9 million ‘additional architect’s fee’ in Crown Event Center review Paul Woolverton/CityView The 30-day pause on construction of the Cumberland County Crown Event Center in downtown Fayetteville stems from a...
Top 10 1. Trump pushes aides to go bigger on tariffs as key deadline nears Jeff Stein & Theodoric Meyer/The Washington Post President Donald Trump is pushing senior advisers to go bigger on tariff policy...
Top 10 2. Local nonprofit to sue upstream 1,4-dioxane dischargers, NHC commissioners request regulation Peter Castagno/Port City Daily Environmentalist groups notified the City of Asheboro and two of its major industries of their intent...