Top 10 7. Emergency shelter to be outfitted with satellite communication technology Sarah White/The (Waynesville) Mountaineer If another disaster knocks out phone, cell and internet service like in Helene, the county’s emergency...
Top 10 8. Greensboro Police Chief John Thompson announces plan to retire WFDD Radio Greensboro Police Chief John Thompson has announced he’s retiring in February. Thompson began his career in law enforcement...
Top 10 9. Stainless steel takeout containers gain ground on NC campuses Will Atwater/NC Health News Single-use, compostable and recyclable takeout containers are on their way out at some North Carolina universities....
Top 10 10. Coastal geologist Stan Riggs sets out on 10-book project Catherine Kozak/Coastal Review Online It was a nasty January day about 14 years ago, not long after publication of his...
Top 10 1. NCDOT pledges to make Pisgah National Forest ‘whole again’ after mining for I-40 Richard Stradling/The (Charlotte) Observer To rebuild Interstate 40 through the Pigeon River Gorge, the N.C. Department of Transportation will blast...
Top 10 2. Pine Gate laid off 500 workers in October, another 223 face job losses amid bankruptcy Kevin Ellis/Business North Carolina Asheville-based solar power company Pine Gate Renewables could eliminate 223 more workers as it works through...
Top 10 3. NC State Board of Elections hires new staff with ties to Republicans Colin Campbell/WUNC Radio The State Board of Elections has hired new top staff members who have previously worked for Republican...
Top 10 4. ‘We don’t plan to’: Chancellor downplays potential that UNC signs Trump admin’s higher ed compact Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts told faculty leaders the university does not plan on signing President Donald Trump’s...
Top 10 5. County sees ‘great first step’ in receiving FEMA reimbursements Bill Moss/Hendersonville Lightning Henderson County is expected to begin receiving some federal reimbursement in the next month to begin paying...
Top 10 6. Federal SNAP snafu affects nearly 85,000 NC college students who receive federal food assistance Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health News UNC Greensboro junior Taniyah McCormick grabbed a couple of plastic bags to fill as she perused...
Top 10 7. HCA reports $3.8 billion increase in 2025, citing rise in admissions, volume Sally Kestin/Asheville Watchdog Mission Health’s corporate owner, HCA Healthcare, has seen its revenues increase by $3.8 billion in the first...
Top 10 8. State to penalize Taylortown for late audits Elena Marsh/The (Southern Pines) Pilot Taylortown continues to encounter hurdles as it reimagines its government staff and structure. In its...
Top 10 9. City Council approves new developer to build downtown Fayetteville hotel and apartment tower Paul Woolverton/CityView The Fayetteville City Council voted 8-1 on Monday night to engage a new developer to build a hotel...
Top 10 10. County gives update on West Jefferson ‘mystery business,’ Project Pandora Jesse Campbell/Ashe Post & Times Ashe County taxpayers took one step closer to learning the identity of a West Jefferson...
Elections The GOP board in 2026 With the publication of the Locke Foundation’s annual Civitas Partisan Index in conjunction with last week’s national- and local-election results,...