Top 10 1. Facing a $1.1 billion fraud penalty, Durham energy firm files for bankruptcy Brian Gordon/The Raleigh News & Observer Durham energy firm American Efficient has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy three months after federal...
Top 10 2. NC AG Jackson leads states in opposing EPA rollback of PFAS in water Christine Zhu/NC Newsline State Attorney General Jeff Jackson is continuing to oppose the Environmental Protection Agency loosening restrictions on toxic...
Top 10 3. Democrat Ager reports a nearly 9-to-1 fundraising advantage over Edwards in GOP-leaning 11th District Kayla Bradshaw/Asheville Watchdog Democratic congressional candidate Jamie Ager outraised U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards by a nearly 9-to-1 margin in the...
Top 10 4. Popular Ag extension program bridges academic-farming divide, despite federal cuts Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News When Joe French’s great-grandfather started his family farm back in the 1890s, he went with a central...
Top 10 5. Shaw dorm that caught fire will not reopen this school year, students scramble to find new housing Destinee Patterson/WRAL News Shaw students have limited housing options for the upcoming school year. The university confirmed to WRAL Investigates...
Top 10 6. State budget provision ends local inclusion requirements in public contracting Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio For more than 30 years, Charlotte and other municipalities have set goals to ensure their contractors hire...
Top 10 7. To be a town, or not to be a town? In Gray’s Creek, that is the question Paul Woolverton/CityView Efforts by a Gray’s Creek chiropractor to form a town in the southern Cumberland County community ran into...
Top 10 8. North Carolina delays Charlotte Water expansion until 2028 WSOCTV News A provision in North Carolina’s newly approved state budget has delayed Charlotte Water’s plans to expand water transfers...
Top 10 9. With a new president soon to be announced and funding for Propel NC, community college system poised to lead the nation Mebane Rash/Education NC The State Board of Community Colleges met last week and considered in closed session four finalists for...
Top 10 10. Taking the ghost tour of NC’s Down East region Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press One stop on what Karen Willis Amspacher calls her ghost tour is a cemetery in Davis,...
Top 10 1. NC political corruption probe: Warrant says group spent big on strip clubs, golf Will Doran/WRAL News A new search warrant outlined thousands in additional spending by a group at the center of an...
Top 10 2. Ocracoke Access Alliance seeks one-year delay for new ferry tolls Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice With a Jan. 1, 2027 deadline approaching for imposing a toll on all North Carolina ferry...
Top 10 3. UNCA should drop stadium idea for campus woods, advisory committee concludes Jack Evans/Asheville Watchdog The University of North Carolina-Asheville should not build a stadium atop the wooded land south of its...
Top 10 4. New NC budget includes much to aid Helene recovery, but gaps remain Walker Livingston/Carolina Public Press The last time North Carolina had a state budget, Tropical Storm Helene hadn’t happened yet. But,...
Top 10 5. NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s case against Meta for alleged harms to child users is going to trial Molly Steur/Education NC The North Carolina Department of Justice (NCDOJ) announced that their case against Meta is now set to...
