Top 10 1. UNCW Upperman family pulling future scholarship funds over UNC System’s equality policy Rachel Keith/WHQR For the first time in 30 years, the Upperman family isn’t awarding any new scholarships at UNCW. Linda...
Top 10 2. Senate hopeful Whatley backed FEMA plan that could boost his portfolio Cory Vaillancourt/Asheville Citizen Times North Carolina Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley helped write federal disaster recommendations that could...
Top 10 3. Market share declines for homeschools, increases for private schools, holds steady for public schools overall Mebane Rash/Education NC Public schools continued to serve more than 1.5 million students across North Carolina in the 2025-26 school...
Top 10 4. Mission Hospital to relax degree requirements for nurses Ted Clifford/Asheville Watchdog Beginning Tuesday, Mission Hospital will no longer require nurses to have a four-year Bachelor of Science Nursing...
Top 10 5. Manns Harbor Bridge repairs to be ‘most complete’ in decades Kip Tabb/Coastal Review Online As the Manns Harbor Bridge over the Croatan Sound nears its 70th birthday, it’s getting what...
Top 10 6. A year after Tropical Storm Chantal’s historic flooding, How are impacted businesses faring? Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro Johnny Mariakakis keeps a binder filled with newspaper clippings and photos of floods around the line of...
Top 10 7. Watauga leads state in AI adoption, Microsoft study finds Moss Brennan/Watauga Democrat Watauga County is No. 1 in the state for AI usage, according to a report by Microsoft’s...
Top 10 8. Market money passed in state budget Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise The state budget passed late last week by the N.C. General Assembly includes $4.5...
Top 10 9. State budget will defund IOLTA, leaving many poor North Carolinians without civil legal support. Kelly Kenoyer/WHQR North Carolina’s proposed budget is stripping NC Legal Aid and other civil defense organizations of a significant financial...
Top 10 10. OKI rezoning rejected amid concerns over future of Yaupon Pier, event space Emily Sawaked/Port City Daily Oak Island’s planning board denied a proposal to rezone the town-owned Yaupon Fishing Pier and adjacent...
Top 10 1. State officials and toll operator Cintra are discussing a second I-77 toll lane in the Lake Norman area Steve Harrison/WFAE Radio Even as Charlotte pushes back on new toll lanes for Interstate 77 South, the state is considering...
Top 10 2. Proposed NC budget would change funding for statewide remote charter schools Ahmed Jallow/NC Newsline As North Carolina expands the number of statewide remote charter schools, lawmakers are proposing to change how...
Top 10 3. UNCW Upperman family pulling future scholarship funds over UNC System’s equality policy Rachel Keith/WHQR | For the first time in 30 years, the Upperman family isn’t awarding any new scholarships at UNCW....
Top 10 4. Company building automated garage in Raleigh in ‘advanced’ talks for driverless projects elsewhere Alex Littlehales/WRAL News The technology company delivering and operating Raleigh’s first automated parking garage is in “advanced” talks to find...
Top 10 5. Fayetteville’s Airborne Museum poised for major renovations at last Abraham Kenmore/CityView Later this year, workers should start to demolish many of the permanent exhibits at the U.S. Army Airborne...
