Top 10 7. Lumberton residents push back against high utility bills Ben Rappaport/Border Belt Independent Danny Parsley and his family were excited to move from northern Virginia to Lumberton, where they...
Top 10 8. Summerfield Town Council hires town manager NW Observer Summerfield is getting a permanent manager: Charles “Twig’” Rollins from the eastern North Carolina town of Magnolia. The...
Top 10 9. Illinois man found dead on Vanco Mill Road Tyler Davis/The (Henderson) Daily Dispatch On Sept. 11, Vance County Sheriff’s deputies found 21-year-old Javion Magee at 285 Vanco Mill...
Top 10 10. Superior Court judge dismisses Wilmington crime lab case, former lab director plans appeal Aaleah McConnell/WHQR The long-contested civil case filed by the former director of the Wilmington Crime Lab was officially dismissed by...
Local DOT awards grants for EV chargers The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded contracts worth a combined $5.9 million to six business that will install WV...
Top 10 1. Low pay, bad behavior and competing cash: Why NC schools struggle to hire bus drivers Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News School bus drivers in some of North Carolina’s biggest counties are being driven away by disjointed workdays,...
Top 10 2. Don’t fear the smoke machine. Wave of NC elections lawsuits may be more about misdirection than real threats. Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Don’t fear the smoke machine. Wave of NC elections lawsuits may be more about misdirection than...
Top 10 3. Firefighters raise safety concerns after lawmakers override veto of lobbyist-crafted building code bill Peter Castagno/Port City Daily Prominent state firefighter organizations are raising concerns over a new building code law that could...
Top 10 4. Lawmakers propose new federal regulations on sports betting John Barr/ESPN.com Two of the more vocal critics of the sports betting industry on Capitol Hill outlined legislation Thursday, which...
Top 10 5. Raleigh millionaire launches AI attack campaign targeting Mark Robinson Chase Pellegrini de Paur/IndyWeek Anyone strolling through Raleigh this weekend may hear the voice of Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson blasting...
Top 10 6. UNC-Chapel Hill leads all NC public universities in DEI cuts Brianna Atkinson/WUNC Radio In the aftermath of the UNC Board of Governors DEI repeal, chancellors have closed at least seven...
Top 10 7. Trump wants huge tariff for dollar defectors, fewer US sanctions Saleha Mohsin/Yahoo!Fiance Donald Trump pioneered new ways to use tariffs as a weapon of statecraft in his first presidency. He’s...
Top 10 8. Documents indicate shuttered Canton paper mill will soon be sold Cory Vaillancourt/Smoky Mountain News The old paper mill in the heart of Canton will have a new owner by the...
Top 10 9. Breaking ground, Methodist University’s medical school is one step closer to opening Morgan Casey/CityView White hard hats donned and shining silver ceremonial shovels in hand, officials from Methodist University, Cape Fear Valley...
Top 10 10. “Give and take:” Transylvania commissioners agree to negotiate bond management with school board Gerard Albert III/Blue Ridge Public Radio With Transylvania County school board leaders saying they will share responsibility for spending tens...