Top 10 5. Ties to Highway Patrol leadership raise questions in NC deputy’s killing Virginia Bridges/The (Raleigh) News & Observer Two weeks after Cumberland County Sheriff’s Capt. Adam Bean was found shot to...
Top 10 6. Democrats crow about fundraising in competitive Senate races Mike Catalini & Jonathan J. Cooper/The Associated Press Democrats are boasting of eye-popping fundraising hauls in some of this year’s...
Top 10 7. The saga continues: After sheriff’s removal, attorneys discuss lessons learned and upcoming appeal Kyle Perrotti/Smoky Mountain News Brad Hoxit made history last month, but not in a way he’d ever have hoped. Hoxit...
Top 10 8. After mixed reactions, Bald Head Island greenlights first arcade Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily Bald Head Island is on its way to gaining the village’s very first arcade, but not...
Top 10 9. WS/FCS board tables budget vote, educators rally for more staff Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education tabled a vote on the local budget request Tuesday night...
Top 10 10. Budget uncertainty looms over Thomasville schools Cameron Blue/The High Point Enterprise A day after Thomasville City Schools Superintendent Quincy Williams announced his resignation, the board of...
Top 10 1. Helene exposed cracks in western NC’s health care safety net Will Atwater/NC Health News Tropical Storm Helene’s impact on western North Carolina was felt acutely in the days, weeks and...
Top 10 2. NC House committee advances proposal to give state more control over property taxes Will Doran & Caroline Yaffa/WRAL News State lawmakers voted Wednesday to advance a proposed constitutional amendment that would give the...
Top 10 3. No qualifying bids, so State Health Plan will restart search for new insurer Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi/The Raleigh News & Observer The North Carolina State Health Plan has scrapped its initial search for...
Top 10 4. Fayetteville hits pause on data center ordinance Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView The Fayetteville City Council narrowly voted Monday to pause its work on a proposed data center ordinance...
Top 10 5. North Carolina’s office market shows signs of life Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh After hitting the doldrums in the years after the pandemic, demand for office space in the Triangle...
Top 10 6. Lower Cape Fear LifeCare names new CEO after national search WWAY News Lower Cape Fear LifeCare has named Karen Brubaker Miller as its next president and chief executive officer following...
Top 10 7. Asheville leaders at annual State of Downtown event say recovery still underway Kimberly King/WLOS News Asheville leaders, business owners and community partners gathered at The Orange Peel on Tuesday, April 14, for...
Top 10 8. Data shows nearly half arrested in Charlotte Border Patrol operation had no criminal record Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Nearly half of all people detained by federal immigration agents during “Operation Charlotte’s Web” last November had...
Top 10 9. Illegal solitary confinement found in review of NC juvenile detention Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press A review of the state’s juvenile detention centers by a state advocacy group, which concluded with...