Top 10 5. After losing a university, Laurinburg is on the hunt for jobs Colin Campbell/WUNC News For the past 65 years, Saint Andrews University has been a major economic engine for the small...
Top 10 6. Merit bonuses increased in Carolina Beach amid employee retention concerns Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily One local beach town is trying out a new tactic to entice jobseekers to its doorsteps,...
Top 10 7. Funders seek to claw back grants in bankruptcy of Absher’s Only Hope WNC Bill Moss & Amy B. McCraw/Hendersonville Lightning Amid more than 20 charges of alleged child-sex abuse that suggest a moral...
Top 10 8. County water options studied Elena Marsh/The Southern Pines Pilot The Moore County Board of Commissioners is still exploring the feasibility of a few future...
Top 10 9. UNCA students and community members hold a ‘walk out’ on campus Jose Sandoval/Blue Ridge Public Radio Several dozen UNC Asheville students and community members gathered outside of Highsmith Student Union on...
Top 10 10. Report on over 3,300 ICE arrests in NC finds very few on the Outer Banks Outer Banks Voice A Jan. 15 story on NC Local reports that Immigration and Customers Enforcement agents (ICE) arrested more...
Top 10 1. Farmers say tariffs are raising prices you’ll eventually pay Ben Briscoe/WFMY News New research shows tariffs are costing North Carolina farmers nearly $700 million and threatening thousands of jobs....
Top 10 2. City business owner among those hit with ‘potentially catastrophic’ premium increases Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press For months, Adrian Pitts followed the news with bated breath as Congress fought — and eventually...
Top 10 3. Trump struck deals with 16 drug companies. But they’re still raising prices this year Sydney Lupkin/WUNC News Since September, 16 major drug companies have inked deals with the Trump administration to lower prices. But...
Top 10 4. Harbor project may risk Orton, other Cape Fear historic sites Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online Restoring land as close to how it was more than two centuries ago is by no...
Top 10 5. Turning the page: Tension stacks up in register of deeds race Sarah White/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer An election for register of deeds is often overlooked as a sleeper race, but in Haywood...
Top 10 6. Boone Planning Board recommends approval of new multi-family development Nick Fogleman/Watauga Democrat The Town of Boone Planning Board unanimously recommended approval of a multi-family housing development on Greenway Road...
Top 10 7. Charter Review Board approves 37 charter renewals, strengthens opening requirements for new schools Kristen Blair/Education NC North Carolina’s Charter Schools Review Board (CSRB) approved renewals for 37 charter schools at its meeting on...
Top 10 8. Unemployment rises but still at healthy level Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise The city’s jobless rate edged up in November but still remained within the parameters...
Top 10 9. Consultant to form landfill solutions in NHC, cost included in next year’s budget Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily New Hanover County commissioners agreed Thursday to seek a third-party to evaluate its landfill operations, as...