Top 10 3. North Carolina leaders question federal authority to prohibit DEI in letter to McMahon Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC State Superintendent Mo Green sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday questioning...
Top 10 4. Chemours and PAC donations to Republican lawmakers raise concerns in PFAS-hit communities Liz McLaughlin/WRAL News A series of campaign contributions from Chemours and its affiliated political action committee is drawing criticism from...
Top 10 5. Judge puts commission seat on hold Mark Plemmons/The Independent Tribune Cabarrus Superior Court Judge Steven Warren granted a temporary restraining order preventing Lamarie Austin-Stripling from taking...
Top 10 6. City ‘shocked to hear’ about ‘impasse’ in water war talks Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning The Hendersonville City Council and City Manager John Connet say county commissioners pushed ahead to endorse a...
Top 10 7. Struggling with low-quality well water, Black Brunswick County residents ask for public utility connections Kelly Kenoyer/WHQR For years, Black residents in Brunswick County have been left off of the public water system, forcing them...
Top 10 8. Most shipping lines can avoid US port fees but Cosco faces major challenge Greg Miller/Lloyd’s List When ships confront an obstacle — a congestion-clogged port, a drought-stricken canal, a militia-harried strait — they...
Top 10 9. Fast-growing Zebulon grapples with staff resignations, developer’s lawsuit Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Zebulon Town Manager Gilbert Todd, left, and Assistant Town Manager Kellianne Williams resigned within days of each...
Top 10 10. State denies Novant bid to build South Asheville diagnostic center at former Gold’s Gym site Andrew R. Jones/Asheville Watchdog Nonprofit hospital system Novant Health cannot build a diagnostic center in South Asheville, the North Carolina...
Top 10 1. Wall Street and the dollar tumble as investors retreat further from the United States Stan Choe/The Associated Press Wall Street weakened Monday as investors worldwide get more skeptical about U.S. investments because of President...
Top 10 2. Bad medicine? Funding cuts may be ‘fatal wound’ to these vital NC clinics Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press For the state’s community health centers, like this one in Wilmington, it’s a challenge to...
Top 10 3. Griffin challenges NC elections board’s photo ID rule for Guilford overseas voters Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Republican Jefferson Griffin is challenging the State Board of Elections’ plan to require only overseas voters from...
Top 10 4. Pinehurst announces Course No. 11 for Aberdeen site Jonathan Bym/The (Southern Pines) Pilot After nearly 25 years without adding a new 18-hole course into its scorecard, Pinehurst Resort...
Top 10 5. Advocates for Black maternal health press NC General Assembly to approve ‘MOMnibus’ legislation Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline On the week that North Carolina senators were busy rolling out a $32.6B spending plan, it was...
Top 10 6. Blue Ridge Parkway hiker’s death raises concerns over ranger staffing Liz McLaughlin/WRAL News A hiker’s recent death along the Blue Ridge Parkway is raising new concerns about staffing shortfalls and...
Top 10 7. N.C. Senate’s ferry toll in proposed budget met with strong opposition in the Outer Banks Will Thomas/WTKR & The Outer Banks Voice The only way to get to Ocracoke is by boat or plane, with...