Top 10 5. Who will succeed Graig Meyer in the N.C. Senate? The choice may fall to two Orange County residents Chase Pellegrini de Paur/IndyWeek Second-term state Senator Graig Meyer is vacating his seat this week to take a job as...
Top 10 6. Gas prices eclipse $4 a gallon in the US, the highest since 2022 Wyatte Grantham-Philips/The Associated Press U.S. gas prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since...
Top 10 7. ‘When you start digging, you find folks’: Watauga Long Term Recovery Group still reaching those in need Moss Brennan/The Watauga Democrat While it’s been more than a year and a half since Hurricane Helene ripped through the...
Top 10 8. LifeWise steering committee members address NHCS program, community concerns Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily A local push to establish a Bible study program during the public school day has split...
Top 10 9. ‘Tighter and tighter’: School board has state, federal funding concerns ahead of 2026-27 budget request Drew C. Wilson/The Wilson Times Wilson County Schools will ask the Wilson County commissioners for $39,772,359 for its current expense...
Top 10 10. Occupancy tax increase takes effect Elena Marsh/The Southern Pines Pilot Local tourism officials are beginning to see greater revenue totals flowing in following January’s increase...
Top 10 1. Durham Public Schools’ requested budget increase creates “impossible choices” for the county Chase Pellegrini de Paur/IndyWeek The Durham County government has spent the last month practically begging the Durham Public Schools (DPS)...
Top 10 2. Catawba County approves $120M middle school expansion plan WSOC News The Catawba County Board of Education unanimously approved a plan Monday to begin contract negotiations for a middle...
Top 10 3. U.S. senators who opposed housing bill got tens of thousands from Blackstone, other groups Thérèse Boudreaux/The Center Square Only 10 U.S. senators voted against the bipartisan housing bill that restricts large institutional investors from...
Top 10 4. PWC OKs $133.7 million project to filter ‘forever chemicals’ from water Paul Woolverton/CityView The Fayetteville Public Works Commission voted on Wednesday to hire Harper General Contractors for $133.7 million to build...
Top 10 5. WRAL exclusive: UNC suspends discussions on basketball arena indefinitely to focus on new coach Brian Murphy/WRAL News The University of North Carolina has suspended discussions about the future of the Smith Center until the...
Top 10 6. ‘Devil in the details.’ NC educators struggle with teaching about religion. Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press In the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Tim Hall, a K-12 Social...
Top 10 7. Emotional Haywood video claims national advertising awards Andrew Marshall/The Waynesville Mountaineer A tear-jerker of a video extolling the virtues of Haywood County has won two major national...
Top 10 8. Orange County commissioners explore options for expanding affordable housing in Mebane Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro Orange County’s Board of Commissioners recently met with Mebane to discuss ways to plan for the future...
Top 10 9. Helene’s lasting damage: More than 100 people in Buncombe County are still homeless following the storm Laura Hackett/Blue Ridge Public Radio An estimated 130 people in Buncombe County are still homeless as a result of Hurricane...