Top 10 5. A final look at polling and early voting in NC before Election Day Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC Ahead of Election Day, more than 4.4 million people cast their ballots in North Carolina during...
Top 10 6. Former Michele Morrow campaign manager arrested after posting photos of woman wearing keffiyeh on X, warrants show Emily Mikkelsen/WGHP News North Carolina state superintendent hopeful Michele Morrow’s former campaign manager has been charged after police say she...
Top 10 7. Mountain celebrity claims coverup of massive Helene death toll. Why he’s wrong. Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press Eustace Conway, a former reality TV star and founder of the 1,000-acre Turtle Island Preserve in...
Top 10 8. Progressive nonprofit files campaign finance complaint against Wilmington’s Tide Turners Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A local conservative advocacy group is under scrutiny for alleged violations of its nonprofit status, including...
Top 10 9. Helene: Key Tennessee, Carolinas interstate reopens Derek Draplin/The Center Square Interstate 26, a key crossing for drivers near the border of North Carolina and Tennessee, has...
Top 10 10. Officials are in ‘No hurry to sell’ 87 acres of Navassa site Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online The only viable offer last year to buy land formerly tied to the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp...
Elections Who got big money from Stein, Robinson funds? Back in early September, Senate leader Phil Berger voiced a bit of skepticism that North Carolina would really be a...
Elections Campaign vets working on down-ballot races In the lieutenant governor’s race, Democratic nominee Rachel Hunt has raised $3.4 million and spent $2.6 million. The Republican nominee,...
Top 10 1. Microsoft makes major land buy in Person County Jack Hagel/WRAL News Microsoft Corp. appears poised to launch a major project in North Carolina. The Redmond, Washington-based technology giant...
Top 10 2. Harris defends CHIPS Act after House Speaker Johnson suggests GOP would try to repeal law Rebecca Picciotto/CNBC Vice President Kamala Harris criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson for suggesting that Republicans may try to repeal the...
Top 10 3. Helene put NC mountain counties on cash-only basis, catching many unprepared Jane Winik Sartwell/Carolina Public Press When prepping for a storm, you may stockpile bottled water and toilet paper. Maybe you...
Top 10 4. Democrats use unprecedented strategy to boost voter turnout in Meck County Morgan Radford/WCNC News North Carolina already beat its record early-voter turnout in the 2020 election, and Democrats in Mecklenburg County...
Top 10 5. Ten years of NC’s private school vouchers, and they’re only becoming less accountable Liz Schlemmer/WUNC Radio North Carolina spent $185 million on private school vouchers last school year, a new annual report sent...
Top 10 6. Farmers in western North Carolina face lengthy, costly recovery after Helene: ‘We will rebuild’ Celeste Gracia/WUNC Radio Farmers in western North Carolina are starting a years-long recovery effort after Helene decimated the area. For...
Top 10 7. Macon to consider waiving environmental health fees Hannah McLeod/Smoky Mountain News In the coming months, the Macon County Commission will consider waiving environmental health fees, and possibly...