Top 10 6. Negotiations at 11th hour could decide fate of NC election bill Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press A wide-ranging North Carolina election bill seemed headed for passage at lightning speed Tuesday morning in...
Top 10 7. As momentum slows on stadium idea, UNCA woods are still on chopping block Jack Evans/Asheville Watchdog One of Asheville’s largest urban forests remains on the chopping block. Now it seems to have been...
Top 10 8. Work on Lowes Foods grocery begins at major Lake Norman highway under construction Joe Marusak/The Charlotte Observer Grading work is underway for a 50,000-square-foot Lowes Foods grocery store beside a four-lane divided highway...
Top 10 9. Mineral companies shortlist Brunswick County for proposed refining facility Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz Brunswick County is one of four U.S. sites eyed for what could become the world’s first commercial polymetallic...
Top 10 10. YMCA selling Morrison campus in south Charlotte WSOCTV News The YMCA of Greater Charlotte announced Wednesday it will sell its Morrison YMCA property for $42.5 million to...
Top 10 1. EPA’s PFAS retreat is ‘a slap in the face,’ NC advocate says Will Atwater/NC Health News Two years ago, Emily Donovan stood on a stage in Fayetteville and introduced then-EPA Administrator Michael...
Top 10 2. NC House starts moving sweeping elections bill, plans to pass it this week despite opposition Adam Wagner/NC Newsroom Democrats and protesters pushed back against a sweeping elections law bill that House Republicans released Monday and...
Top 10 3. Election 2026: Cohn reverses, will seek reelection Alan Wooten/The Center Square With the expected blessing of party leaders in two counties he serves, state Rep. Bryan Cohn...
Top 10 4. NC Democrats unveil teacher pay bill focused on retaining veteran educators Ahmed Jallow/NC Newsline Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a teacher pay bill that would give larger raises to veteran educators,...
Top 10 5. Duke braces for impact of federal loan caps on graduate students Dylan Halper/The Duke Chronicle Starting next month, the Trump administration will impose new limitations on graduate federal loans, leaving Duke’s...
Top 10 6. The cost of school choice in Wake Jasmine Gallup/INDY Week Natalie Christley, a lifelong resident of North Carolina, originally intended to send her two children to traditional...
Top 10 7. From roofs to roads, Fort Bragg juggles $3 billion in maintenance needs Abraham Kenmore/CityView Fort Bragg has $3 billion in maintenance backlogs. That’s according to information shared by leaders at the installation...
Top 10 8. Neighborhood Theatre in NoDa shutting down for 8 weeks. What happens next? Claire Harutunian/The Charlotte Observer NoDa’s popular Neighborhood Theatre music venue said Tuesday it is closing for eight weeks this summer...
Top 10 9. Pinehurst council discusses Tufts Archives renovation Matt Lamb/The Southern Pines Pilot Pinehurst is making progress on a plan to renovate the Tufts Archives, but a final...
Top 10 10. Raleigh Convention Center, a downtown icon, could get a new name Kelsey Coffey/WRAL News Residents will learn new details about the future name of the Raleigh Convention Center on Tuesday and...
