Top 10 7. ‘Strong as steel yet lightweight as aluminum’: Raleigh company takes ‘revolutionary’ material to market Max Tendler/WUNC Radio After two decades of development, a new lightweight metallic material created by North Carolina State University engineering...
Top 10 8. Lexington widening still a goal Pat Kimbrough/High Point Enterprise The city says statewide transportation needs are impacting its top legislative goal from a year ago....
Top 10 9. Cotton: Tax that works for the nation’s fifth leading producer David Beasley/The Center Square Paying into a fund monitoring an eradicated insect that nearly wiped out North Carolina’s cotton crop...
Top 10 10. Woodlake Dam project forced to restart Elena Marsh/The (Southern Pines) Pilot It will be another year or more before Woodlake’s central water feature, Lake Surf, is...
Top 10 1. North Carolina study finds surging AI industry could be powered without new gas infrastructure Peter Castagno/Port City Daily The state’s monopoly utility cites surging demand from data centers in North Carolina as a top...
Top 10 2. Footing the flood bill: Towns feel financial strain while waiting on FEMA reimbursements Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Local governments in Haywood County have been hemorrhaging cash to pay for flood recovery and repairs,...
Top 10 3. Months after Helene, some western NC businesses reopen — with new debt and financial worries Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline After Hurricane Helene left his Asheville store beyond repair, Russ Towers had a plan — and the...
Top 10 4. U.S. Department of Agriculture suspends scholarship program at NC A&T State University, 18 other historically Black colleges, website shows Michaela Ratliff/WGHP News The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended a scholarship program that serves students from rural or underserved...
Top 10 5. Patient dies in Mission emergency department bathroom after call for help goes unanswered Andrew R. Jones/Asheville Watchdog A patient in Mission Hospital’s emergency room died in the bathroom last week after calling for...
Top 10 6. As states mull Medicaid work requirements, two with experience scale back Renuka Rayasam & Sam Whitehead/NC Health News President Donald Trump’s return to the White House sent a clear signal about...
Top 10 7. Calls for urgency on bipartisan bills in Congress to reauthorize funding for the Secure Rural Schools Act Mebane Rash/Education NC For 25 years, funding for what’s called Secure Rural Schools (SRS) has made a difference to schools...
Top 10 8. Statewide wins, Harris’ loss, and getting off the mat: NC Dem chair talks first term, new priorities Paul Specht/WRAL News Anderson Clayton became North Carolina Democratic Party chair on a promise: to boost its members’ representation —...
Top 10 9. Crossnore to establish a second ‘resilience-focused’ public charter school in Winston-Salem Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio Inside a colorful classroom in Williams Academy in Avery County, Kindergarten Teacher Charlene Gragg welcomes her students...
Top 10 10. City council to hold public hearing on proposed economic incentives for air dome factory Evey Weisblat/CityView The Fayetteville Cumberland Economic Development Corporation is asking the Fayetteville City Council to approve economic incentives to attract...
Top 10 1. U.S. Department of Education cancels teacher training grants for Triad universities Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The U.S. Department of Education has canceled over $600 million in teacher training grants across the country....