Top 10 6. Authorities end a takeover at a North Carolina jail hours after inmates overpowered the guards John Raby/The Associated Press Inmates overpowered correctional staff and took over parts of a jail in eastern North Carolina early...
Top 10 7. Gaston County buys 562 acres near Lake Wylie for new public park Hannah Goetz/WSOC News More than 500 acres of land in Gaston County will be protected instead of developed, and a...
Top 10 8. Carthage OKs budget, reviews ongoing needs Jonathan Bym/The Southern Pines Pilot Water availability and a town budget are two of the more important issues a municipality...
Top 10 9. Town leaders take steps to restore Monk House Trevon McGlone/The Sampson Independent The Archibald Monk House, one of the most historic buildings in Newton Grove, has begun to...
Top 10 10. Former Mecklenburg juvenile detention facility to reopen without juveniles Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press As Mecklenburg County works to reopen one of its previously closed detention centers later this summer...
Top 10 1. North Carolina has a plan to pay for a $1.7B baseball stadium. Why lawmakers can’t agree. Brian Murphy & Jack Hagel/WRAL News Leaders of the North Carolina Senate are pushing for a government-backed framework for a...
Top 10 2. Tied in knots by medical debt. Working to undo the damage in NC. Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press In 2018, postpartum eclampsia kept Jessica McIntyre in the hospital for a week after the birth...
Top 10 3. Martin County residents keep pressing state officials for funding to reopen hospital Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News When Martin General Hospital closed its doors in 2023 after 73 years of service, residents of...
Top 10 4. Lexington considers plan for another megasite Jill Doss-Raines/The High Point Enterprise If the Lexington City Council approves in August, Davidson County will have a second property...
Top 10 5. Chairman says commissioners pushed back to keep tax hike under 6 cents Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Skip Alston said that the board deliberately resisted...
Top 10 6. Duke Energy prepares for hurricane season with ‘self-healing’ upgrades Katie Myers/BPR News Duke Energy is preparing for the second hurricane season since Helene, and the utility says new upgrades...
Top 10 7. Everything you need to know about the State Health Plan’s new tiered-provider structure Ben Humphries/Education NC Big changes are coming to the State Health Plan, which provides health insurance for nearly 750,000 teachers,...
Top 10 8. Former UNC player Ed Davis among several indicted in NBA gambling scandal Michael Koh/WCHL Chapelboro Ed Davis, who played for the UNC men’s basketball team from 2008 through 2010 and helped the...
Top 10 9. Buncombe tourism authority approves $34.5M budget amid tighter spending restrictions Felicia Sonmez/BPR News The Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority approved its annual budget Wednesday, outlining how it plans to spend...
Top 10 10. Four City Council members enough to push through tax increases Shannon Keith/The Sanford Herald The Sanford City Council remain divided on increases in property tax rates and water and sewer...
