Top 10 4. Wake schools set to talk $2.9B in facility plans, removing nearly 100 classroom trailers Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News A Wake County school board committee discussed hundreds of millions of dollars in upcoming facility needs focused...
Top 10 5. Portland worries Dundon could move Trail Blazers without stadium deal Brian Murphy/WRAL News The NBA’s Trail Blazers have been a fixture in Portland for more than 55 years. But with...
Top 10 6. Dogwood Trust moves up public meetings with independent monitor in wake of recurring problems with Mission, HCA Peter H. Lewis/Asheville Watchdog The Dogwood Health Trust — the foundation responsible for enforcing HCA Healthcare’s compliance with the terms...
Top 10 7. Inside the controversial development that could change Chatham County Lauren Rhodes/WUNC News Eric Andrews remembers hearing “rumblings” that something was changing in Chatham County around 15 years ago. That’s...
Top 10 8. North Carolina company president pleads guilty to $8.5M military contract bid-rigging scheme WECT The president of a metal fabrication and manufacturing company pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 5, to charges involving taking...
Top 10 9. Cabarrus County Schools implements enrollment caps at two schools amid growth James Farrell/WFAE Radio Cabarrus County Schools is implementing a temporary enrollment cap at W. R. Odell Primary School and W.R....
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...