Top 10 1. NC municipal water systems score wins after Helene. But work far from over Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press After weeks of drinking out of bottles and carefully disinfecting water for cleaning, residents and businesses...
Top 10 2. Gov. Cooper goes to D.C. after General Assembly fails to deliver on storm relief Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News With North Carolina’s Republican-dominated General Assembly still dead-set on refusing to provide meaningful relief for mountain...
Top 10 3. Protests put some final NC election results on hold. Candidates hope to disqualify enough voters to win. Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Hattie Street, a 92-year-old registered Democrat, voted early this year. It was one of the last...
Top 10 4. More and more beachfront homes are collapsing, and there’s no easy way to prevent it Jay Price/WUNC Radio The eventual fate of the tall home standing just off the beach on pilings, totally surrounded by...
Top 10 5. Following capacity price spike, Mid-Atlantic states call for electric grid operator PJM to change rules Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News PJM Interconnection, the electric grid operator that serves customers in portions of the mid-Atlantic, South and...
Top 10 6. New microscope to streamline produce inspections at Wilmington’s port Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz A new microscope at the Port of Wilmington could help streamline the inspection of imported produce and agricultural...
Top 10 7. Following veto override, community colleges see ‘crucial’ enrollment growth funds Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC The General Assembly successfully overrode the governor’s veto of the mini budget earlier this week, meaning...
Top 10 8. The surprising impact of North Carolina’s new voter ID law Michael Wines/New York Times After more than a decade of court battles and legislative jousting over voting rules, North Carolina...
Top 10 9. High Point council mulls possible bond package Pat Kimbrough/High Point Enterprise High Point Mayor Cyril Jefferson said Friday he thinks the city should explore a general obligation...
Top 10 10. ‘We’re a pretty cranky country’: Pollster Tom Jensen on Election 2024 Aaron Keck/WCHL Chapelboro Now that the 2024 election is in the books, attention has turned from campaigning to analyzing, with...
Top 10 1. North Carolina’s hurricane rebuilding director out of a job WRAL News The person who oversees North Carolina’s rebuilding efforts after hurricanes Matthew and Florence is no longer employed by...
Top 10 2. A looming choice for flood victims: Repair or rebuild elsewhere Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Haywood County residents who own homes damaged by September flooding will soon be receiving letters that...
Top 10 3. Members of U.S. Senate back disaster aid request amid increasing storm severity Jennifer Shutt/NC Newsline The Biden administration’s request for nearly $100 billion in natural disaster response and recovery funding is on...
Top 10 4. Amid complaints about $1,000 towing fee at GHOE, city says the towing wasn’t even authorized. Kevin Griffin/Greensboro News & Record A High Point towing company is facing scrutiny from the city of Greensboro and the...
Top 10 5. Dare County, coastal affordable housing and the Miss Katie—a timeline Mark Jurkowitz/Outer Banks Voice Two recent subpoenas issued in connection with an ongoing federal investigation have put the spotlight on...