Top 10 4. Duke, Durham Tech launch guaranteed transfer pathway for engineering students Ryan Kilgallen & Seyun Park//The Duke Chronicle The Duke community might just be getting a little bigger. The university is...
Top 10 5. Charlotte City Council clears path for I-77 toll lanes after state agrees to three-month pause Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio The Charlotte City Council on Monday night cleared the way for the controversial Interstate 77 toll lanes...
Top 10 6. DEQ, environmental groups say illegal mine is still polluting the Nolichucky River, nearby creek Adam Wagner/NC Newsroom North Carolina environmental officials are asking a state judge to force the company that operated an unpermitted...
Top 10 7. State Board rejects request for election do-over in Godwin Paul Woolverton/CityView The N.C. State Board of Elections on Wednesday rejected a request from Godwin town board candidate Dennis Smith...
Top 10 8. State Elections Board denies appeal in Red Springs mayoral protest Morgan Casey/Border Belt Independent The N.C. State Board of Elections denied a protest appeal from a Red Springs mayoral candidate...
Top 10 9. Wave needs $800K to deliver on-time performance, leaders react to proposed routes Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily Wave Transit staff revealed to its board last week it will need an additional $800,000 —...
Top 10 10. Ricks takes oath as Halifax County magistrate: Judges stress new bond policies Richard Holm/Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald Patrick Brian Ricks was sworn in as a magistrate for Halifax County on Friday, as...
Top 10 1. Gov. Stein still awaiting info on NC troops’ involvement in Iran conflict Heidi Kirk/WRAL News North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein addressed the conflict in the Middle East at a Read Across America...
Top 10 2. Hundreds to gather for conference on supporting church operations, navigating politics Elvis Menayese/WFAE Radio Hundreds are expected to arrive in uptown Charlotte for a three-day conference that kicks off Wednesday and...
Top 10 3. Public School Forum releases 2026 local school finance study Education NC The Public School Forum of North Carolina’s 2026 Local School Finance Study is now available. Through this study,...
Top 10 4. NC lawmakers consider options to force psychiatric treatment for people with severe mental illness Taylor Knopf/NC Health News As North Carolina lawmakers grapple with how to keep people with serious mental illness out of...
Top 10 5. Roadless areas of national forests could go away under proposed rule change Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press Last summer, Southeast director at the Center for Biological Diversity Will Harlan spotted an eastern hellbender...
Top 10 6. Gas prices expected to rise after U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran Kelsey Coffey/WRAL News Higher oil and gas prices may be among the impacts of the U.S.-Israeli attacks in Iran. On...
Top 10 7. Taming the Pigeon River: Can it be done? Andrew Marshall/The Waynesville Mountaineer A major, multi-year study of flood risk along the Pigeon River will begin this year and...
Top 10 8. ‘Back to the drawing board’: UNC rescinds new policy on recording faculty without notice Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro After briefly implementing a policy around recording faculty members without their permission, UNC is reversing course and...