Top 10 5. Lawmakers hear how rural women face risks to give birth Ashley Fredde/NC Health News In North Carolina, where a clinician practices can make all the difference for someone seeking maternity...
Top 10 6. Smokies and Parkway signs on environment, Native people targeted by Trump order Katie Myers/The Waynesville Mountaineer A recently-leaked database indicates at least 10 signs in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and...
Top 10 7. Prominent advocates for Camp Lejeune water contamination victims contest DoJ claim that process is speeding forward Annette Weston/WUNC News While the Department of Justice Civil Division announced last week that hundreds of settlements have recently been...
Top 10 8. Recount set for commissioner race Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise A recount will be held in the Democratic primary contest for a Guilford County...
Top 10 9. County poised to create taskforce on shooting range permits Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning Shooting ranges, a land-use that for years has bedeviled Henderson County commissioners, Zoning Board of Adjustment members...
Top 10 10. Recount set for District 2 Commissioner race in Orange County; 25 votes separate Bronson and McKee Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro The closest race in Orange County from March’s primary elections is headed to a recount. During Friday’s...
Top 10 1. State early childhood director updates legislators on child care loss and large waitlist growth for subsidies Liz Bell/Education NC North Carolina has experienced a 13% net loss of child care programs since 2019, with record lows...
Top 10 2. Black Mountain retiree lives in motel, worked as dishwasher after losing home in Buncombe real estate scheme Sally Kestin/Asheville Watchdog After losing his home and retiring as a remodeling contractor, Richard Helbig worked at an Ingles bakery...
Top 10 3. Fate of Mid-Currituck Bridge hangs on April vote Kip Tabb/Outer Banks Voice At the Albemarle Regional Planning Organization (ARPO) meeting held in Hertford on the morning of March...
Top 10 4. UNC study: NC students spend 2-3 hours on phones at school Liz Schlemmer/WUNC News New research using a sample of North Carolina middle and high school students found that they spend...
Top 10 5. Sinema admits a romance with her security guard as she fights ex-wife’s lawsuit Gary D. Robertson/The Associated Press Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema acknowledges having a romantic relationship with a member of her...
Top 10 6. A computer on every lap? NC schools rethinking one-to-one device access. Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Due to exhausted funds and concerns about excessive computer-screen time, some North Carolina public and private...
Top 10 7. Safety concerns persist on NC’s public buses as records show hundreds of incidents Sarah Krueger/WRAL News Hundreds of safety incidents occur every year in and around public buses in our area. Recently, WRAL...
Top 10 8. Mooresville seeks dismissal of lawsuit over mayor’s town hall incident WSOC News The town of Mooresville wants a judge to toss out a lawsuit over the mayor walking around town...
Top 10 9. 3 people suspended, 1 resigns in Southport, following probe into missing funds Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily Four parks and recreation employees were put on paid leave in Southport this week, though one...