Top 10 2. Mission Hospital understaffing, preventable deaths reflect return to conditions that led to sanctions, advocates say Jack Evans/Asheville Watchdog The death of a patient in a bathroom at Mission Hospital earlier this month reflects a return...
Top 10 3. Lawmakers propose higher Medicaid reimbursement rates for NC dentists Anne Blythe/NC Health News When North Carolina started enrolling more people in the expanded Medicaid program almost 15 months ago,...
Top 10 4. Public safety, tourism impact behind Pless’ TDA bill Cory Vaillancourt/The Smoky Mountain News Last week, Haywood County Republican Rep. Mark Pless filed a bill that would strip the...
Top 10 5. Trump’s federal workforce cuts through Musk-led DOGE impacts NC’s national parks in Outer Banks Mitchell Northam & Will Michaels/WUNC Radio President Donald Trump is downsizing the federal workforce through the Department of Governmental Efficiency,...
Top 10 6. North Carolina company owner pleads guilty over attempted technology sale to China The Associated Press The owner of a North Carolina company pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to trying to...
Top 10 7. Inside NC’s first public school on a military installation Chantal Brown/Education NC Wayne School of Technical Arts, part of Wayne County Public Schools (WCPS), is the only public school...
Top 10 8. Senators call for military housing price-gouging investigation in cities including Wilmington Peter Castagno/Port City Daily More than a dozen senators sent a letter to the Department of Defense requesting an investigation...
Top 10 9. N.C. Wildlife Commission walks back proposal to charge fee for recreating in national forests Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A proposal by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission to charge a fee for recreating on public...
Top 10 10. HPU progresses with major construction project Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise Construction crews at High Point University remain on track to complete work on a...
Top 10 1. ‘Everyone’s excited about DOGE’: NC Republicans look to bring Musk-style review to state government Will Doran/WRAL News Taking a cue from efforts by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk to cut government funding...
Top 10 2. What’s next for Charlotte’s transit ambitions Steve Harrison & Tony Mecia/Charlotte Ledger & WFAE Radio To start building more transit and roads, Charlotte needs voters to...
Top 10 3. Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s firing of key government watchdog Ariana Figueroa/NC Newsline A federal district judge extended a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration’s move to fire a...
Top 10 4. Wake County public schools superintendent highlights district’s successes, addresses challenges Maggie Newland/CBS 17 News From student achievement to handling executive orders, Dr. Robert Taylor, the superintendent of the Wake County...
Top 10 5. Everyone likes to look at farms, but who pays for the views? Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Tourism and its impact on Haywood County residents was once again a topic of conversation at...
Top 10 6. NC defendants with mental illness wait months in jail for court-ordered treatment Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News For nearly a year, Jake Davis languished in jail, waiting for a bed in a state-run...