Top 10 1. NC’s ‘insurer of last resort’ tries a new idea to lower cost of claims on the coast Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio Inside the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety’s hail lab, lab technician Michelle McClain loads a...
Top 10 2. Helene-related unemployment likely to get worse before it gets better, experts say Felicia Sonmez/Blue Ridge Public Radio Hurricane Helene has taken a devastating toll on the region’s economy, with Buncombe County’s unemployment...
Top 10 3. Spirtas: Canton will have waste treatment — if mill deal goes through Vicki Hyatt/The Mountaineer If Spirtas Worldwide and Two Banks, LLC (the corporation formed by Spirtas to purchase the Canton properties)...
Top 10 4. Oyster farmers argue penalty too harsh for minor violations Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online Go ahead and call Evan Gadow a Boy Scout. The shellfish farmer, lifelong North Carolinian, husband...
Top 10 5. What we’ve learned about the federal probe in Columbus County Carli Brosseau & Sarah Nagem/Border Belt Independent By the time Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene resigned in January 2023, it...
Top 10 6. In NC attorney general suit against HCA Healthcare, judge dismisses counterclaims Jacob Biba/Asheville Citizen Times In a Dec. 6 ruling, a North Carolina Business Court judge dismissed counterclaims HCA Healthcare filed...
Top 10 7. New loan program will grow small businesses in economically disadvantaged areas in Fayetteville Evey Weisblat/CityView Businesses in low-to-moderate income areas in Fayetteville could be eligible to receive up to $750,000 under a new...
Top 10 8. UHC murder suspect railed about U.S. health care. Here’s what he missed Selena Simmons-Duffin/Public Radio East In the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing, there’s been a lot of attention on...
Top 10 9. Endowment announces new board chair and vice chair Peter Castagno/Port City Daily The New Hanover County endowment announced Shannon Winslow will take over as chair of the organization’s...
Top 10 10. Guilford school board’s bad blood resurfaces Guy Lucas/High Point Enterprise The day he first took a seat on the Guilford County Board of Education about 15...
Top 10 1. Mill sewage deal ends in March: What’s Canton’s next move? Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer The town of Canton has less than four months to figure out how its wastewater will...
Top 10 2. Rep. Edwards: Federal bill will help WNC water projects and dams Deirdra Funcheon/Hendersonville Times-News After the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024,...
Top 10 3. Insurance CEOs reflect on industry backlash Rylee Wilson/Becker’s Payer Issues Payer CEOs are reckoning with the public vitriol directed at the industry in the wake of...
Top 10 4. FEMA lags behind its prior projection as hundreds of Helene victims await temporary housing Sarah Krueger/WRAL News FEMA approved 536 households impacted by Hurricane Helene for temporary housing units, which are move-in ready trailers....
Top 10 5. Helene recovery bill would fund lawsuit blocking coastal protection rules Peter Castagno/Port City Daily Two regulatory agencies face a hearing in a lawsuit over coastal protection policies representing a broader...