Top 10 9. A rejection of UNC-Chapel Hill digital IDs would present another hurdle to voting, students say Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline There’s a legal fight going on over whether UNC Chapel-Hill digital IDs that live on student, staff...
Top 10 10. Buncombe County tax assessor fired after purchasing real estate with a direct report Laura Hackett/Blue Ridge Public Radio Buncombe County’s tax assessor R. Keith Miller was fired Tuesday, two weeks after attempting to...
Top 10 1. Storm thrashes NC coast: historic rainfall, crumpled roads Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online While potential tropical cyclone No. 8 was moving across the Carolinas Tuesday, parts of central and...
Top 10 2. Ex-North Carolina sheriff’s convictions over falsifying training records overturned Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday overturned a former county sheriff’s fraud and obstruction...
Top 10 3. Fact Check: Is North Carolina being overwhelmed by non-citizens? Marshall Terry/WFAE Radio It’s time now for a fact-check of North Carolina politics. Immigration and border security have taken center...
Top 10 4. Raleigh City Council votes for Red Hat Amphitheater to stay downtown Josh Sullivan/WUNC Radio Raleigh’s City Council voted in favor of partially closing South Street and Lenoir Street in order to...
Top 10 5. How some North Carolina schools aim to boost diversity post affirmative action Katie Peralta Soloff & Zachery Eanes/Axios Raleigh At some prominent North Carolina universities — UNC Charlotte and Duke, for instance...
Top 10 6. HBCUs experience a surge following ban on affirmative action in admissions policies Gwendolyn Glenn/WFAE Radio North Carolina A&T State University received an increase of 12,000 enrollment applications this year compared to a...
Top 10 7. Beating blazes before they spark. Strategies to limit fire hazards in NC coastal ecosystems. Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press Fanned by strong winds, stoked by low humidity and fueled by dry organic soil, the Great...
Top 10 8. Coalition aims to diversify clinical trials by engaging marginalized communities Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News People of color, low-income populations and other marginalized groups are disproportionately affected by certain health risks,...
Top 10 9. ‘Biggest election we’ve ever had’: Macon gets ahead of illegal signs, voter intimidation, misinformation Hannah McLeod/Smoky Mountain News Macon County officials held a press conference last week to address illegal political signs and get...
Top 10 10. Gaston County may get new manufacturing facility Kara Fohner/Gaston Gazette Three projects could be coming to Gaston County which would mean more jobs and more investment. A...
Elections Who’s bankrolling our would-be treasurers? Dale Folwell is stepping down at the end of his term later this year, having lost his gubernatorial bid in...
Top 10 1. Lowe taking over as Mission Hospital CEO Chris Burritt/Business North Carolina Greg Lowe, the North Carolina president of HCA Healthcare, is taking charge as CEO of Asheville’s...
Top 10 2. NC public schools have more than 8,000 vacancies this fall. And that’s an improvement. Liz Schlemmer/WUNC Radio New data collected from public school superintendents show the number of teaching vacancies and total school employee...
