Top 10 9. Kickback Jack’s to pay $1.1M for sexual discrimination The High Point Enterprise The parent companies of Kickback Jack’s restaurants must pay more than $1.1 million to settle a...
Top 10 10. Haw River assembly shares annual report on health of the watershed, issues facing it Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro The 110-mile Haw River helps provide drinking water to more than 300,000 people, flowing through eight counties...
Top 10 1. NC insurance chief seeks help for Outer Banks as historic storm topples four more homes Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey says even as snow from last weekend’s storm begins to melt,...
Top 10 2. Tax hike on the ballot. Counties know it’s a tough sell to voters. Sarah Michels/Carolina Public Press Nobody likes a tax increase, but this March, four county boards of commissioners are trying to...
Top 10 3. New federal food stamp rules take effect, leaving some NC immigrants without services Caroline Yaffa/WRAL News Thousands of immigrants in North Carolina can no longer get food stamps under new federal rules that...
Top 10 4. N.C. State athletics sexual abuse litigation up to 31 plaintiffs Alan Wooten/The Center Square Sexual abuse accusations have grown at the UNC System’s largest institution, all tied to the athletics...
Top 10 5. FTA audit says Charlotte’s safety ‘failures’ led to Zarutska’s murder Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio After Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, was fatally stabbed on the Charlotte light rail on Aug....
Top 10 6. Duke University professor mentioned in Epstein files; says he was not involved in criminal activity Matthew Sockol/WNCN News A professor at Duke University is among those mentioned in the files connected to Jeffrey Epstein. More...
Top 10 7. Two deaths, failure to isolate infectious diseases led to Mission’s latest Immediate Jeopardy Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog An 88-year-old woman recovering from hip surgery at Mission Hospital died after going 13 hours without receiving...
Top 10 8. Former Fayetteville State cheer coach sues school over firing Rachel Heimann Mercader/CityView A longtime cheer coach and athletics administrator sued Fayetteville State University, alleging she was fired based on...
Top 10 9. As teen crash deaths climb, North Carolina students push safe driving Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News During Isabella Avila’s freshman year at Union Pines High School in rural Moore County, a member...
Top 10 10. Executive director of North Carolina Association of School Administrators to retire after two decades of advocacy Ferrel Guillory/Education NC As Katherine Joyce prepares to retire after two decades of advocacy on behalf of public school administrators,...
Top 10 1. Property values up, up and away in Guilford County Scott D. Yost/Rhino Times Based on remarks by the county’s tax director at the Guilford County Board of Commissioners’ Friday,...
Top 10 2. Winter storms challenge school districts, legislative help requested Mebane Rash/Education NC From remote learning to transportation costs to school meals, North Carolina’s winter storms are presenting an array...
Top 10 3. Q&A: Elon’s ‘Chief Integration Officer’ talks merger with Queens University Brianna Atkinson/WUNC News This past fall, administrators at Elon University and Queens University of Charlotte announced that the two private...