Top 10 3. Lawmakers push for stricter oversight of retirement communities Cristina Bolling/Charlotte Ledger For years leading up to 2023, the financial situation at the Aldersgate retirement community in east Charlotte...
Top 10 4. Under the weather: Lengthy drought has NC farmers ‘praying for the rain’ Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Last year was an all-time low in the history of North Carolina farming, thanks to...
Top 10 5. How the new Trump era has begun to shift demands at the Consulate of Mexico in Raleigh Aaron Sánchez-Guerra/WUNC Radio North Carolina is home to more than half a million people of Mexican origin, according to the...
Top 10 6. Big bang for the bucks: Concord-Padgett Airport $1.1 billion economic impact growing with 50 employees Christopher Milller/The (Concord) Independent Tribune As Cabarrus County continues to see its population increase — it is among the fastest...
Top 10 7. ‘Solly’s Law’ to restrict youth vaping introduced in NC legislature Ben Humphries/EducationNC At a press conference on Wednesday, lawmakers and advocates unveiled a bill to restrict youth vaping in North...
Top 10 8. Northside Food Co-op on pause after city’s Chestnut Street grocery store deal Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily Amid commissioner budget discussions on Thursday, county manager Chris Coudriet confirmed progress on the Northside Food...
Top 10 9. Freeing the Pigeon: first phase of river debris removal to begin soon Kathy N. Ross/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Almost six months after Hurricane Helene, work will soon begin to start removing flood debris...
Top 10 10. Organizations file lawsuit alleging UNC violated protestors’ constitutional rights Alice Scott/The Daily Tar Heel The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, Emancipate North Carolina and Muslim Advocates filed...
Top 10 1. EPA plans to cut scientific research program, could fire more than 1,000 employees Matthew Daly/The Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research office and could fire more than...
Top 10 2. NC bill would require community colleges to share student info with some parents Ahmed Jallow/NC Newsline When 17-year-old Leon Gu died by suicide in 2020, his parents were shocked to learn they had...
Top 10 3. State Health Plan Board of Trustees considers options to raise premiums, make other changes Anna Pogarcic/Education NC After the State Health Plan’s Board of Trustees voted to allow salary-based premiums earlier this year, Board...
Top 10 4. NC House and Senate bills would raise age for tobacco sales to 21, create permitting system for retailers Grace Vitaglione/NC Health News Rob Crane watched his father struggle with lung cancer for months before he died in his...
Top 10 5. With realignment in mind, new bill would require UNC, NC State to play annually in multiple sports Brian Murphy/WRAL News North Carolina and NC State played for the first time in football in 1894. They first clashed...
Top 10 6. Federal appropriation will shore up Canton water infrastructure Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News The Town of Canton is about to receive a huge economic development boost after Rep. Chuck...
Top 10 7. Southport gives state more time on proposed land deal Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online A deal between Southport to sell hundreds of acres of land to the North Carolina...