Top 10 7. General Assembly-appointed agency appeals decision in coastal protection rules lawsuit Peter Castagno/Port City Daily The Rules Review Commission is challenging a judge’s recent decision to uphold regulations meant to safeguard...
Top 10 8. Hunters speak up: debate over game lands continues Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Should hikers pay for the privilege of walking on North Carolina’s game lands? Hunters, anglers, and...
Top 10 9. New South End beer hall will house four North Carolina breweries Ashley Mahoney/Axios Charlotte Distro Beer Hub, a new beer hall, is expected to open in South End this spring, a...
Top 10 10. Helene downed millions of trees. Some landowners are racing to burn debris before wildfires strike Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio On a warm, dry day last week, prescribed burn coordinator Zachary O’Donnell ignited his drip torch and...
Top 10 1. Trump’s trade war draws swift retaliation with new tariffs from Mexico, Canada and China Josh Boak, Paul Wiseman & Rob Gillies/The Associated Press President Donald Trump launched a trade war Tuesday against America’s three...
Top 10 2. Details of Florida State, Clemson’s ACC lawsuit settlement set stage for potential Big Ten future Shane Shoemaker/Sporting News On Tuesday, four ongoing lawsuits involving Florida State and Clemson battling their own conference, the ACC, were...
Top 10 3. NCDOT says $242 CFMB grant ‘paused’ as Wilmington council set to vote on 100-foot resolution Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily A federal grant that is set to cover half of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge’s 135-foot...
Top 10 4. CEO of Harris Teeter parent company abruptly quits after probe of his personal conduct Catherine Muccigrosso/The (Raleigh) News & Observer The chief executive officer and board chair of The Kroger Co., parent company of...
Top 10 5. Eastern Music Festival dispute heads to National Labor Relations Board Paul Garber/WFDD Radio The union representing the faculty musicians of the Eastern Music Festival is filing an unfair labor practice...
Top 10 6. North Carolina’s Venezuelan community struck by uncertainty as Trump ends legal temporary status Aaron Sánchez-Guerra/WUNC Radio Ricardo Rossi — originally of Caracas, Venezuela — is the owner of BB’s Grill, a full-service food...
Top 10 7. Three years later, what has Wilmington learned from the failure of TRU Colors Brewing? John Staton/Wilmington StarNews These days, George Taylor answers to the inmate number 31663-511 at the Federal Correctional Institution, Williamsburg, a...
Top 10 8. Topsail Beach mourns death of second mayor in months Coastal Review Online Topsail Beach Mayor Morton Blanchard, a longtime resident and public servant of the Pender County town, died...
Top 10 9. As food aid requests rise, advocates work to help feed the 1 in 5 NC children who go hungry every day Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News As child advocates last week discussed the growing food insecurity among North Carolina’s children, the U.S....
Top 10 10. Remembering a North Carolina civil rights legend and champion of the poor Gwendolyn Glenn/WFAE Radio Rev. Dr. Nelson Johnson kneels over the body of a fallen marcher in the aftermath of the...
Top 10 1. Surge of recovery workers gives Buncombe hotels best-ever January for occupancy Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio Buncombe County’s hospitality industry was hard hit by the drop in tourism after Hurricane Helene....