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...
Health Care Folwell and Blue Cross, not bygones With seven weeks left in State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s term, he’s not leaving without taking a parting shot at Blue...
Top 10 1. Car dealer who will be US Senator says he and Trump want to overhaul car industry Jamie L. LaReau & Eric D. Lawrence/Detroit Free Press The first car dealer ever elected to the U.S. Senate says...
Top 10 2. Eastern NC hospital declares bankruptcy. Company downplays impact. Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press Washington Regional Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in northeastern North Carolina, has once...
Top 10 3. Stop Titan group now turns its attention to 4,000 acres of land poised for 4,000 units Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A campaign opposing the proposal of a 4,030-unit development in Castle Hayne is gaining traction, as...
Top 10 4. RFK Jr. wants federal health data so he can show vaccines are unsafe, Trump transition co-chair says Michelle R. Smith/The Associated Press A co-chair of Donald Trump’s transition team said Trump supporter Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants...