Top 10 6. HCAR Report: Sales down 27.8% in November as inventory climbs The Watauga Democrat The High Country Real Estate Market of Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, and Watauga counties saw sales down 27.8%...
Top 10 7. Landfill solar farm project delayed, secondary rooftop solar plan underway Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A plan to generate clean energy at a former asbestos waste site in the county’s landfall...
Top 10 8. Balladeer hotel project progressing Tom Joyce/The Mount Airy News When passing by that impossible-to-overlook big blue building on Willow Street in downtown Mount Airy,...
Top 10 9. John Deere dealer plans construction Pat Kimbrough/High Point Enterprise The long-delayed development of a John Deere dealership in north High Point is moving forward. A...
Top 10 10. Southern Pines planning board talks infrastructure Ana Risano/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Southern Pines maintains over 256 miles of water mains, 169 miles of sewer lines and...
Top 10 1. North Carolina’s latest Democratic governor is sworn in Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press North Carolina’s latest Democratic governor was sworn into office on Wednesday, as Josh Stein succeeded...
Top 10 2. Patrick McHenry lets loose on the Republican insurgents he left behind Eleanor Mueller & Zachary Warmbrodt When a 29-year-old Patrick McHenry entered Congress in 2005, few would have believed the man...
Top 10 3. Conspiracies, misinformation beset Lake Lure after Helene; residents tell different story Connor Giffin & Ryley Ober/USA Today Network Paul Brock stood at a microphone before a panel of government officials at...
Top 10 4. Local entrepreneur says red tape preventing business from opening Luke Barber/The Watauga Democrat A local entrepreneur is protesting the Town of Boone’s system development fees after discovering that opening...
Top 10 5. FEMA has approved nearly $600 million to aid Helene recovery in NC, agency says Jacob Biba/Asheville Citizen Times Three months after Tropical Storm Helene hit Western North Carolina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has...
Top 10 6. North Carolina still trails on school funding, new report finds James Farrell/WFAE Radio North Carolina ranked 48th in the country in terms of public education funding for the third year...
Top 10 7. North Carolina banks $300M from film industry in 2024 Port City Daily The film industry brought hundreds of millions of dollars to the state in 2024, thanks to the...
Top 10 8. FEMA leases Durham building for Helene recovery operations Laura Leslie/WRAL News The Federal Emergency Management Agency is increasing its footprint in the Triangle in the wake of Tropical...
Top 10 9. Word from the Smokies: Ramsey Cascades Trail reopens following multiyear rehabilitation Holly Kays/Smoky Mountain News For the first time in nearly three years, the trail to Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s...
Top 10 10. Vehicle fuel, charging prices better national norms Alan Wooten/The Center Square As 2024 closes, prices for a gallon of unleaded fuel in North Carolina are more than...
