Top 10 3. The hunt for rock to repair I-40: test drilling underway in national forest Becky Johnson/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer A triumphant victory in mining rock for Interstate 40 slide repairs from the nearby national forest...
Top 10 4. Visas of 6 international students at UNC-Chapel Hill terminated by Trump administration Korie Dean/The (Raleigh) News & Observer The federal government has terminated the visas of half a dozen international students at...
Top 10 5. The most valuable team in college basketball is… Andrew Beaton/The Wall Street Journal Florida just came back from a double-digit deficit to stun Houston and win the NCAA...
Top 10 6. Trump threatens to end pharmaceuticals tariff exemption Rachel Hagan & Archana Shukla/BBC US President Donald Trump says he will soon announce “major” tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals, a...
Top 10 7. School board member weighs legal action over unexplained censure vote Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily One New Hanover County Schools board member is facing an impending censure vote, yet the reasoning...
Top 10 8. Several UNC Charlotte student visas terminated by Trump admin, university says Rebecca Noel/The Charlotte Observer The federal government has terminated the student visas of six international students at UNC Charlotte, a...
Top 10 9. Guilford County educators rally for pay increases as funding request goes to commissioners Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio About 50 educators gathered in the parking lot across from the Guilford County Board of Education building,...
Top 10 10. CMS approves next year’s school calendar, with an eye on Raleigh and possible changes James Farrell/WFAE Radio Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has adopted its 2026-27 academic calendar. The school year is set to start Tuesday, Aug....
Top 10 1. ‘Alena’s Law’ could ease legal limbo for families of those missing in NC after Helene Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi/The (Raleigh) News & Observer It’s been more than six months since Helene tore through Western North...
Top 10 2. RNC chair Michael Whatley defends Trump tariffs in NC, arguing that market chaos is ‘overreaction’ Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline The chair of the Republican National Committee said Monday evening he believes recent chaos in global stock...
Top 10 3. Did gas prices go up? Here’s what we know about the cost of fuel in NC, across the nation Iris Seaton/Asheville Citizen Times The cost of gasoline is a common source of anxiety among Americans – but where are...
Top 10 4. Military, farmland proposal clears homeland, VA committee David Beasley/The Center Square Prohibiting hostile foreign governments such as China or Russia from purchasing farmland and property within 75...
Top 10 5. Schism emerges between Black, Muslim community leaders after Ardrey Kell incident James Farrell/WFAE Radio Last month, the family of a 15-year-old Muslim girl accused a 15-year-old Black boy of beating her...
Top 10 6. Western NC forest plan under pressure from storm devastation, lawsuit and Trump Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press A decade in the making, the future of the forest plan to manage Western North Carolina’s...
Top 10 7. Stein creates spaces for cooperation across party lines, establishes Advisory Council on Student Safety and Well-being Mebane Rash/Education NC In addition to building relationships across party lines, Gov. Josh Stein is creating spaces for cross-partisan cooperation...
