Top 10 8. With opening of new lanes, I-26 in county is ‘functionally complete’ The (Hendersonville) Lightning The N.C. Department of Transportation opened new lanes on Thursday morning following an overnight closure to safely...
Top 10 9. Charter Review Board reverses course on Durham school closure, offering a lifeline and renewal Kristen Blair/Education NC A Durham charter school facing imminent closure received a lifeline this week from the North Carolina Charter...
Top 10 10. New bill would ban non-essential PFAS uses, fund study on Cape Fear region health effects Peter Castagno/Port City Daily Local elected officials are pushing a broad range of bills to address toxic chemical pollution in...
Top 10 1. Trump administration revokes visas for more than a dozen international students across NC Aaron Sánchez-Guerra/WUNC Radio Several North Carolina universities have announced that the U.S. government has terminated the visas of some of...
Top 10 2. Mission Health drama continues with accusations of ‘profit over patients’ Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Accusations of understaffing. Weekend pay bonuses slashed. A death in the emergency room. It’s been...
Top 10 3. WS/FCS Chief Financial Officer resigns amid budget challenges Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The chief financial officer for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools resigned Tuesday night in the wake of a significant...
Top 10 4. Durham-based FHI360 announces 144 layoffs in North Carolina WRAL News A Durham nonprofit announced more layoffs Thursday following the Trump administration’s reduction in federal funding. FHI360 said it...
Top 10 5. Trump appears to be targeting Muslim and “non-white” students for deportation Jonah Valdez/The Intercept The Trump administration is expanding its campaign against international students to target not just those active in...
Top 10 6. Blue Star Families expands its military support network with new Fayetteville area chapter Morgan Casey/CityView Fort Bragg’s over 50,000 active-duty military personnel, and their families, are gaining an additional local support system. Blue...
Top 10 7. Rental housing crisis reaches new urgency: Voucher program frozen, leaving hundreds on waiting list Andrew Marshall/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A non–profit is sounding alarm bells on the state of housing in Haywood County. Rent prices...
Top 10 8. As demand for AI rises, so do power thirsty data centers Paige Gross/NC Newsline The next time you’re on a Zoom meeting or asking ChatGPT a question, picture this: The information...
Top 10 9. Why our community colleges are the ‘best decision ever’ Mebane Rash/Education NC North Carolina’s community college system is 58 colleges strong, and no longer are they the state’s best...
Top 10 10. Likable lichens a bigger part of our lives than we may know Heidi S. Skinner/Coastal Review Online Often mistaken for moss, lichens are actually quite different. Like mosses, lichens are found all...
Top 10 1. Trump hits pause on trade war Politico President Donald Trump reversed course in the global trade war he launched just a week ago, announcing in a...
Top 10 2. Ex-congressman Nickel entering race to unseat North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis in 2026 Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel of North Carolina announced on Wednesday his candidacy to...
