Top 10 2. North Carolina among the states with highest number of bird flu cases Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh North Carolina has the third highest number of birds affected by avian influenza in the country, according...
Top 10 3. Trump is weighing big cuts to the U.S. Education Department Cory Turner/WUNC Radio The Trump administration is exploring dramatic cuts to programs and staff at the U.S. Department of Education,...
Top 10 4. Federal lawsuit targets North Carolina’s ‘broken’ foster care system for urgent reforms WRAL News Children, already traumatized by something in their home life, are spending years in North Carolina’s foster care system...
Top 10 5. First move to cut funding? Streamline the process Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer With President Trump’s promise to streamline government and curb spending, Haywood County’s Congressional House representative said...
Top 10 6. Pastor pushed out after parishioners complain about focus on racial justice Frank Langfitt/WFAE Radio The Sunday after Donald Trump won a second term, Pastor Ben Boswell took to the pulpit at...
Top 10 7. Greenway request draws crowd Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise A standing-room-only crowd came to the City Council meeting Monday to weigh in on a...
Top 10 8. UNC System chooses Kenan-Flagler alum, former Domino’s CEO as latest UNC-Chapel Hill trustee Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The first of two new appointments to UNC-Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees was made recently, as the...
Top 10 9. Durham Council denies Moriah Ridge Wes Platt/Southpoint Access Many Mt. Moriah Road residents may be feeling some relief today after the Durham City Council voted...
Top 10 10. Former city employee charged with 78 felonies for fraudulent purchases Caleb M. Soptelean/The Sanford Herald A 47-year-old man who was listed as Sanford’s traffic services supervisor in a recent Google...
Top 10 1. Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Mexico, but import taxes still in place for Canada and China Josh Boak, Rob Gillies & Fabiola Sánchez/The Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump held off Monday on his tariff threats...
Top 10 2. Trump is using a nearly 50-year-old law to justify new tariffs. It may not be legal. Ari Hawkins/Politico President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China may be illegal under the Constitution. But blocking...
Top 10 3. Divided visions stall progress at Elizabethtown Industrial Park Ben Rappaport/Border Belt Independent Bladen County wants its money back. The county gave Elizabethtown $100,000 in April 2023 to create...
Top 10 4. Trump’s DOT: Want highways and transit? Get married, have babies. Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The Trump administration said last week that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award grant money for...
Top 10 5. Pilots have long worried about DC’s complex airspace contributing to a catastrophe Ryan J. Foley, Jim Mustian & Michael Biesecker/The Associated Press The airspace around Washington, D.C., is congested and complex —...
Top 10 6. Waiting for heating oil? Blame demand, not supply Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) (Mountaineer The telephone at McElroy Oil began ringing off the hook about three days before the cold...