Top 10 8. Pender approves new PFAS treatment alternatives contract Peter Castagno/Port City Daily Access to clean water remains a chief issue for Pender County residents as leaders agreed to...
Top 10 9. With millions needed for improvements at New Hanover schools, here are the funding options Madison Lipe/Wilmington StarNews The New Hanover Board of Education, school district staff and county staff have been discussing ways to...
Top 10 10. Hanig announces intent to push for environmental protections for Jockey’s Ridge Outer Banks Voice In his weekly newsletter released on Friday, Oct. 25, State Senator Bobby Hanig addressed the continuing deadlock...
Top 10 1. Why did Swannanoa become Helene’s ‘ground zero’? Deadly combination of topography, development and a ‘tidal wave’ of water John Boyle/The Asheville Watchdog The floodwaters rose so fast at Thanh Bui’s house the morning of Sept. 27, she had...
Top 10 2. Why Pender County is pushing back against shellfish farms in its coastal waters Gareth McGrath/USA Today Network Pender County has passed a resolution asking for a moratorium on new shellfish farms in its...
Top 10 3. Plot thickens in lawsuit between paper mill and prospective buyer Vicki Hyatt/The (Waynewsville) Mountaineer A lawsuit over the stalled sale of the Canton paper mill following the flood has not...
Top 10 4. Scenarios, Processes, Litigation, and Resolution: What happens if voters and elections in North Carolina are challenged? Rusty Jacobs/WUNC Radio Litigation and elections in North Carolina go hand in hand. And in the days and weeks after...
Top 10 5. NC is aging; here’s how the state government wants to address that Grace Vitaglione/NC Health News Carol Moore has always had “a heart for seniors.” When she was a teenager, she took...
Top 10 6. Cotham ad attacks Sidman over ‘tent city’, though Sidman’s views are similar to Cotham’s mother’s Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Republican state House member Tricia Cotham is running a misleading TV commercial criticizing her Democratic opponent Nicole...
Top 10 7. No-go on development moratorium in Brunswick County, officials cite legal concerns Peter Castagno/Port City Daily Though a development moratorium has been floated in recent months by both a county leader and...
Top 10 8. Timeshare firm denies allegations in North Carolina AG’s lawsuit targeting robocalls Ahmed Jallow/NC Newsline Last week, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein announced that his office was filing a lawsuit against...
Top 10 9. Housing affordability Is a key concern for Orange County voters this fall Aisha N. Frazier/WCHL Chapelboro Trevohn Robinson is frustrated by the constant rising cost of rent in Chapel Hill. Robinson, who...
Top 10 10. Greensboro City Council votes to cap and cover contaminated soil at Bingham Park DJ Simmons/WFDD Radio The Greensboro City Council on Tuesday approved a cap and cover option for Bingham Park, foregoing a...
Top 10 1. North Carolina county surrounding Asheville overcounted Helene deaths by as many as 30, sheriff says The Associated Press The North Carolina county that is home to Asheville overcounted deaths caused by Helene by as many...
Top 10 2. Why isn’t the media reporting on thousands missing in Western NC? Because there’s no proof. Brian Gordon/The News & Observer Karen Bruggemann of Candler, North Carolina, assured she isn’t missing. “Sometimes I wish I were,”...
