Top 10 3. Driving wildfire risk along NC coast. Terrain, past mistakes and climate change create volatile mix. Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press Less than two months after the Great Lakes Fire seared 32,000 near the central North Carolina...
Top 10 4. Stormwater strategy amid historic flooding: CB councilman advocates for a modernized system Peter Castagno/Port City Daily A council member and former mayor of Carolina Beach argues infrastructure modernization efforts need to take...
Top 10 5. Mark Robinson waves hand by groin, says young women must ‘get this under control’ Jennifer Bendery/The Huffington Post In a newly unearthed video from 2022, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) scoffs at...
Top 10 6. Contract emerging from AT&T strike could give workers 19.3% wage bump Megan Plotka/NC Newsline AT&T workers with the Communication Workers of America (CWA) in the Southeast returned to work Monday after...
Top 10 7. Pitt Community College’s president on returning home, defining culture, and leading collaboratively Alli Lindenberg/Education NC “I cannot tell you how good it feels to be back in eastern North Carolina,” said Dr....
Top 10 8. Two approaches to addressing teen crime in Charlotte have the same aim: Keep kids out of trouble Elvis Menayese/WFAE Radio Smith, 15, has been looking after horses at Shining Hope Farms in north Charlotte for four months....
Top 10 9. Henderson election board member to remain on board after email to GOP state lawmakers Kimberly King/WLOS News Clay Eddleman, the chairman of Henderson County’s Election Board, addressed about 50 citizens on Monday, Sept. 16,...
Top 10 10. Opposing plans delay decision on increasing accessory dwellings in Waynesville Paul Nielsen/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer It’s back to the drawing board for a proposal that would allow Waynesville property owners to...
Local Morrisville takes its turn under LGC microscope The same undercurrent surfaced earlier in last week’s meeting as LGC members weighed whether to give Morrisville officials permission to...
Top 10 1. An unconventional Chancellor keeps his cool Paul Woolverton/CityView The Sandhills summer put a sheen on the forehead of Fayetteville State University Chancellor Darrell T. Allison on...
Top 10 2. Who is Ryan Routh? A Greensboro man is charged in the attempted assassination of Trump Danielle Battaglia/The (Raleigh) News & Observer A North Carolina man found himself in custody Sunday after the Secret Service’s advance...
Top 10 3. Massive blaze struck Croatan National Forest in 2023. Next fire on NC coast could be much worse. Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press On Wednesday April 19, 2023, a campfire may have sparked a wildfire in a pine forest...
Top 10 4. ICE cooperation bill could have impact on immigrant health Anne Blythe/NC Health News Ana Ilarraza-Blackburn becomes animated when talking about how immigrant communities are thrust into the state and...
Top 10 5. What Macon County’s new soil ordinance means for the county Katie Myers/Blue Ridge Public Radio Macon County commissioners have curbed local restrictions that aimed to reduce soil erosion and stream...
Top 10 6. Board of Commissioners chair candidates Amanda Edwards, Van Duncan clash over his acceptance of $125K retention bonus John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog As former Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan was winding down his third term in office in 2017,...