Top 10 1. Firm will study lead remediation options for shuttered durham parks Justin Laidlaw/IndyWeek The City of Durham is working to speed up the timeline for lead remediation in five city parks...
Top 10 2. Rouzer to seek extension of CFMB grant deadline, announced at transpo summit Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily At an event hosted in Brunswick County Tuesday, one politician who some of the public has...
Top 10 3. Keeping an eye on 2 close NC legislative 2026 races in New Hanover County Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press On North Carolina’s southeastern coast, there are two New Hanover legislative races to watch this year....
Top 10 4. State names Howell as head Division of Marine Fisheries Coastal Review Online The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has announced Jonathan Howell as the new director of the...
Top 10 5. Data centers an issue for candidates Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise Archdale City Councilman John Glass and challenger Laura Heflin symbolize the situation faced by...
Top 10 6. Who will take N.C. Senate seat representing Haywood? Sydney Shankman/The Waynesville Mountaineer The race for North Carolina’s 50th state Senate district pits N.C. Sen. Kevin Corbin of Macon...
Top 10 7. GCS enrollment decline worse than projected Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio Public school enrollment is declining across North Carolina and the country. In Guilford County Schools, officials say...
Top 10 8. High Point University receives $18 million in federal grants for educator training programs Molly Steur/Education NC High Point University’s Stout School of Education has received two grants from the U.S. Department of Education...
Top 10 9. Cumberland Schools approves $200,000 system to curb chronic absenteeism Dasia Williams/CityView With roughly one in three students chronically absent during the 2024–25 school year, Cumberland County Schools is turning...
Top 10 10. 2 hearings set on economic incentives Jule Hubbard/Wilkes Journal-Patriot The Wilkes County Board of Commissioners and Wilkesboro Town Council scheduled public hearings on proposed economic incentives...
Top 10 1. UNC settles 18 federal civil rights investigations to protect research funding eligibility Regan Butler/The Daily Tar Heel UNC announced Monday that it settled 18 open federal civil rights investigations into the University...
Top 10 2. New Hanover County backs Corning $3M incentive, city up next for $2M Shea Carver/Port City Daily The New Hanover County commissioners cast the first vote in a joint initiative to fund Corning’s...
Top 10 3. Wake students spend up to 90 minutes per day on devices, and teachers are divided over it Emily Walkenhorst/WRAL News Wake County high school students spend the most time per school day — 39 minutes for most...
Top 10 4. Gillespie, Brown offer contrasting visions for House District 120 Alex Perri/Smoky Mountain News As North Carolina House District 120 voters prepare to head to the polls, incumbent Republican Karl...
Top 10 5. Durham selected for Bloomberg affordable housing program Bradley George/WUNC News Durham is getting some help with its goal to build more affordable housing. The Bull City is...
