Top 10 3. City considers banishing special use permits after Holly Tree rec facility ‘disaster’ Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily Special-use permits are on the chopping block as Wilmington city council and staff feedback favors conditional...
Top 10 4. NCDOT will mine rock from the Pisgah National Forest. Here’s where it’s looking. Jack Evans/Asheville Watchdog A series of deals between federal and state agencies, finalized last week, will allow the North Carolina...
Top 10 5. Legislative battle continues over how to address health care costs in North Carolina Grace Vitaglione/NC Health News Lindsi Franklin’s son, Isaac, was 9 years old in June 2024 when doctors found an abscess...
Top 10 6. Education department requires certification of compliance with federal civil rights laws — and spells out consequences Mebane Rash/Education NC The U.S. Department of Education said in a press release Thursday that it is requiring K-12 school...
Top 10 7. ‘Never seen something like this before:’ effects of Helene on wildfires expected to last decades Gerard Albert III/Blue Ridge Public Radio North Carolina Forest Service crews work to dig a fire line near Holbert Cove...
Top 10 8. Depot Street bridge reopens six months after being damaged by Helene Paul Nielsen/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer People were so ready to use the Depot Street bridge that two cars drove around “street...
Top 10 9. Southside residents share concerns Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise Southside residents gave city leaders an earful Thursday night over concerns about water quality, gentrification...
Top 10 10. Federal officials are quietly terminating the legal residency of some international college students Collin Binkley, Annie Ma & Makiya Seminera/The Associated Press A crackdown on foreign students is alarming colleges, who say the...
Top 10 1. Dow drops 1,600 as US stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump’s tariffs cause a COVID-like shock Stan Choe/The Associated Press Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID’s outbreak tore through financial markets...
Top 10 2. State program funding educational video game under scrutiny from state board of education James Farrell/WUNC Radio The North Carolina State Board of Education members said Wednesday that they still have reservations about a...
Top 10 3. NC teacher turnover is down, but the profession has changed, new data shows Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News One in 10 North Carolina teachers quit from 2023 to 2024 – 9.9% – according to the...
Top 10 4. Sen. Lee files PFAS bill to establish discharge limits, fund mitigation and research Peter Castagno/Port City Daily Sen. Michael Lee (R-New Hanover) introduced a bill directing state regulators to adopt industrial PFAS discharge...
Top 10 5. NC State students who lost visas were in ‘good standing’ with university, chancellor says Korie Dean/The (Raleigh) News & Observer NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson told The News & Observer on Thursday that...
Top 10 6. Too many projects to go around: Towns deal with lack of bids on flood repair Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer As money becomes available for repairs, towns in Western North Carolina are facing a new challenge...
Top 10 7. A professor’s death reflects persisting cultural, administrative issues across NC State Justin Welch/(NC State) Technician In November, Marshall Brain II, then director of NC State’s Engineering Entrepreneurs Program, died by suicide...
