Top 10 8. Most shipping lines can avoid US port fees but Cosco faces major challenge Greg Miller/Lloyd’s List When ships confront an obstacle — a congestion-clogged port, a drought-stricken canal, a militia-harried strait — they...
Top 10 9. Fast-growing Zebulon grapples with staff resignations, developer’s lawsuit Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Zebulon Town Manager Gilbert Todd, left, and Assistant Town Manager Kellianne Williams resigned within days of each...
Top 10 10. State denies Novant bid to build South Asheville diagnostic center at former Gold’s Gym site Andrew R. Jones/Asheville Watchdog Nonprofit hospital system Novant Health cannot build a diagnostic center in South Asheville, the North Carolina...
Top 10 1. Wall Street and the dollar tumble as investors retreat further from the United States Stan Choe/The Associated Press Wall Street weakened Monday as investors worldwide get more skeptical about U.S. investments because of President...
Top 10 2. Bad medicine? Funding cuts may be ‘fatal wound’ to these vital NC clinics Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press For the state’s community health centers, like this one in Wilmington, it’s a challenge to...
Top 10 3. Griffin challenges NC elections board’s photo ID rule for Guilford overseas voters Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Republican Jefferson Griffin is challenging the State Board of Elections’ plan to require only overseas voters from...
Top 10 4. Pinehurst announces Course No. 11 for Aberdeen site Jonathan Bym/The (Southern Pines) Pilot After nearly 25 years without adding a new 18-hole course into its scorecard, Pinehurst Resort...
Top 10 5. Advocates for Black maternal health press NC General Assembly to approve ‘MOMnibus’ legislation Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline On the week that North Carolina senators were busy rolling out a $32.6B spending plan, it was...
Top 10 6. Blue Ridge Parkway hiker’s death raises concerns over ranger staffing Liz McLaughlin/WRAL News A hiker’s recent death along the Blue Ridge Parkway is raising new concerns about staffing shortfalls and...
Top 10 7. N.C. Senate’s ferry toll in proposed budget met with strong opposition in the Outer Banks Will Thomas/WTKR & The Outer Banks Voice The only way to get to Ocracoke is by boat or plane, with...
Top 10 8. Broadcaster Jim Lampley talks about the luck, timing and moments that led to book, ‘It Happened!’ WCHL Chapelboro Broadcaster Jim Lampley, who went to UNC and is a former WCHL staffer, returned to live in Chapel...
Top 10 9. NC Teaching Fellows program announces 530 award recipients for 2025-26 Ben Humphries/Education NC The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission announced this month that it selected a record 530 teaching fellows...
Top 10 10. New sensory garden at High Point Public Library serves neurodivergent kids Jacob Hancock-Hernández/WFDD Radio The High Point Public Library unveiled its new sensory garden on Wednesday. The goal of the garden...
Top 10 1. Navigating e-bike surge, Sen. Lee proposes regulation, advocates raise concerns Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily A North Carolina Senate bill seeks to define and regulate e-bikes, though some advocates say it...
Top 10 2. Trump signs executive action to lower drug prices Sydney Lupkin/WFAE Radio President Trump signed an executive action Tuesday intended to lower prescription drug prices for Americans. A White...
