Top 10 5. NC kids in crisis encounter a mental health system failing families Stacie Borrello/NC Health News “Don’t leave me alone with knives” was the startling plea that echoed through two very different...
Top 10 6. City Council votes to give interim attorney an extension, plus $75,000 bonus Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The Charlotte City Council voted on Monday to extend the contract of interim city attorney Anthony Fox...
Top 10 7. Pittsboro adopts interlocal agreement with Chatham County to help transform downtown area Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro The Town of Pittsboro recently adopted an agreement with the county government that could help reshape its...
Top 10 8. Trump tariff revenue soars 78%. Who’s paying them? WFDD Radio President Trump has been promising his tariffs will help make America more prosperous. There’s already evidence that tariffs...
Top 10 9. Fayetteville PWC considering bigger electricity discounts to lure big customers Paul Woolverton/CityView To help Fayetteville and Cumberland County attract industry, the Fayetteville Public Works Commission is considering increasing the discount...
Top 10 10. Airport Authority OKs $78M worth of work, $94M budget Rickie Houston/WilmingtonBiz The New Hanover County Airport Authority this week approved $78 million worth of work on a project at...
Top 10 1. College sports commissioners laud $2.8B antitrust settlement, call for Congress to act Eric Olson/The Associated Press Conference commissioners lauded a judge’s approval of a $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit settlement as a means...
Top 10 2. Nearly a third of PBS NC’s budget in jeopardy amid state, federal cuts Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio In addition to the potential federal funding cuts that public broadcasters across the country are facing, PBS...
Top 10 3. Looting and fraud that didn’t happen. Warnings seem to have stopped many crooks after Helene. Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press In April, Attorney General Jeff Jackson stood shoulder to shoulder with local law enforcement outside the...
Top 10 4. North Carolina car insurance rates increasing by average of 5% WRAL News North Carolina’s car insurance rates will increase by an average of 5% statewide, according to the Department of...
Top 10 5. More pay raises under consideration in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools James Farrell/WFAE Radio Thousands of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools employees could see a pay raise in July. The proposal would be funded...
Top 10 6. North Carolina tax proceeds via sports wagering rocket up in May Alan Wooten/The Center Square Only five months since inception and three this fiscal year topped the tax proceeds from sports...
Top 10 7. Dare Commissioners unite in opposing offshore drilling Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice Dare County Health and Human Services Director Sheila Davies introduced the resolution opposing offshore drilling. After...
Top 10 8. Proposed Lake budget would raise property tax rate 36% Diana Matthews/The (Whiteville) News Reporter The Lake Waccamaw Town Council could vote Tuesday on a budget that would raise residents’...
Top 10 9. ‘You’re really not a town without a post office’: Community’s post-Helene fight for survival Anne Vilen/Education NC When calamity strikes, as it often has in the Appalachian community of Swannanoa, North Carolina, the “proud,...
