Top 10 4. Shops selling cannabis products need to be regulated, N.C. child advocacy group says Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News Child advocates want the North Carolina General Assembly to regulate the sale of intoxicating cannabis products,...
Top 10 5. Waynesville leaders mull whether to up the ante for flood elevations Paul Nielsen/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Waynesville’s town council has delayed a vote on tougher building standards in flood-prone areas, as they...
Top 10 6. New study confirms produce grown near Chemours plant contains high levels of PFAS Evey Weisblat/CityView North Carolina researchers have confirmed that GenX and other PFAS have contaminated not just the water, but also...
Top 10 7. Edward Teach defamation lawsuit against local performer resolved with public apology Shea Carver/Port City Daily Wilmington-area performer Madonna Nash apologized publicly to Edward Teach Brewery owner Gary Sholar and its employees,...
Top 10 8. Drones could deliver relief in North Carolina’s next big storm WFAE Radio North Carolina’s next huge storm could feature relief delivered by drone. According to a news release, the state...
Top 10 9. Pro-Palestine UNC demonstrators see 6 cases dismissed before, during trial in Orange County Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro As six people were set to be tried in court last Friday over their participation in...
Top 10 10. Commission OKs sandbag variance for NC 12 on Pea Island Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online The North Carolina Department of Transportation can begin work on a temporary solution to protect a...
Education N.C. Community Colleges’ Finish Line Grants Gov. Roy Cooper’s end-of-tenure victory lap around North Carolina brought him to Durham on Tuesday, where he touted a couple...
Education Wanted: the meaning of “surrounding” North Carolina’s Supreme Court handed down a decision in a charter-school case last week that could have implications for how...
Top 10 1. NC’s cost for Hurricane Helene damage is nearly $60 billion, state says Eric Miller/WRAL News Congressional leaders said they reached a last-minute deal to fund the government, avoid a government shutdown and...
Top 10 2. Corvias says it’s investing $91 million in Fort Liberty housing Joseph Pierre/Fayetteville Observer More than 1,100 homes at Fort Liberty — in the neighborhoods of Ardennes, Bataan, Casablanca, Corregidor and...
Top 10 3. Insurer stock prices fall after Trump pledges to ‘knock out middlemen’ Erica Carbajal/Becker’s Hospital Review Shares of the three largest pharmacy benefit managers’ parent companies took a hit Dec. 16, after...
Top 10 4. N.C. Sports Hall of Fame announces 2025 induction class. Who are the newest members? Keaton Eberly/CBS 17 News The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame unveiled its inductees for the 2025 class on Tuesday...
Top 10 5. North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion hits enrollment goal about a year ahead of projections The Associated Press More than 600,000 people have enrolled in North Carolina’s new Medicaid coverage for low-income adults about a...
Top 10 6. Japan’s Honda and Nissan to begin merger talks, Nikkei reports Reuters Japanese auto giants Honda Motor and Nissan Motor will start negotiations to merge as they face growing competition from...