Top 10 6. The love/hate debate over fluoride in water is bubbling in NC Anne Blythe/NC Health News As President-elect Donald Trump announces key members of his next administration, many in the oral health...
Top 10 7. WS/FCS Board of Education votes to increase pay for teacher assistants Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education voted to approve a compensation plan that would put $500,000...
Top 10 8. Brunswick files stop-work order against Wilmington-based developer with multiple NHC violations Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A prominent land developer in the tri-county region faces a stop-work order for excavating dirt and...
Top 10 9. I-40 crash update: how driver passed barricades + troopers lowered on winches Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Six barricades: that’s how many barricades the driver circumvented before plowing off a missing section of...
Top 10 10. HCA Healthcare asks judge to toss Buncombe lawsuit; Responds to AG Stein Jacob Biba/Asheville Citizen Times HCA Healthcare is asking a judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit Buncombe County filed against the...
Top 10 1. NC drug overdose deaths appear to be dropping. Why? Taylor Knopf/NC Health News Just as substance use experts celebrated a somewhat mysterious drop in drug overdose deaths across North...
Top 10 2. Local builders, real estate pros see potential gains, unknowns in election results Cece Nunn/WilmingtonBiz Local and state election results will hopefully give a boost to homebuilders – and housing affordability – in...
Top 10 3. Former top NC political donor Lindberg pleads guilty in $2 billion fraud The Carolina Journal Greg Lindberg, once North Carolina’s top election campaign donor, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges connected to...
Top 10 4. Meet the biggest campaign donors in NC’s election Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Tens of millions of dollars were spent on this year’s North Carolina campaigns, and much of it...
Top 10 5. Republican control in Washington could mean trouble for expanded Medicaid in North Carolina Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline Health insurance coverage on which millions of Americans rely — Medicaid and plans purchased through the Affordable...
Top 10 6. Raleigh considers boarding houses to alleviate housing crunch Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh Raleigh is on the verge of updating its rules around boarding houses and co-living spaces as part...
Top 10 7. Haywood Builders hit with massive losses during Helene Aarik Long/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer Like so many businesses in Western North Carolina, Haywood Builders in Waynesville are still reeling a...
Top 10 8. Sancar Scholars Residence in development to support visiting Turkish academics and students Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro Construction is well underway for the Sancar Scholars Residence (SSR) in Chapel Hill. Located at Velma Road...
Top 10 9. New Hanover County Attorney suggests county elections office retain legal counsel in absentee ballot snafu WECT New Hanover County Manager Chris Coudriet has informed county commissioners that the county attorney’s office has suggested the county...
Top 10 10. Buncombe air quality post-Helene has not been affected greatly by dust, but smoke risk rises, agency says Andrew R. Jones & Victoria A. Ifatusin/Asheville Watchdog Six weeks after Tropical Storm Helene, sludge from roiling floodwaters has turned...