Top 10 1. North Carolina included in Taylor Farms lettuce recall shipped to 27 states over cyclospora risk Savannah Peters, Rodney Overton & Mary Smith/The Associated Press Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall to include North Carolina...
Top 10 2. Report: Lavish spending, no fiscal oversight mark Democrats’ leadership in Cary Alan Wooten/The Center Square Leadership in North Carolina’s seventh largest municipality, all Democrats on the Town Council and in the...
Top 10 3. NC AG Jackson calls on residents to weigh in on Chemours’ ‘backroom deal’ over PFAS Christine Zhu/NC Newsline State Attorney General Jeff Jackson is asking North Carolinians to comment on what he’s calling a “backroom...
Top 10 4. A month after suspension, still no clarity on CMS Superintendent Crystal Hill investigation James Farrell/WFAE Radio Friday marks one month since Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill was placed on paid leave pending an...
Top 10 5. Innovation, entrepreneurs key to building Fayetteville’s next economy Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView More than 150 business leaders, elected officials, academics, students, and young professionals gathered Wednesday at Fayetteville State...
Top 10 6. Chancellor buys Grimesland home; ECU cancels plans for new residence near campus Kim Grizzard/The Greenville Reflector ECU is canceling plans to build a new chancellor’s residence near campus after Chancellor Philip Rogers...
Top 10 7. Raleigh-Durham International Airport hosts ribbon-cutting for 5 new restaurants WTVD News Travelers passing through Raleigh-Durham International Airport now have several new dining options to choose from. RDU held a...
Top 10 8. The ‘hub-and-spoke’ model for addiction treatment in North Carolina Taylor Sisk/Education NC Holly Warren was recently leafing through one of her old medical school textbooks, trying to recall how...
Top 10 9. Work begins for periodic update of state coastal habitat plan Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality staff are in the process of updating the state’s long-term...
Top 10 10. County in ‘good position’ with increased budget Chris Stiles/The Robesonian The Robeson County budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year, which was approved by the county’s Board of...
Top 10 1. ‘Anything can stop working’: NC is funding a fraction of its $10 billion school infrastructure backlog Colin Campbell/WUNC News Public schools in North Carolina are facing billions of dollars in unfunded school construction projects, and a...
Top 10 2. Clock is ticking on I-77 toll lanes Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The controversy over the proposed toll lane on Interstate 77 in south Charlotte has been raging for...
Top 10 3. ‘Smidge of accountability.’ Budget tweaks NC school voucher funding as state audit planned. Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press The long-awaited state budget signed by Gov. Josh Stein last week included a number of provisions...
Top 10 4. Democrats on NC Elections Board call for investigation into recently resigned staffer Will Doran/WRAL News Earlier this year State Auditor Dave Boliek put a former leader of the North Carolina Republican Party,...
Top 10 5. Psychedelic-assisted therapy research gains traction with NC lawmakers, academics Skye Crawford/NC Health News Ben Ingraham wanted to be a doctor. He planned to attend medical school after serving as...
