Top 10 6. Could the Durham Freeway go away? City Council to discuss reimagining project Monica Casey/WRAL News Durham City Council members will hear a report on the final Vision Plan for the future of...
Top 10 7. Pender County continues exploring options to bring water to rural areas Sophia DePhillips/Port City Daily Water was at the center of discussion this week at the Pender County commissioners’ meeting. Ideas...
Top 10 8. What’s going down at the mill? Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer As Canton’s paper mill is disassembled piece by piece, the uncertainty of its future looms larger...
Top 10 9. ‘Delivery is imminent’: UNCW awaits new research vessel Brad Rich/Coastal Review Online Marine scientists and others at the University of North Carolina Wilmington are waiting anxiously for the...
Top 10 10. Cumberland schools approves $4.47 million for cops, crossing guards, security Dasia Williams/CityView Cumberland County Schools expects to spend nearly $4.5 million this school year to maintain a layered security network...
Top 10 1. UNC System responds to McMahon’s ‘call to action’ Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News The UNC System has responded to a “national call to action” from the federal government. Earlier this...
Top 10 2. Lags in NC landfill site investigations by underfunded DEQ program pose risk to public health, audit says Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press Within this enclosure and behind these vacant industrial buildings in northeast Raleigh sits the Old Raleigh...
Top 10 3. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school board candidate faces felony charges April Laissle/WFDD Radio A candidate for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education is facing two felony charges related to the...
Top 10 4. 92 new hospital beds up for grabs amid anger at HCA, distrust of state regulators Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog The hearing Wednesday at Asheville-Buncombe Technical College was a routine part of the North Carolina Department of...
Top 10 5. 2026 US News rankings released for public high schools in North Carolina Chantal Brown/Education NC The U.S. News & World Report released its updated rankings on Aug. 18 of public North Carolina...
Top 10 6. As Meta faces trial for hooking kids on social media, NC’s attorney general offers parents advice Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline “This is the big one.” That’s how North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson described the landmark federal...
Top 10 7. U.S. lawmakers raise concerns at immigration detention center used for Charlotte-area detainees Julian Berger/WFAE Radio A group of members of Congress, including two from North Carolina, are criticizing conditions at a Georgia...
Top 10 8. Cumberland Schools Approves $4.47 Million for Cops, Crossing Guards, Security Dasia Williams/CityView Cumberland County Schools expects to spend nearly $4.5 million this school year to maintain a layered security network...
Top 10 9. North Carolina, NC State to hold 2nd game at neutral site The Associated Press Atlantic Coast Conference rivals North Carolina and NC State will meet in a nonconference men’s basketball game...
Top 10 10. Raleigh to make safety changes for GoRaleigh buses and station Ally Kadlubar & Amy Benkovich/WRAL News The City of Raleigh on Wednesday announced the closing of a breezeway near the...
