Top 10 5. Mailbox battles with USPS delay major developments in Triad Katherine Zehnder/The Carolina Journal In 2012, the US Postal Service began mandating that all new housing developments use cluster box...
Top 10 6. Faculty actually are trying to flee red states Emma Whitford/Inside Higher Ed One in 10 faculty members working in states that restrict academic speech are seeking jobs out...
Top 10 7. Raleigh Police Chief reflects on city’s growing pains, new technology Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh Raleigh Police Chief Rico Boyce says his department is finally back to adequate staffing after years of...
Top 10 8. On fifth anniversary of Andrew Brown Jr.’s death, Elizabeth City residents still seek healing, accountability Aaron Sánchez-Guerra/WUNC News Five years ago, 42-year-old Andrew Brown, Jr. died in his car a few yards away from his...
Top 10 9. Students, faculty put heat on UNC to release findings on school Monica Casey/WRAL News Students, faculty and WRAL keep pushing UNC to release results of an investigation into one of its...
Top 10 10. Residents pack Wilmington hearing on proposed PFAS rules for NC waterways Hudson Steiner/WECT News State environmental officials held a public hearing in Wilmington on Thursday for the proposed rules to monitor...
Top 10 1. ‘Parents not being able to parent’: NC lawmakers propose LGBTQ book ban, grill school officials Caroline Yaffa & Will Doran/WRAL News Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools officials said Thursday that books in their libraries comply with...
Top 10 2. Annexation debate exposes deep divide over growth in Waynesville Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News A stretch of land along Ratcliff Cove Road — quiet, rural, long-defined by fields, creek-bottoms and...
Top 10 3. Wild West of NC. Three sheriffs in hot water with the same DA. Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press A series of alleged misconduct and removal cases within the past year involving Western North Carolina...
Top 10 4. The Ethics Committee investigated Rep. Alma Adams for alleged ‘inappropriate relationship’ with a staffer Kadia Goba/NOTUS The House Ethics Committee interviewed a number of Rep. Alma Adams’ former aides as part of an investigation...
Top 10 5. Brunswick leaders ask state to loosen grip on open-burning authority Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily A letter from local officials will be sent to legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly...
Top 10 6. Duke chastised over proposed rate hikes: Speakers from Haywood voice overwhelming opposition Sarah White & Becky Johnson/The Waynesville Mountaineer Haywood residents voiced a resounding “no” to Duke Energy’s proposed rate hikes during...
Top 10 7. Architect advises against church reuse Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise City-commissioned architects have advised against incorporating the First Baptist Church of High Point sanctuary into...
Top 10 8. Public sways officials to ax parkway plan’s preferred NC route Coastal Review Online The North Carolina Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that its officials are considering new design options for...
Top 10 9. Sanford approves data center regulations Caleb M. Soptelean/The Sanford Herald Near the end of a nearly five-hour meeting, the Sanford Council on Tuesday night voted...