Top 10 1. Durham city and county leaders launch Violence Reduction Plan Cindy Bae/WTVD News Devon Jenkins is a Durham native who shared how gun violence has taken a toll on his...
Top 10 2. The Lumbee Tribe’s federal recognition is assured, with a final push by Trump Graham Lee Brewer/The Associated Press With the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act by the Senate on Wednesday, the...
Top 10 3. Q&A: Gov. Josh Stein on budget impasse, Helene funding and more Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio Gov. Josh Stein is wrapping up his first year in office. It’s been a year marked by...
Top 10 4. Scientists thought Parkinson’s was in our genes. It might be in the water David Ferry/Wired Amy Lindberg spent 26 years in the Navy and she still walked like it—with intention, like her chin...
Top 10 5. Harris Teeter expands to Clemson, creating up to 200 new jobs Nikolette Miller/WSPA Harris Teeter announced plans to open several new store locations across the Southeast, including Clemson. The expansion aims...
Top 10 6. NC DMV welcomes around 150 license examiners for broader goal of reducing wait times Kristyn Clark/WRAL News Nearly 150 new North Carolin Division of Motor Vehicles license examiners graduated on Wednesday to join the...
Top 10 7. Democracy Watch: Candidates in the 2026 midterm elections toe the starting line, ready to race for party nominations Tom Fiedler/Asheville Watchdog Except for the possible addition of slow-moving longshots before noon Friday, the campaign filing deadline, the fields...
Top 10 8. Cabarrus commissioners settle First Amendment litigation with resident Alan Wooten/The Center Square Commissioners in a North Carolina county have agreed to take remedial actions and publicly acknowledge an...
Top 10 9. NC board orders reruns of two local elections after poll worker problems Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline It’s unusual for the North Carolina Board of Elections to order a redo of an election. But...
Top 10 10. Mark Ruffalo-produced documentary chronicles 8-year PFAS fight Charlie Fossen/Port City Daily Eight years in the making, a Wilmington native is releasing a documentary on the GenX contamination...
Top 10 1. State Board of Elections investigates Asheville Vice Mayor Antanette Mosley amid questions about her residency and voting record Dan DeWitt & John Boyle/Asheville Watchdog The North Carolina State Board of Elections is investigating Asheville Vice Mayor Antanette Mosley,...
Top 10 2. Immigrant-owned businesses in Charlotte struggle one month after Border Patrol crackdown Julian Berger/WFAE Radio Business is slowly picking up again at North Tryon Laundromat in Charlotte’s Hidden Valley neighborhood. Customers come...
Top 10 3. A new Fort Bragg command seeks Western Hemisphere ‘military dominance’ Jay Price/WUNC Radio Army General Joseph A. Ryan, the incoming leader of the Western Hemisphere Command, uncases the command colors...
Top 10 4. Garner woman out thousands after buying stolen vehicle from CarMax Shaun Gallagher/WRAL News According to Wake County search warrants, a Florida county sheriff’s office is investigating up to 200 stolen...
Top 10 5. Layoffs, dean removals, sanitation woes at Meredith draw protests, concerns Kate Denning/Carolina Public Press Just months after announcing it was laying off 6% of its total employees this summer, Meredith...