Top 10 3. NC teacher turnover is down, but the profession has changed, new data shows Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News One in 10 North Carolina teachers quit from 2023 to 2024 – 9.9% – according to the...
Top 10 4. Sen. Lee files PFAS bill to establish discharge limits, fund mitigation and research Peter Castagno/Port City Daily Sen. Michael Lee (R-New Hanover) introduced a bill directing state regulators to adopt industrial PFAS discharge...
Top 10 5. NC State students who lost visas were in ‘good standing’ with university, chancellor says Korie Dean/The (Raleigh) News & Observer NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson told The News & Observer on Thursday that...
Top 10 6. Too many projects to go around: Towns deal with lack of bids on flood repair Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer As money becomes available for repairs, towns in Western North Carolina are facing a new challenge...
Top 10 7. A professor’s death reflects persisting cultural, administrative issues across NC State Justin Welch/(NC State) Technician In November, Marshall Brain II, then director of NC State’s Engineering Entrepreneurs Program, died by suicide...
Top 10 8. A trio of letters from the U.S. Department of Education further shape Trump-McMahon education policy Mebane Rash/Education NC Three “Dear Colleague” letters issued back-to-back are further shaping the impact of President Donald Trump and Education...
Top 10 9. North Carolina Commissioner settles mobile home rate increase at 11% Insurance Journal North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey said Tuesday that he had negotiated a lower average rate increase for...
Top 10 10. Chatham County responds, asks for dismissal of Summit Church lawsuit alleging religious Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The Chatham County government took its latest step in responding to a lawsuit alleging its elected officials...
Top 10 1. Trump unveils sweeping tariffs on all imports The New York Times Calling his announcement a “declaration of economic independence,” President Trump imposed sweeping retaliatory tariffs at a...
Top 10 2. Losing ground: Six months after Helene, local governments still haven’t been paid Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Most days, Brandon Rogers has dirt under his fingernails — a badge of honest labor. Owner...
Top 10 3. How N.C.-grown wheat fuels America’s appetite for Cheez-Its Bradley George/WUNC Radio North Carolina farms grow lots of soybeans, tobacco, and sweet potatoes. Wheat may not come to mind...
Top 10 4. Two NC State students leave U.S. after visas terminated Kate Denning/(NC State) Technician Two NC State graduate students have left the country after the U.S. State Department revoked their...
Top 10 5. Musk could be headed for a Washington exit after turbulent times at Trump’s DOGE Chris Megerian/The Associated Press DOGE’s days appear to be numbered. Elon Musk recently suggested that he will be done with...
Top 10 6. Asheville’s jobless rate — North Carolina’s highest — is ‘new and unwelcome’ territory Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Six months later and still out of a job. That’s the reality for nearly 13,000...
Top 10 7. Charlotte immigration attorneys to call for immigration reform on Capitol Hill Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Immigration attorneys from Charlotte will travel to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to demand immigration...