Top 10 10. Randolph County School System considering school closure WFDD Radio The Randolph County Board of Education is considering closing a school due to low enrollment and reductions in...
Top 10 1. Sports wagering clears quarter-billion to state coffers Alan Wooten/The Center Square More than a quarter-billion dollars has been generated for North Carolina coffers by sports wagering revenue...
Top 10 2. NC’s private road and bridge repair program can only pay for about 10% of the projects Laura Hackett/Blue Ridge Public Radio North Carolina only has enough money to repair around 300 of the thousands of private...
Top 10 3. Pless positions himself as steady hand amid slow recovery Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News Under a mountainside that had slipped again and again, residents of Thistle Ridge faced a grim...
Top 10 4. NC charter review board approves new standalone virtual school Ahmed Jallow/NC Newsline The Charter School Review Board on Monday unanimously approved a Wake County charter school’s request to separate...
Top 10 5. Potential sale of old Cleveland Co. school to religious nonprofit raises concerns Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press A months-long saga has unfolded surrounding the Cleveland County Board of Education’s decision not only about...
Top 10 6. Report shows decrease in crimes and suspensions in NC schools. Here’s what else you need to know Hannah Vinueza McClellan/Education NC Reports of crime and violence in North Carolina public schools decreased during the 2024-25 school year...
Top 10 7. “Heartbreaking” DOGE cuts stun doctors who signed up for federal program to improve rural health care Andrew Jones/Asheville Watchdog On a 15-degree morning in January, a clinic in this small Yancey County community on the northern...
Top 10 8. Chapel Hill struggles to rebuild months after Chantal: Camelot Village condo owners spend thousands Destinee Patterson/WRAL News Empty units sit side-by-side in Camelot Village seven months after Tropical Storm Chantal rocked Chapel Hill. One...
Top 10 9. Wilmington council discuss multi-cent tax increase to accomplish wage, capital project goals Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The Wilmington City Council is already contemplating a property tax rate increase to take effect this...
Top 10 10. UNC fined $50,000 for court storming, but says ‘we followed our protocols’ Michael Koh/WCHL Chapelboro The ACC has fined UNC $50,000 after fans rushed the floor twice during the Tar Heels’ 71-68...
Top 10 1. Judge denies demands for early voting sites on three NC university campuses Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Students at three North Carolina universities who had gone to court to get early voting sites...
Top 10 2. ‘Operation Charlotte’s Web’ raises questions about ICE and CBP transparency Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Three months after an immigration enforcement crackdown in Charlotte left much of the city shaken, it’s still...
Top 10 3. Demonstrators gather to oppose Duke’s cost-cutting, demand more employee protection Ella Moore/The Duke Chronicle On Friday evening, around 40 demonstrators from Duke’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors,...
Top 10 4. How NC State researchers are finding ways to make medicines cheaper — and cleaner Liz McLaughlin/WRAL News Inside a lab at North Carolina State University, large metal tanks hum as microorganisms grow inside a...