Top 10 6. North Carolina still trails on school funding, new report finds James Farrell/WFAE Radio North Carolina ranked 48th in the country in terms of public education funding for the third year...
Top 10 7. North Carolina banks $300M from film industry in 2024 Port City Daily The film industry brought hundreds of millions of dollars to the state in 2024, thanks to the...
Top 10 8. FEMA leases Durham building for Helene recovery operations Laura Leslie/WRAL News The Federal Emergency Management Agency is increasing its footprint in the Triangle in the wake of Tropical...
Top 10 9. Word from the Smokies: Ramsey Cascades Trail reopens following multiyear rehabilitation Holly Kays/Smoky Mountain News For the first time in nearly three years, the trail to Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s...
Top 10 10. Vehicle fuel, charging prices better national norms Alan Wooten/The Center Square As 2024 closes, prices for a gallon of unleaded fuel in North Carolina are more than...
Top 10 1. Kody Kinsley reflects on milestones before stepping down as health secretary Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News After three eventful years, Kody Kinsley is stepping down from his role as North Carolina’s top...
Top 10 2. As tumultuous 2024 ends, Canton mill site’s future remains uncertain Felicia Sonmez/WFAE Radio The former Pactiv Evergreen paper mill in Canton has been shut for more than a year and...
Top 10 3. ‘Too close to the line’: Officers, sheriff sued by shop owners in vape store raids Alexa Wandersee/Port City Daily Three deputies from the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office are being sued for seizing thousands of dollars...
Top 10 4. Newly-passed state law concerning to local municipalities Summer Stevens/The Coastland Times On December 11, state lawmakers enacted Senate Bill 382, a bill that provides disaster relief funds...
Top 10 5. Answer Man: Has pollution made local rivers a blue-green color? Mission and the VA Medical Center used their own water after city’s was restored? Who is Cowboy Dave? John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies and the real answers: Question: My question is related to...
Top 10 6. A moment to celebrate: Haywood’s Recovery Court graduates second participant Kyle Perrotti/Smoky Mountain News Last Friday wasn’t Mark Beam’s first time facing a judge at the defendant’s table in Haywood...
Top 10 7. Morganton Park North continues multi-family trend Frank Daniels IV/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Apartments under construction along the north side of Morganton Road in Southern Pines show...
Top 10 8. Boone Walmart reopens with new look after suffering extreme damage Moss Brennan/The Watauga Democrat Nearly three months after it was severely damaged by Hurricane Helene’s flooding, the Boone Walmart has...
Top 10 9. What you need to know about 4 new North Carolina laws taking effect Jan. 1 Sarah Gleason/Wilmington StarNews For North Carolinians, a new year means a few new laws, and provisions within them, that are...
Top 10 10. Nuisance law used to shut down Spring Lake sports bar Greg Barnes/CityView The day Errol Jarman became Spring Lake’s interim police chief in April, his officers told him that the...