Top 10 2. Apple to build AI servers in Houston and spend $500 billion in U.S. New York Times & WRAL News Days after Apple’s CEO met with President Donald Trump, the company said Monday that...
Top 10 3. Pless files bill to abolish Haywood room occupancy taxes Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Today in the North Carolina General Assembly, Haywood County Republican Rep. Mark Pless filed a bill...
Top 10 4. Mysterious rock source in national forest eyed as I-40’s salvation Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer The prevailing strategy in the works to fix I-40 will take lots of rock. Lots and...
Top 10 5. Cuts to Medicaid and school meals in proposed U.S. House budget has CMS Board concerned Mebane Rash/EducationNC Stephanie Sneed, the chair of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education, sent a letter on Feb. 21 to...
Top 10 6. Trump administration proposes massive port fees on Chinese-built vessels Mike Schuler/gCaptain The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has announced sweeping new measures targeting China’s growing dominance...
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...
