Top 10 8. As demand for AI rises, so do power thirsty data centers Paige Gross/NC Newsline The next time you’re on a Zoom meeting or asking ChatGPT a question, picture this: The information...
Top 10 9. Why our community colleges are the ‘best decision ever’ Mebane Rash/Education NC North Carolina’s community college system is 58 colleges strong, and no longer are they the state’s best...
Top 10 10. Likable lichens a bigger part of our lives than we may know Heidi S. Skinner/Coastal Review Online Often mistaken for moss, lichens are actually quite different. Like mosses, lichens are found all...
Top 10 1. Trump hits pause on trade war Politico President Donald Trump reversed course in the global trade war he launched just a week ago, announcing in a...
Top 10 2. Ex-congressman Nickel entering race to unseat North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis in 2026 Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel of North Carolina announced on Wednesday his candidacy to...
Top 10 3. The hunt for rock to repair I-40: test drilling underway in national forest Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A triumphant victory in mining rock for Interstate 40 slide repairs from the nearby national forest...
Top 10 4. Visas of 6 international students at UNC-Chapel Hill terminated by Trump administration Korie Dean/The (Raleigh) News & Observer The federal government has terminated the visas of half a dozen international students at...
Top 10 5. The most valuable team in college basketball is… Andrew Beaton/The Wall Street Journal Florida just came back from a double-digit deficit to stun Houston and win the NCAA...
Top 10 6. Trump threatens to end pharmaceuticals tariff exemption Rachel Hagan & Archana Shukla/BBC US President Donald Trump says he will soon announce “major” tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals, a...
Top 10 7. School board member weighs legal action over unexplained censure vote Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily One New Hanover County Schools board member is facing an impending censure vote, yet the reasoning...
Top 10 8. Several UNC Charlotte student visas terminated by Trump admin, university says Rebecca Noel/The Charlotte Observer The federal government has terminated the student visas of six international students at UNC Charlotte, a...
Top 10 9. Guilford County educators rally for pay increases as funding request goes to commissioners Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio About 50 educators gathered in the parking lot across from the Guilford County Board of Education building,...
Top 10 10. CMS approves next year’s school calendar, with an eye on Raleigh and possible changes James Farrell/WFAE Radio Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has adopted its 2026-27 academic calendar. The school year is set to start Tuesday, Aug....
Top 10 1. ‘Alena’s Law’ could ease legal limbo for families of those missing in NC after Helene Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi/The (Raleigh) News & Observer It’s been more than six months since Helene tore through Western North...
Top 10 2. RNC chair Michael Whatley defends Trump tariffs in NC, arguing that market chaos is ‘overreaction’ Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline The chair of the Republican National Committee said Monday evening he believes recent chaos in global stock...