Top 10 1. Asheville passes a ‘No Rent for Slumlords’ ordinance, but how enforceable is it? Laura Hackett/BPR News On Tuesday, Asheville City Council unanimously voted for a new ordinance that aims to strengthen protections for...
Top 10 2. Amazon suspends use of 21 Air, the cargo carrier whose plane careened off Miami runway and killed 5 Josh Funk/The Associated Press The cargo airline that flew the plane that ran off the end of a Miami runway...
Top 10 3. UNCW master plan picks up steam Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz For Aswani Volety, chancellor of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, each project in the university’s campus master...
Top 10 4. Needed hospital beds across NC delayed by industry appeals Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press In 2022, North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services approved new hospital beds to be...
Top 10 5. A drug conviction can mean a lifetime without SNAP in North Carolina Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News Jennifer McCord, who became disabled in 2021 after a drunk driver crashed into her car, relies...
Top 10 6. Under development pressure, Durham lost 38% of its farmland in 15 years Tori Newby/IndyWeek In a region once known for its booming tobacco industry, Durham County has lost more than 40,000 acres...
Top 10 7. Raleigh churches see their parking lots as a way to ease housing shortages Hayden Wittenborn/WUNC News Prime real estate sits empty in downtown Raleigh on most weekdays. Across the city, church parking lots...
Top 10 8. Barclay West developer seeking to lift density cap on remaining land Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The developer behind Barclay projects at the corner of 17th Street and Independence Boulevard is looking...
Top 10 9. Anti-Flock fervor erupts in city and county Bill Moss/The Hendersonville Lightning The growing anti-Flock campaign is now fighting City Hall while still urging the county to shut...
Top 10 10. Jail officer accused of forging signatures The High Point Enterprise A Guilford County Detention Center officer was arrested Friday and accused of forging the signatures of...
Top 10 1. Condemning social media posts, NC Dems drop support for House candidate in competitive district Caroline Yaffa/WRAL News North Carolina House Democrats say they will no longer support one of their own candidates as criticism...
Top 10 2. Convicted sex offender offered opening prayer at rally for GOP Senate nominee in North Carolina Brian Slodysko/The Associated Press A pastor kicked off a recent campaign stop for Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for Senate,...
Top 10 3. Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board to consider removing Sneed as chair WFAE | By James Farrell After a tumultuous stretch that included a budget fight, a wide-ranging investigation, a superintendent suspension...
Top 10 4. Nearly $1M of incentives push SteelFab expansion in Fayetteville Alan Wooten/The Center Square Tax subsidy of $125,000 from the One North Carolina Fund, and $691,037 from local incentives, is...
Top 10 5. DOE to make workforce investment announcement at Albemarle’s Kings Mountain mine Kevin Ellis/Business North Carolina The U.S. Department of Energy is expected to make a workforce investment announcement at Albemarle’s lithium...
