Top 10 5. New report highlights hurdles to Iryna’s Law implementation Rachel Crumpler/NC Health News A new preliminary report from a state-funded research group identifies “key pressure points that need to...
Top 10 6. NC House panel recommends changes to involuntary commitment system Christine Zhu/NC Newsline A North Carolina House committee voted on Tuesday to approve interim recommendations to improve public safety in...
Top 10 7. Watauga schools to extend length of instructional days next year Amy Diaz/WFDD Radio The Watauga County Board of Education has voted to extend the length of the school day starting...
Top 10 8. Burke County outfitter makes over 20,000 shirts for Hornets play-in game Dave Faherty/WSOCTV It’s win or go home for the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday night, and tens of thousands of fans...
Top 10 9. When UNC didn’t offer a class about the art market, a student created it herself Emma Cooke/WCHL Chapelboro From general art history courses to niche topics like artwork in ancient Pompeii, there is always an...
Top 10 10. Dare’s A250 Faire to honor ‘Liberty, Legacy and Lift-Off’ Jennifer Allen/Coastal Review Online As the United States recognizes the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence...
Top 10 1. Opposition to data centers is ‘catching a fire’ across North Carolina, spurring political challenges Adam Wagner/WUNC News By the time David Batts spoke in front of the Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners, they had...
Top 10 2. Good Jobs Western North Carolina announced, invitation to invest in WNC issued Mebane Rash & Alli Lindenberg/Axios Charlotte When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina (WNC) in late September 2024, it landed...
Top 10 3. Future of federal forest plan for NC mountains in doubt after court ruling Jack Igelman/Carolina Public Press Only three years into the completion of the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forest Land Management Plan,...
Top 10 4. Garson Shares Vision for Serving District, Keeping Long-Term Policy Goals while Joining N.C. Senate Brighton McConnell/WCHL Chapelboro North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein formally appointed Jonah Garson to the N.C. Senate District 23 seat –...
Top 10 5. Follow tagged North Carolina fish — and one likely eaten by a shark Mary Helen Moore/Axios Raleigh North Carolina researchers tagging and tracking coastal fish have created an online tracker that lets anyone...
Top 10 6. The last barber in Papertown Andrew Marshall/The Waynesville Mountaineer There’s a syrupy quality to the morning light streaming through the windows at Pisgah Barber Shop....
Top 10 7. CFPUA considers rate increase for next 5 years, sewer cap elimination in next budget Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority gave a glimpse this week into needed rate increases to...
Top 10 8. Ballantyne surgeon’s medical license suspended following $17M fraud scheme Amber Gaudet/The Charlotte Observer A Charlotte-based hair restoration surgeon cannot reapply for his North Carolina medical license until at least...
Top 10 9. South University touts nursing Pat Kimbrough/The High Point Enterprise South University in High Point wants to be synonymous with academic programming in health care,...
