Top 10 4. Going with the flow: Canton, developer ink interim deal to maintain wastewater service Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Canton’s toilets will continue to flush thanks to an agreement born of urgency but put on...
Top 10 5. Charter Review Board discusses enrollment data for 10 new schools set to open this fall Kristen Blair/Education NC More than 1,500 students have enrolled or been offered seats at 10 new North Carolina charter schools...
Top 10 6. Maggie Valley moving forward on Helene recovery projects Paul Nielsen/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Damage repair from Helene is picking up steam in Maggie Valley. Town alderman recently approved more...
Top 10 7. 2,500-Person Party Leads to Numerous Calls, Charges for Orange County Property Owner Michael Koh/WCHL Chapelboro An Orange County property owner is facing numerous charges after a party on his land attended by...
Top 10 8. Vecinos opens permanent health hub in Franklin Jose Sandoval & Lilly Knoepp/Blue Ridge Public Radio Vecinos, a non-profit free clinic and rural health center dedicated to serving...
Top 10 9. No time to say goodbye: Hurricane Helene shuts down Valle Crucis School Audrey Kashatus/Watauga Democrat On a wet, early April afternoon, the air was thick and humid, moisture hanging heavy. Rain was...
Top 10 10. City pursuing downtown Wilson rebrand Christopher Long/The Wilson Times Officials in Wilson believe that now’s the right time for downtown to undergo a rebrand, and...
Top 10 1. Former NC Utilities Commission chair joins law firm representing Duke Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A former lead regulator of the commission charged with overseeing Duke Energy joined a law firm...
Top 10 2. NC lawmakers sent Oxford $10 million to help pay for a water plant. Now, they want it back. Adam Wagner/WUNC Radio A $10 million budget appropriation that city of Oxford leaders say is key to a regional water...
Top 10 3. Crypto concerns: Why makers of digital currency want to be here. What makes NC counties wish they left. Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Of all the companies that have come to North Carolina in recent years, from Toyota...
Top 10 4. NC leaders instruct Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools to address $16 million shortfall Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC State Board of Education Chair Eric Davis and state Superintendent Mo Green recently sent a letter...
Top 10 5. BCBS North Carolina wants hospital sanctioned over longstanding reimbursement dispute Jakob Emerson/Becker’s Payer Issues Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is seeking sanctions against LifeBrite Community Hospital of Stokes...
Top 10 6. State senate advances bill killing city’s annexation-for-sewer policy Bill Moss/The Hendersonville Lightning The N.C. Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that the city calls an “unnecessary and troubling...
Top 10 7. Baltimore developer used stealth to sell a big-dollar casino to rural NC county Dan Kane/The (Raleigh) News & Observer Two years ago, Senate leader Phil Berger sought to pass legislation to bring casinos...
Top 10 8. Ambitious plans and unclear funding for Durham County Farm Campus Lena Geller/IndyWeek The Durham County Farm Campus project—a long-awaited agricultural education center and incubator farm—passed a milestone Monday as county...
