Top 10 1. State bills propose shake-up in Brunswick development process, some commissioners agree Shea Carver/Port City Daily Two pieces of legislation in the North Carolina General Assembly are tackling which board should have...
Top 10 2. State Board discusses results from Teacher Working Conditions survey, ed tech, and more Sergio Osnaya-Prieto/Education NC Approximately 93% of North Carolina teachers believe their school is a good place to work and learn,...
Top 10 3. Transit’s new ‘Better Bus’ plan already looks over budget Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Will there be enough dedicated money to fully fund the “Better Bus” pledge made during last year’s...
Top 10 4. A crisis team that stays: How a new NC program is keeping kids out of the ER Taylor Knopf/NC Health News When a child is struggling with a behavioral health crisis, family members often call 911 or...
Top 10 5. ‘Financially and operationally unsustainable’: North Carolina hospital to drop Blue Cross Blue Shield, UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plans Alan Condon/Becker’s Payer Issues CarolinaEast Medical Center, a 350-bed hospital in New Bern, N.C., will drop Blue Cross Blue Shield...
Top 10 6. In the Triangle, people are making media physical again Lauren Rhodes/WUNC News Michael Wilkerson uses a flip phone. That may not immediately strike anyone as strange until they find...
Top 10 7. Public weighs in on long-term, multi-million flood study Sarah White/The Waynesville Mountaineer A full team from the Army Corps of Engineers visited Waynesville this week to gain local...
Top 10 8. In ‘pleasant surprise,’ county budget holds the line on property tax rate Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning When they voted no on a $100 million expansion of the Henderson County Courthouse in March, county...
Top 10 9. School board talks book selection, removal Matt Lamb/The Southern Pines Pilot Senior members of the Moore County Schools Central Office recently outlined the district’s book selection...
Top 10 10. EBCI passes indefinite moratorium on data centers Katie Myers/Blue Ridge Public Radio The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council on Thursday passed an indefinite moratorium on...
Top 10 1. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill shakes up Eastern NC solar site with China ties Brian Gordon/The Raleigh News & Observer Pieces are shifting and new questions are arising around a major jobs project in...
Top 10 2. Buying power. Do Duke Energy’s NC campaign donations fuel influence? Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press As North Carolina’s primary electric public utility, the shadow of Duke Energy looms large over the...
Top 10 3. Cumberland commissioners pick contractors to rehab Crown Arena, Theatre Paul Woolverton/CityView Construction firms T.A. Loving of Goldsboro and Metcon of Pembroke will jointly renovate the Crown Arena event space...
Top 10 4. Local business owner waits for tariff refund months after Supreme Court decision Zach Tucker/Spectrum News Anne Robinson started Scottish Gourmet USA in 2005 in New Jersey. She was inspired to start the...
Top 10 5. UNC Charlotte launches North Carolina Economic Impact Center to deliver data-driven insights for the state’s future Inside UNC Charlotte The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is launching the North Carolina Economic Impact Center, a new...