Top 10 1. Contest for NC House seat in Guilford marred by controversy, but race is still on Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press The House Democratic Caucus and the Guilford County Democratic Party may have pulled their support, but...
Top 10 2. NC receives first $45.2M payout from Meta child safety settlement Trevon Spencer/NC Newsline North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson said Thursday the state has received its first $45.2 million payment...
Top 10 3. NC sports betting exceeds $500M for 12th consecutive month Brian Murphy/WRAL News Sports bettors in North Carolina wagered more than $500 million for the 12th consecutive month in August...
Top 10 4. Mosley’s legal team hopeful of appellate court win by end of December Alan Wooten/The Center Square Possible evidence of fraud in the case of Prisha Mosley appeared to resonate with judges at...
Top 10 5. This Cary hotel opened independent last year. Now it’s the town’s first Hyatt Andrea Galliano/The Raleigh News & Observer Cary has its first Hyatt-branded hotel, but the hotel has already been open for...
Top 10 6. Fort Bragg land transfer passes both chambers of Congress The Greater Fayetteville Business Journal The United States Senate recently voted to approve a transfer of approximately 20 acres of...
Top 10 7. NPR research estimates NC heat-related deaths may be much higher than reported Zachary Turner/WFAE Radio Heat is the No. 1 weather-related killer in the United States, but it might be even more...
Top 10 8. Over 470 rental units are coming to Ballantyne, near Charlotte’s first Wegmans Desiree Mathurin/The Charlotte Observer More housing is coming to south Charlotte’s Ballantyne neighborhood. And it’s near the long-awaited Wegmans. Site...
Top 10 9. State ties Waynesville’s hands on development: New laws limit authority to pass new regs, town attorney says Paul Nielsen/The Waynesville Mountaineer Waynesville’s hands may be permanently tied when it comes to regulating the growing number of large...
Top 10 10. Most NC public schools can’t afford to maintain student devices Liz Schlemmer/WUNC News Nearly 75% of school districts in N.C. report they don’t have a sustainable funding source to maintain...
Top 10 1. New CMS board chair’s 2008 fraud conviction surfaces amid controversy Jonathan Lowe/WSOC News The new chairman of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education pleaded guilty to one count, which was count...
Top 10 2. Auditor relaunches review of NC Medicaid project that costs hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars Randall Kerr & Caroline Yaffa/WRAL News North Carolina has spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars trying to modernize the...
Top 10 3. Regulators issue first U.S. construction permit for GE Vernova Hitachi reactor Emma Dill/WilmingtonBiz The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a construction permit Tuesday for a BWRX-300 small modular reactor in...
Top 10 4. NC House education chair: School funding model is ‘broken’ David N. Bass/The Carolina Journal School finance officers told a state commission on Sept. 28 that they routinely assign employees...
Top 10 5. Despite progress, challenges continue for Charlotte transit Mackenzie Thomas/Carolina Public Press A drop in crime points to efforts made to improve safety and security on Charlotte’s light...
