Top 10 2. Insurance commissioner candidates address storm damage in pre-election public forum Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s deadly lurch through western North Carolina, the oft-overlooked race for...
Top 10 3. Long, uneven road to recovery ahead for Western NC counties after Helene Carolina Public Press The rate of recovery and flow of information across Western North Carolina remains uneven nearly a week...
Top 10 4. Western N.C. child care programs, ‘already in a fragile state,’ hit by Helene Liz Bell & Katie Dukes/Education NC Child care in Western North Carolina was hard to come by before Hurricane Helene...
Top 10 5. The law school dean who quietly worked to overturn the election Shawn Musgrave/The Intercept On the evening of January 6, 2021 — as the Capitol Police were doing final sweeps of...
Top 10 6. Helene takes toll on Asheville music scene Brian Burns/WUNC Radio Helene ravaged western North Carolina last weekend, bringing devastation and destruction to homes and businesses throughout the...
Top 10 7. AGAIN: Horrific storm damage will remake Western North Carolina Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News A bouquet of flowers, likely on someone’s porch or kitchen table hours earlier, lies on a...
Top 10 8. 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports file antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR Kenneth Lee Jr./WFAE Radio Huntersville-based 23XI Racing — co-owned by Michael Jordan — and Mooresville-based Front Row Motorsports have filed...
Top 10 9. NC wetland regulations remain in dispute a year after state stripped protections Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A federal ruling and state law last year removed protections for vast expanses of North Carolina’s...
Top 10 10. Providence Place bought for $43M Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise A large portfolio of High Point real estate has changed hands. EveryAge, a nonprofit operator...
Top 10 1. Biden visits Carolinas, Harris goes to Georgia to view Hurricane Helene damage Rebecca Shabad/NBC News President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took separate tours on Wednesday of the catastrophic damage...
Top 10 2. Climate change is fueling extreme heat. For outdoor workers, that means life-threatening work conditions Aaron Sánchez-Guerra & Celeste Gracia/WUNC Radio This summer, it happened again. A migrant farmworker died during a record heat wave...
Top 10 3. More than a medical school Michelle Crouch/NC Health News For years, Charlotte has been the largest U.S. city without a four-year medical school. By next...
Top 10 4. Wilmington dockworkers take to the picket line as ports face work stoppage from ILA strike Shea Carver/Port City Daily A line of picketers chanted into bullhorns and held signs near the Wilmington port along Shipyard...
Top 10 5. NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson didn’t vote on state’s Helene emergency declaration, records show Paul Specht/WRAL News As a deadly storm system approached the southeastern U.S. last week, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s office...
Top 10 6. ‘Outrageous heroism’: Avery County continues search and rescues after floodwaters recede Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio Avery County is still conducting water rescues for individuals caught in last week’s flooding from Tropical Storm...
