Top 10 8. $145 million Crown Event Center project will resume in Fayetteville WRAL News Following a March decision to pause the $145 million Crown Event Center project for 30 days, Cumberland County...
Top 10 9. ‘Totally inappropriate’: Hayti residents in Durham rally against rezoning request for new research hub Ben Bokun/WNCN News In its 156-year existence, Durham’s Hayti community has seen its share of changes. And now a fenced-off,...
Top 10 10. GOP senator facing reelection issues big tariff warning Igor Bobic/Huffington Post One of the most vulnerable Republican senators in next year’s election is sounding the alarm on President...
Top 10 1. Decades on, mid-Currituck bridge plan faces same hurdles Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online Fifty years after the need for a bridge between mainland Currituck County and its barrier island...
Top 10 2. Troubled water: NC cities can dump a chemical linked to cancer in rivers. The EPA may change just how much. Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press The Cape Fear River Basin is the source of drinking water for 1.5 million North...
Top 10 3. Storms tore up two of America’s most iconic trails. Federal cuts have disrupted repairs WUNC & The Associated Press Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail is a challenge, especially for adventurers making the entire run...
Top 10 4. Did prison have to ‘be a death sentence’ for man with mental illness? Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News When the calls from prison suddenly stopped in February 2024, Erik Ramsey’s family started worrying. Frequent...
Top 10 5. Federal government terminates visas of 3 Duke community members Claire Cranford & Ana Despa/The (Duke University) Chronicle The federal government terminated the visas of two Duke graduate students and...
Top 10 6. State Board of Community Colleges discusses Hurricane Helene Emergency Scholarship grants Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC Last fall, the General Assembly established a Hurricane Helene Emergency Grant Program for postsecondary students to...
Top 10 7. NC orders county jail to depopulate, citing ‘serious risks’ Lucille Sherman/Axios Raleigh North Carolina’s state health department has ordered the Vance County jail to drastically reduce the number of...
Top 10 8. A paralyzed patient has stayed at Mission Hospital for nearly 4 years. He refuses to leave. The hospital is suing him and his family for trespassing. Andrew R. Jones/Asheville Watchdog For nearly 18 years, Eric Penland Jr. has heard the monotonous sound of the ventilator that...
Top 10 9. Big city in a radar gap is problematic, says congressman Alan Wooten/The Center Square Hugo and Helene are rare, as is the ever-dangerous tornado outbreaks that sometimes plague the South....
Top 10 10. Key section of Swannanoa River Road reopens in Asheville Helen Chickering/Blue Ridge Public Radio A key corridor in Asheville is back in service as of Friday afternoon, as Swannanoa...
Top 10 1. Challenged NC voters get 15 days to prove they’re legit, appellate panel says Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press More than 61,000 voters challenged by NC Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin have 15 business days...
Top 10 2. Johnston County evolves from bedroom community to economic destination Brian Shrader/WRAL News For decades, Johnston County didn’t look all that different from other parts of rural North Carolina. It...
