Top 10 3. Maggie Valley in Pless’ crosshairs again Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer N.C. Rep. Mark Pless is carrying the ball for five Maggie Valley property owners who feel...
Top 10 4. Blue Ridge Parkway visits high despite Helene. Trump officials don’t want it publicized Will Hofmann/Asheville Citizen Times Despite a natural disaster, two Western North Carolina national park sites remained among the most visited...
Top 10 5. Answer Man: What is the City doing to prevent more sediment from entering reservoirs? Lead testing results update? John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: What measures are they taking...
Top 10 6. Elliott brings ‘local eyes and ears’ to new role with Hurricane Helene recovery office Moss Brennan/The Watauga Democrat Former Watauga County Schools Superintendent Scott Elliott has taken on a new role to assist with...
Top 10 7. How Trump could potentially claw back CHIPS funding Ashley Belanger/ARS Technica Donald Trump’s sudden decision last week to attack the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act after he previously...
Top 10 8. North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation welcomes new chief advancement officer Chantal Brown/Education NC The North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation has brought on a new chief advancement officer. The foundation is...
Top 10 9. ‘DEI is dead.’ HUD axes DEI programs in Asheville’s $225M Helene recovery plan Laura Hackett/Blue Ridge Public Radio A Trump Cabinet official says the Department of Housing and Urban Development will not approve...
Top 10 10. Almost 600 units proposed for Brunswick County development Port City Daily The planning board in neighboring Brunswick County will take up multiple projects Monday. Around 600 units —...
Education Target Belichick A 4,100-word March 7 story by ESPN unearthed more details about the hiring of football Bill Belichick and dissension between...
Top 10 1. Stocks’ sell-off worsens as Wall Street wonders how much pain Trump will accept for the economy Stan Choe/The Associated Press The U.S. stock market’s sell-off cut deeper on Monday as Wall Street questioned how much pain...
Top 10 2. For Lumbee tribe, ‘the time has come’ to finally be federally recognized Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press Who gets to claim the title of American Indian? That is the question at the center...
Top 10 3. North Carolina wagers more than $6B in real money in first year of legal sports betting Brian Murphy/WRAL News North Carolina bettors wagered more than $6.1 billion in paid wagers and almost $500 million more in...
Top 10 4. Plans to increase state employee health insurance costs draw criticism Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline State employees are criticizing plans to make their health insurance more expensive, saying options officials are considering...
Top 10 5. North Carolina construction industry faces uncertain future amid immigration crackdown Julian Berger/WFAE Radio On a frigid morning in Myers Park, Carlos works diligently to renovate a patio and install a...
Top 10 6. No congressional offices in Greensboro, Winston-Salem or High Point after revamp Paul Garber/WFDD Radio The Triad’s biggest cities do not have citizen-accessible Congressional offices — one of the many results of...