Top 10 6. What’s up with all these ballot questions in NC in 2026? Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press After North Carolina voters choose their candidates, they will see at least three more questions at...
Top 10 7. City of Asheville to pay $11M, contractors $1M in fatal crash settlement John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog After five years of litigation, the City of Asheville and its insurers have agreed to pay $11...
Top 10 8. LGBTQ+ older adults find support in community, affirming care Skye Crawford/NC Health News Before opening what is widely recognized as the first LGBTQ+ senior co-housing community in the...
Top 10 9. Cumberland students will be allowed to leave school for religious instruction Dasia Williams/CityView The Cumberland County Board of Education unanimously advanced a policy Tuesday that allows students to leave school one...
Top 10 10. Thomasville City Schools appoints new superintendent Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The Thomasville City Schools Board of Education has approved a new superintendent. Shayla Wiggins Savage will assume...
Top 10 1. Atrium Health boosted executive compensation by 21 percent in 2025 Michelle Crouch/NC Health News & Charlotte Ledger The compensation of Charlotte-based Atrium Health’s top executives rose by an average of...
Top 10 2. WS/FCS board says teachers are at ‘wits’ end’ without EC support Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education members are calling for changes to how the district educates students with...
Top 10 3. NC lawmakers beef up US attorneys’ staffs, leave Wake DA with no new prosecutors Dan Kane & Nolan Wilkinson/The Raleigh News & Observer Since 2023, state lawmakers have been made aware that Wake County...
Top 10 4. Born into Toxicity: Camp Lejeune survivor fights for justice Annette Weston/WFAE Radio Jeanette Vitullo lived in North Carolina until she was six years old, seemingly healthy. But decades later,...
Top 10 5. Fayetteville State seeing record enrollment, retention Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Fayetteville State University may be among the smaller public institutions in North Carolina, but it’s punching...
Top 10 6. A new greenway over a south Raleigh artery might connect downtown with Dix Park Travis Bland/WUNC News Raleigh is exploring an ambitious new greenway to connect downtown to Dix Park. Called The Oakline, the...
Top 10 7. Zebulon leaders learn why town will face more state scrutiny on finances Ally Kadlubar/WRAL News The town of Zebulon said it is learning more reasons why it is on a list of...
Top 10 8. Miami Crash puts focus on Houston Astros owner’s cargo-jet business Andrew Tangel & Hanna Krueger/The Wall Street Journal More than a minute before a Boeing 767 landed at a Miami...
Top 10 9. Beth Burns commissioner appointment tabled after new appeal is filed Sophia DePhillips/Port City Daily One month after Brad George left the Pender County Board of Commissioners, his seat remains vacant...
Top 10 10. ‘So much potential’: Local entrepreneur Chris Ehrenfeld purchases Chatham Mills property Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The Chatham Mills property in Pittsboro is under new ownership. Local entrepreneur Chris Ehrenfeld — the owner...
